1. What services does Planning and Construction provide?
Please view Services
2. How do I request work?
Please view Requesting Service
3. How do I get an update on my request for work/project?
Please view Status of My Requests
4. After I submit my request what is the next step?
Depending upon the scope of the work or project requested, your project will be routed accordingly. If your request is small in nature and can be executed solely by one of our eight technical trade shops, you will be contacted by that shop to schedule the work. Should your request require project management, your project will be routed to either a Project Manager (PM) or Planning Project Manager (Planning PM), who will contact you to arrange an initial consultation and assess your project's requirements. The project manager will develop a scope of work, a project schedule, and a project estimate for your authorization and funding.
5. Can I procure design or construction services on my own?
Planning and Construction meets its client’s design and construction needs in accordance with the university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures Section 4-1030 and Handbook of Business Procedures Section 7.7.10.
6. How long will my project take?
This is completely dependent on the project scope and complexity. Please contact your project manager for details. If you are unable to contact your project manager please contact Construction Services Front Office at (512) 471-7776.
7. How much will my project cost?
This is completely dependent on the project scope and complexity. Planning and Construction applies a project management fee of the total project cost (TPC) for any project expected to be above $4 million. Please contact your project manager for details. If you are unable to contact your project manager please contact Construction Services Front Office at (512) 471-7776.
8. Why do Auxiliaries have to pay more? What is changing with how they are charged?
Auxiliaries are not necessarily being asked to pay more, but the structure for how project management fees are calculated is shifting from an hourly rate to a percentage rate. In the past, agreements around services and how they were paid were inconsistent, and there were misalignments between financial practices and operational services. Campus Operations has implemented modifications now to address those inconsistencies, rising operational costs, and organizational changes. Similar adjustments to E&G unit rate structures are anticipated as well, but will be made in the next fiscal year, to coincide with a comprehensive review of internal budgeting practices.