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District unveils facilities condition assessment and 10-year capital improvement plan preview; estimates $900M in like-for-like needs
Summary
Durham Public Schools officials previewed a facilities condition assessment and a 10-year capital improvement planning process that identifies roughly $900 million in like-for-like building needs and an estimated $560 million of urgent Tier 1 work in the first five years.
Durham Public Schools staff previewed a district-wide facilities condition assessment (FCA) and outlined a 10-year capital improvement planning (CIP) process the district will use to prioritize building, infrastructure and modernization needs across all schools.
Presentation highlights: Operations staff and the consultant team summarized the portfolio's scale and age: the district's buildings represent roughly 6.4 million square feet, the average building age is 59 years, and consultants identified approximately $900 million in like-for-like capital needs for building systems and fixed infrastructure. The presenter said the first five years of that Tier 1 need (life-safety and critical building systems) totals roughly $560 million. "The district has 6,400,000 square feet that was evaluated by our…
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