Consultant tells Cumberland County Schools $805.8 million needed to address facilities over 10 years

Lance Richards, a consultant with MGT, presented the firm’s facilities condition assessment and master planning executive summary to the Cumberland County Board of Education committee. The study, completed after a year of site visits and data work, identified the district’s combined 10‑year needs at $805,794,732 and described enrollment projections, building inventories and system lifecycles that drive the cost estimate.

MGT’s work covered inventory and condition of roughly 86 schools across roughly 446 built structures; the consultants catalogued about 3,672 asset items that they used to estimate replacement and repair costs. The firm used RSMeans construction unit costs plus a 3% annual escalation factor for planning estimates and categorized needs by priority level to produce a 10‑year, ranked funding plan.

Board members pressed MGT and district staff on what the number means in practical terms and how to sequence work. MGT emphasized…