State Building Commission: votes at a glance — multiple campus, state and restoration projects approved
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Summary
The commission approved a consent agenda, several university and state agency capital projects, awarded a construction contract for Supreme Court and Library renovations, approved TCAT campus projects and adopted minutes and a bylaws revision; reports were received from the Office of State Architect and commissions.
The State Building Commission on voice votes approved a series of agenda items, including the consent agenda and multiple capital projects from higher-education institutions and state agencies. This article summarizes each formal action recorded in the meeting excerpt.
Key approvals and items adopted (voice votes unless noted):
- Consent agenda: Items 1 through 62 were presented as a block and approved.
- Department of Environment and Conservation: Approved a project and to proceed with designer selection for Devil’s Backbone State Park visitor center, maintenance facility and campground, a FY 2025–26 capital budget line item with a cost presented as $21,350,000.
- Department of General Services: Approved construction funding and awarded the construction manager/general contractor contract to Skanska USA Building Inc. for renovation of the old Library and Archives Building and the Supreme Court Building; the project was in design development with EOA as architect.
- Tennessee Board of Regents / Tennessee State University: Four TSU projects (critical repairs, central pot plant modernization, agriculture environmental science facility revision, and agricultural food and animal science facility revision) were described as aligned with the TSU strategic initiative funds and were approved as a block.
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) items: Approved projects to select designers and use CM/GC delivery for Robertson County campus replacement (TCAT Nashville), Sumner County campus expansion/renovation (TCAT Nashville, Portland), and an aviation campus replacement for TCAT Memphis; presenters and legislators expressed support and the items were adopted.
- Tennessee Board of Regents: Robertson and Sumner County TCAT items and Memphis aviation campus item adopted; several legislators’ interest was noted in the record.
- Minutes and bylaws: The commission approved minutes from the State Building Commission meeting held on 06/12/2025 and approved a revision to SPC bylaws, policies and procedures to align with a statute change that went into effect July 1.
- Reports received: The chair reported several Office of State Architect items in accordance with SPC bylaws, including nine change orders, one capital improvement (projects under $100,000), a funding revision with no change to total project budget, one bid that exceeded MAC (no total budget change), and annual reports of the Tennessee Residence Commission and the State Capitol Commission were received.
Each item above was introduced by staff or the presenting agency, moved and seconded; the record shows these items were adopted by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the provided excerpt.
