Summary

The University of Alaska has more public facilities associated with its operation than any other state entity, and about 6 million square feet in nearly 400 buildings located in dozens of communities from Ketchikan to Kotzebue.  UA facilities have an adjusted asset value of $1.7 billion and an estimated replacement value of close to $2.5 billion.

UA spends about $27 million per year from its operating budget for Maintenance and Repair (M&R). M&R is routine annual maintenance required to preserve the functionality of a building such as regular painting, carpet repair and replacement, new lighting, etc.

The Board of Regents requires that M&R be maintained and expended within the campus operating budgets as the highest priority expenditure.  

Renewal and Renovation (R&R) is regularly scheduled major maintenance that extends the useful life of a facility such as roof replacement, mechanical and electrical systems upgrades, code compliance, etc. R&R costs are requested as capital budget increments each year.  

When R&R isn’t funded, the backlog of major repairs is referred to as Deferred Maintenance.  The University currently has a backlog of $700 million in deferred maintenance due to a lack of legislative appropriations for R&R.  

UA has requested about $50 million for R&R every year for the past decade to maintain facilities at their current level of usefulness and has received an average of less than $12 million.

In order to make significant reductions in the deferred maintenance backlog, $70 million per year will be requested.  


Board of Regents’ FY09 Capital Request includes the following:

    $50 Million    Priority Renewal and Renovation (R&R) Projects
    $70 Million    Reduce Deferred Maintenance Backlog

Individual campuses projects are detailed in the Board’s Request and include the following amounts for each major administrative unit:
    
                                                        Renovation & Repair (R&R)        Deferred Maintenance
    
    UAA:                                            $11.0 m                                           $18.0 m
    UAF:                                            $25.6 m                                           $42.0 m
    UAS:                                            $10.6 m                                           $  4.6 m
    SW:                                              $    .8 m                                            $  1.4 m
    SW Equip:                                   $  2.0 m                                           $  4.0 m

         TOTAL:                                    $50.0 m                                           $70.0 m


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