A University Architect served as the construction officer at Washington State University from 1911 forward. The modern form of the office dates from 1947 when it became a full-time, staffed administrative department. In 1967 the University Architect office was renamed as Facilities Planning, and then to Facilities Development in 1993. In 2001 it was renamed as Capital Planning (later Capital Planning and Development). While Capital Planning is responsible for major planning and development, smaller projects are conducted by Facilities Operations. Facilities Operations descended from the Physical Plant in 1998, which in turn descended from Building and Grounds in 1967. While each line of programs has existed separately, some migration in function has occurred over the years. The primary difference between Capital Planning and Facilities Operations is the cost of the project in question - initially items costing less than $1,000,000 were assigned to Fac Ops, and those costing more to CP. By 2009, this break point is between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
Financial documents, administrative reports, contracts, and correspondence related mostly to the renovation and update of the Computer Science building. Also includes plans for updates to the Avery Hall Humanities Research Center, as well as smaller projects related to other buildings and parking lots on campus. Contracts range from 1981-1984.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
'Items are clearly labeled by contract number. Box 1 contains contracts 7234-7330. Box 2 contains contracts 7331-7521. Box 3 contains contracts 7522-7561. Box 4 contains contracts 7564-7730. Box 5 contains contracts 7731-7851. Box 6 contains contracts 7863-7937.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Capital Planning Contracts 07234-07937, 1981-1984 (UA1989-05)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Tim Donahue, Administrative Services Manager, of the Physical Plant on February 07, 1989 and retained as UA1989-05.
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