Construction Management shall prioritize all statewide
requests every other year prior to the budget session of the Wyoming
Legislature, with the exception of community college requests which shall be
prioritized on an annual basis in accordance with the community college
commission's prioritization of construction needs under
W.S.
21-18-225(d). Construction
Management shall generate a current fiscal year list of all proposed
construction, renovation, and major maintenance projects. Construction
Management shall prioritize potential construction, renovation, and major
maintenance projects in accordance with critical needs, strategic requirements,
and agency priorities.
(a) Critical
needs. Construction, renovation, and major maintenance requests are critical
needs if the project is one that requires action in the current or subsequent
legislative session. Critical needs construction, renovation, and major
maintenance projects are:
(i) Life safety
emergencies. Situations where immediate dangers to life or safety exist and
corrective actions are urgent and unavoidable;
(ii) Asset preservation. Situations where
work should be done to prevent asset deterioration, such as water
intrusion;
(iii) Legal liabilities.
Situations with known liabilities where legal citations imposing corrective
actions or fines shall be imposed unless immediate actions are taken. Legal
Liabilities must be substantiated by reports or other documents detailing the
liabilities currently pending; and
(iv) Prior binding commitments. Projects that
require action in the current legislative session due to previous legislative
action that created a binding commitment.
(b) Strategic requirements. Each agency shall
prioritize its projects as it submits those projects to Construction
Management. Construction Management shall utilize these agency-level
prioritizations when developing a statewide prioritization of projects, which
shall be based upon each project's relation to future strategic needs and
values as identified by the Commission. Strategic requirements construction,
renovation, and major maintenance criteria are to be weighted by Construction
Management according to the following factors:
(i) Safety concerns. This factor considers
whether the request addresses safety issues that do not meet the critical
criteria;
(ii) Strategic linkage.
This factor considers the relationship between the proposed project and the
agency's strategic plan; and
(iii)
Statewide significance. This factor considers the geographic dispersion of the
benefit, i.e., whether the project benefits the entire state and its citizens,
a particular region or the state, or primarily a local community.
(c) Agency priorities.
Construction Management shall also consider the agency's own identified
priorities.
