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spaces4learning 2021 FACILITIES & CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
SURVEY ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION
Will you COMPLETE any construction projects in 2021?
No construction scheduled for completion Major renovations/modernizations Additions to existing building(s) New/replacement building(s)
0% 10%
38.75%
46.25%
12.5%
20%
30%
33.75%
40%
50% 60% 70%
Will you START any construction projects in 2021?
No construction scheduled to start Major renovations/modernizations Additions to existing building(s) New/replacement building(s)
0%
38.75%
48.75%
10%
13.75%
23.75%
30%
20%
40%
50% 60% 70%
What is your opinion on the funds available for construction compared to last year?
Fewer funds are available
No change in available funds
More funds are becoming available Don’t know
Survey Respondents: 80 colleges and universities responded to this survey among 34 states.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• 62.5% of higher education respondents indicated their institution had completed construction in 2020, down from 71% in last year’s survey.
• 61.25% of higher education respondents indicated they will complete construction projects in 2021, down from 75% in last year’s survey.
• 61.25% of higher education respondents reported they will start new construction projects in 2021. That’s down from 73% in last year’s survey.
• Majorrenovations/modernizationswerethemajorfocusof projects completed in 2020; that will carry through in 2021.
• Institutions that reported that fewer funds for construction were available jumped from 28% in 2019 to 41.41% in 2020.
• An overwhelming majority of higher education respondents —78.75%— said there will either be no change or fewer funds available for construction projects in 2021.
OTHER ISSUES FACING INSTITUTIONS
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Did you COMPLETE any construction projects in 2020?
No construction completed in 2020 .5% Major renovations/modernizations
Additions to existing building(s) New/replacement building(s)
13.75% 2
0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
60% 70%
• Project management
• Funding
• Code compliance
• Qualified technicians
• Availability of staff/staff shortages • Material availability
• The bidding and procurement process
• COVID-19 impacting donations/ giving
• COVID-19 forcing last-minute changes
• Coordinating subcontractors • COVID-19 costs
• Unqualified bidders
• Uncertainty about physical requirements for campuses down the road/planning for space utilization post-pandemic
• Space for new constructions
• COVID-19 impacting timetables
• Escalating construction costs
• Administrative approvals
• Availability of parking
• COVID-19-related restrictions
• COVID-19-related delays in delivery of materials
• Supplier problems, in part related to COVID-19
• Communication
• The construction loan process
37
51.25%
13.75% 7.5%
57.5%
21.25%