Facilities Overview: VCAT February 2021 

OFPM

Office of Facilities

& Property Management

Skip Vaughn, Skip Vaughn, Chief Facilities Management Officer and 

Director of the Office of Facilities and Property Management

February 3, 2021
Facilities Overview

• 60-70 year old campus facilities

• ~58% of facilities are in poor to critical condition 

per DOC standards.

• $834.5M in deferred maintenance

• ~$2.7B in capital projects required

• Major utility infrastructure failures increasing

• Older labs unable to support controlled 

environments required for advanced research

• ort controlled environments r

• 4.5M SF of buildings; 27% added in 

the last 20 years w/o O&M funding

• 97 buildings & structures; 26 added 

or altered in the last 20 years2
Master Plans Implementation Report

Master Plans Implementation Planning:

• Strategic Portfolio Management

• Prioritizes capital improvement

• Analyzes various capital budget scenarios

Priority Projects: $1.74B in FY20 value

1.) B222 Renovation & Addition

2.) B3 Addition

3.) B101 Lower Levels Renovation & Addition

4.) B221 Renovation & Addition

5.) B2 Replacement Building & Parking Garage

6.) Gate F Shipping/Receiving/Inspection (New)

7.) B220 Renovation

8.) Boulder Childcare Center (New)

9.) B223 Renovation

10.) B24 Campus Center

11.) B225 Renovation

Funding vs Final Cost:

 $80M per Year: $2.03B

 $60M per Year: $2.51B
Master Plans Implementation-Gaithersburg

B245 Modernization & Addition

B207 Robotics Addition

Gate F Shipping/Receiving/Inspection

B222 Renovation & Addition

B101 LL Renovation & Addition

Gate A Renovation & Addition
GPL Modernization Program

GPL Modernization Program

Seven GPLs

• 1.3 million gross square feet

• 45% of research space at Gaithersburg

• Used by 5 of 6 Laboratory OU’s

• Additional 86 thousand square feet planned

BUILDING 222 MODERNIZATION – 1ST GPL

Main Building: All Labs

Addition: Administrative Spaces

Goal: Create Strategic Programmatic Research Space
Master Plans Implementation-Boulder

B1 Wing 5 Renovation

B1 Spine West Renovation

B3 Addition

B1 Wing 4 Renovation
Near Term Priority Areas: FY21-FY25

Both Campuses:

1.) Utility Infrastructure

- Underground Utilities – work towards master plans ($50M-$100M)

- Major building systems for those not nearing renovations (HVAC & major electrical equipment: $50M++)

- Central Utility Plants ($25M-$35M)

2.) IT Infrastructure: ($50M-$80M)

Gaithersburg:

1.) NCNR Complex (FY23 construction)

2.) B101 Complex

3.) Roofing Replacements

4.) ADA & Life Safety Compliance

5.) Roads & Parking Lots

Boulder:

1.) Master Plan

2.) Wing 2

3.) ADA & Life Safety Compliance

4.) Roads & Parking Lots
Infrastructure: Funding Requirements

CRF: Facilities Modernization Fund

Annual Sustainable Funding of $60M-$80M

SCMMR: Operations & Maintenance Fund

Annual Sustainable Funding of $115M*-$148M**

$175M-$228M

Annual Funding Needs

(FY21: $80M)

*: 4%+ of Property Replacement Value per National Research Council, 1990: “Committing to the Cost of Ownership: 

Maintenance and Repair of Public Buildings” (Value shown is 4%. 5% is $144M)

**: DOC Rent Rate paid to GSA for operations & maintenance of DOC occupied, GSA owned facilities.
QUESTIONS?