{"id":300,"date":"2026-08-14T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:43:28","slug":"2027-29-capital-and-planning-biennial-budget-request","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/2027-29-capital-and-planning-biennial-budget-request\/","title":{"rendered":"2027-29 Capital Biennial Budget Request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2027-29 Capital Budget recommendations are designed to align with the Universities of Wisconsin 2023-28 Strategic Plan. This includes a commitment to stewardship of existing assets by addressing deferred maintenance; removing obsolete facilities; maintaining affordable, accessible and high-quality educational environments for our students; and advancing Wisconsin\u2019s workforce needs.\u00a0The proposed Capital Plan reflects core values of the strategic plan by ensuring that projects include measures such as innovation (by promoting flexibility and adapting to changing conditions), sustainability (ensuring fiscally prudent and environmentally friendly projects), and accountability (ensuring that our universities implement projects in a timely fashion within established budgets).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uwsa-background-color-block angle-top alignfull has-dark-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2027-29 Biennial Capital Budget Request Recommendation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed 2027-29 Biennial Capital Budget Request places greatest emphasis on the repair, renovation, and renewal of aging facilities and infrastructure. The highest-priority programs are designed to address deferred maintenance needs and preserve the long-term viability of existing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 73 Projects and Programs included in the 2027-29 Biennial Budget recommendation as well as funding for the planning and design phases of 12 projects and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpdt-c row wpDataTableContainerSimpleTable wpDataTables wpDataTablesWrapper\n\"\n    >\n        <table id=\"wpdtSimpleTable-19\"\n           style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\n                   border-spacing:0px;\"\n           class=\"wpdtSimpleTable wpDataTable\"\n           data-column=\"6\"\n           data-rows=\"2\"\n           data-wpID=\"19\"\n           data-responsive=\"0\"\n           data-has-header=\"1\">\n\n                    <thead>        <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell  wpdt-empty-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:12.269938650307%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                                            <\/th>\n                                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:16.932515337423%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        Total                    <\/th>\n                                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"C1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"2\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:16.564417177914%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        GFSB                    <\/th>\n                                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"D1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"3\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:20.368098159509%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        PRSB                    <\/th>\n                                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"E1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"4\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:16.932515337423%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        UW CASH                    <\/th>\n                                                <th class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"F1\"\n                    data-col-index=\"5\"\n                    data-row-index=\"0\"\n                    style=\" width:16.932515337423%;                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        NON-UW CASH                    <\/th>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                    <tbody>        <tr class=\"wpdt-cell-row \" >\n                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell wpdt-bold\"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"A2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"0\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        2027-29                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"B2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"1\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        $2,024,190,000                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"C2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"2\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        $1,224,832,000                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"D2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"3\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        $673,299,000                    <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"E2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"4\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        $10,978,000                     <\/td>\n                                                <td class=\"wpdt-cell \"\n                                            data-cell-id=\"F2\"\n                    data-col-index=\"5\"\n                    data-row-index=\"1\"\n                    style=\"                    padding:10px;\n                    \"\n                    >\n                                        $115,081,000                    <\/td>\n                                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/table>\n<\/div><style id='wpdt-custom-style-19'>\n<\/style>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed 2027-29 Biennial Capital Budget Request includes 19 categorical enumerations for the Instructional Space Program, 17 for the Minor Facilities Renewal Projects Program Groups One, 15 for the Minor Facilities Renewal Program Group Two, and 8 for the Central Plant and Utilities Distribution Projects Program. In addition, there are 14 individual project enumerations and 12 planning and design funding projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This plan provides for the following distribution by the total cost of work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renovate 9.8 million or 14.3% of the 69 million square feet comprising the Universities of Wisconsin;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demolish about 363 thousand square feet, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add about 859 thousand new square feet resulting in about 362 thousand net new square feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than half of the UW System\u2019s building inventory was constructed between 1950 and 1979, and a large proportion of that inventory has had little renovation or upgrade since its inception<a>. <\/a>Twenty-one percent of the overall inventory is rated in moderate or poor condition regarding functionality and condition assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed projects have undergone feasibility assessments and it was determined that new construction is reasonable because the existing facilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>are obsolete functionally, physically outdated, and approaching the end of useful life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are unable to be renovated to meet new functional requirements due to existing floor loading or ceiling-to-ceiling heights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>contain structural systems that are unable to be modified for new modern space configurations; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are too costly to renovate due to that cost exceeding 75% of the building\u2019s value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uwsa-link-box\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/capital-planning\/capital-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"link-list-label\">Universities of Wisconsin Capital Planning &amp; Budget Website<\/div><div class=\"link-list-description\">Details, Dashboard, and other important information relating to the UWs 2027-29 Capital Budget Request <\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2027-29 Capital Budget recommendations are designed to align with the Universities of Wisconsin 2023-28 Strategic Plan. This includes a commitment to stewardship of existing assets by addressing deferred maintenance; removing obsolete facilities; maintaining affordable, accessible and high-quality educational environments for our students; and advancing Wisconsin\u2019s workforce needs.\u00a0The proposed Capital Plan reflects core values of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2972,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/promise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}