PERMANENT RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 392-343-080 Value engineering studies, constructability reviews, and building commissioning -- Requirements and definition, lowers the threshold for state match funding for building commissioning for common school construction; allows for state match funding for school construction starting at 5,000 SF.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-343-080.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.525.020 Duties of superintendent of public instruction.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-04-084 on February 5, 2008.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 8, 2008.
Dr. Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of
Public Instruction
OTS-1315.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-16-032, filed 7/25/06,
effective 8/25/06)
WAC 392-343-080
Value engineering studies,
constructability reviews, and building
commissioning -- Requirements and definition.
At the
appropriate time in the design process for a school facility
approved by the superintendent of public instruction, the
district shall prepare a value engineering study, complete a
constructability review, and perform building commissioning
for all projects greater than fifty thousand square feet. Value engineering studies((,)) and constructability reviews((,
and building commissioning)) shall be optional for projects
larger than fifteen thousand square feet but less than fifty
thousand square feet. Any project which includes fifteen
thousand square feet or less shall be exempt from this
requirement. For projects subject to chapter 39.35D RCW,
building commissioning must be performed for all projects over
five thousand square feet. For the purpose of this section, a
value engineering study is defined as a cost control technique
which is based on the use of a systematic, creative analysis
of the functions of the facility with the objective of
identifying unnecessary high costs or functions and/or
identifying cost savings that may result in high maintenance
and operation costs. The study shall consist of a forty-hour
workshop involving a minimum of a five-person team pursuant to
WAC 392-344-065. A constructability review is defined as a
cost control technique which is based on the review of project
documents by mechanical, electrical, structural, construction,
and design professionals prior to a request for bids. The
purpose of a constructability review is to identify potential
claim or problem areas and deficiencies that may occur as a
result of errors, ambiguities, omissions, discrepancies, and
conflicts in design documents. The study shall consist of a
forty-hour workshop involving a minimum of a five-person team
pursuant to WAC 392-344-066. Building commissioning is
defined as the process of verifying that the installation and
performance of selected building systems meet or exceed the
specified design criteria and therefore satisfy the design
intent. Building commissioning shall include a physical
inspection, functional performance testing, listing of noted
deficiencies, and a final commissioning report. Building
commissioning shall be performed by a professional agent or
authority not contractually or otherwise financially
associated with the project design team or contractor. A
district shall be eligible for state assistance for a value
engineering study, a constructability review, and building
commissioning for each qualifying project. The maximum amount
of assistance for ((each component)) value engineering studies
and constructability reviews of the study package shall be the
state matching percentage multiplied by the greater of the
following:
(1) Two-fifths of one percent of the area cost allowance multiplied by the square foot area for the fiscal year funded; or
(2) Twenty thousand dollars.
The maximum amount of assistance for building commissioning shall be as follows:
(a) Seven thousand five hundred dollars for projects larger than five thousand square feet but less than ten thousand square feet;
(b) Ten thousand dollars for projects ten thousand square feet but less than fifteen thousand square feet;
(c) The larger of the following for projects fifteen thousand square feet and above:
(i) Two-fifths of one percent of the area cost allowance multiplied by the square foot area for the fiscal year funded; or
(ii) Twenty thousand dollars.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. 06-16-032, amended and recodified as § 392-343-080, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.47.830 and 28A.525.020. 01-19-042, § 180-27-080, filed 9/14/01, effective 10/15/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. 99-24-127, § 180-27-080, filed 12/1/99, effective 1/1/00; 98-19-143, § 180-27-080, filed 9/23/98, effective 10/24/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.47.830. 83-21-066 (Order 11-83), § 180-27-080, filed 10/17/83.]