MMR - FY20 - School Construction Authority

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    • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    • SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY
    • Lorraine Grillo, President/Chief Executive Officer
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    • WHAT WE DO
    • The School Construction Authority
    • (SCA) is the agency accountable for
    • new school construction and major
    • renovations to older schools. SCA is
    • responsible for all capital planning,
    • budgeting, design, and operations.
    • SCA coordinates the development
    • of the Department of Education’s
    • Five-Year Capital Plan, selects and
    • acquires sites for new schools, leases
    • buildings for schools, and supervises
    • conversion of administrative space
    • for classroom use.
    • FOCUS ON EQUITY
    • SCA is committed to designing and constructing safe, attractive, and
    • environmentally sound public schools for children throughout all of the City’s
    • communities. SCA has set its priorities, including reducing overcrowding,
    • upgrading schools, and improving access to technology to reflect this commitment.
    • The Fiscal 2020–2024 Capital Plan creates tens of thousands of new seats in
    • areas projected for enrollment growth, directly addressing overcrowding and
    • the goal of creating additional high-quality, full-day pre-kindergarten seats for
    • neighborhoods throughout the City. Furthermore, the Capital Plan calls for muchneeded improvements for aging infrastructure throughout the five boroughs.
    • OUR SERVICES AND GOALS
    • SERVICE 1 Design and construct new schools, additions and capital
    • improvement projects authorized by the Department of
    • Education’s Five-Year Capital Plan.
    • Goal 1a Produce the number of new school seats authorized by the
    • Department of Education’s Five-Year Capital Plan.
    • Goal 1b Achieve cost efficiencies in construction.
    • Goal 1c Increase the number of capital improvement projects completed on
    • schedule and within budget.
    • Goal 1d Ensure project safety and quality.
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    • HOW WE PERFORMED IN FISCAL 2020
    • SERVICE 1 Design and construct new schools, additions and capital improvement projects authorized
    • by the Department of Education’s Five-Year Capital Plan.
    • Goal 1a Produce the number of new school seats authorized by the Department of Education’s Five-Year
    • Capital Plan.
    • SCA completed construction of more seats in Fiscal 2020 compared to Fiscal 2019.The number of new seats fell slightly
    • below the 2020 target. This is attributable to the reforecast completion dates of several 3-K projects due to the SCA Pause
    • caused by COVID-19. The number of schools constructed and seats created varies year-to-year based on the capital plan.
    • Performance Indicators
    • Actual Target Trend
    • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
    • Desired
    • Direction
    • Total new seats created 6,241 8,676 5,032 4,045 6,956 7,061 * Down *
    • « New schools and additions constructed 29 25 15 18 21 22 * Down *
    • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
    • Goal 1b Achieve cost efficiencies in construction.
    • Construction costs increased by 3.2 percent between Fiscal 2019 and Fiscal 2020. To manage costs, the SCA continuously
    • reviews and revises the construction building standards to ensure cost effectiveness, durability and ease of maintenance.
    • Performance Indicators
    • Actual Target Trend
    • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
    • Desired
    • Direction
    • « Construction bid price for school capacity projects per square
    • foot ($) $752 $753 $745 $792 $817 $700 $700 Neutral Down
    • Average new school construction cost per square foot - Early
    • childhood ($) NA NA NA NA NA * * NA Down
    • – Elementary ($) $657 $732 $737 $825 $718 * * Up Down
    • – Intermediate ($) $573 $777 NA NA NA * * NA Down
    • – High school ($) NA $817 NA NA $1,039 * * NA Down
    • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
    • Goal 1c Increase the number of capital improvement projects completed on schedule and within budget.
    • The percent of capital improvement projects constructed within budget decreased by 9 percentage points. The percent of
    • projects constructed on time or early decreased by 7 percentage points. On-time performance decreased due to project
    • schedule delays due to the SCA Pause caused by COVID-19.
    • Performance Indicators
    • Actual Target Trend
    • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
    • Desired
    • Direction
    • New schools and additions - construction funds committed as a
    • percent of initial authorized budget (%) 93.0% 91.6% 92.1% 91.8% 91.9% 100.0% 100.0% Neutral Up
    • « Scheduled new seats constructed on time (%) 96% 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% Neutral Up
    • « Capital improvement projects constructed on time or early (%) 86% 72% 65% 54% 47% 80% 80% Down Up
    • « Capital improvement projects constructed within budget (%) 73% 85% 76% 89% 80% 80% 80% Neutral Up
    • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
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    • Goal 1d Ensure project safety and quality.
    • The projected costs of individual claims have increased from calendar year 2018 to calendar year 2019 based on preliminary
    • actuarial information. As insurance claims mature, more relevant data will become available.
    • Performance Indicators
    • Actual Target Trend
    • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5-Year
    • Desired
    • Direction
    • Ultimate cost of insurance losses as % of construction value (per
    • calendar year) 3.47% 5.67% 5.44% 6.76% NA * * NA Down
    • « Critical Indicator “NA” Not Available ñò Directional Target * None
    • AGENCY RESOURCES
    • Resource Indicators Actual Plan¹
    • FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY21 5yr Trend
    • Personnel 741 796 809 848 859 969 899 Up
    • Capital commitments ($000,000) $2,568.0 $3,061.7 $3,544.3 $3,925.7 $1,791.0 $4,779.4 $3,221.1 Neutral
    • ¹Authorized Budget Level “NA” - Not Available * None
    • NOTEWORTHY CHANGES, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS !
    • • Fiscal 2021 targets are currently not available for goal 1a indicators because of the SCA pause caused by COVID-19 in
    • March continues to halt construction activity. These targets will be updated once construction activity resumes.
    • • Fiscal 2020 Capital Commitments fell short of the Plan target because of the SCA pause caused by COVID-19.
    • • Fiscal 2021 Capital Commitments Plan target is uncertain due to the ongoing SCA pause caused by COVID-19.
    • • Prior-year data for the indicator ‘Ultimate cost of insurance losses as % of construction value (per calendar year)’ has
    • been revised to reflect the SCA’s most recent actuarial information. This data is based on an actuarial report prepared
    • by the SCA’s Insurance Program Manager which calculates the SCA’s projected ultimate cost of insurance losses for the
    • year-end financial statements.
    • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
    • For more information on the agency, please visit: www.nyc.gov/sca.
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