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Statewide Controlled Maintenance — Level 1 (FY 2026-27)

59 critical life-safety & equipment-failure repairs across state agencies & campuses. Statewide. Timeline FY 2026-27.

Money in FACT
Est. total cost
$103.2M
Result so far
Underway. What this stage means

Underway. The main work on this project started. Money goes out as the work goes on.

The stages, in order

  1. Requested An agency asked. No money yet.
  2. Funded Money approved. Work still to start.
  3. Underway Work started. Money goes out. This project
  4. Complete Work complete.

Halted Work stopped before the end.

This stage is our reading of the sources at the foot of this page, last read 24 September 2026.

Timeline FY 2026-27

Still open PENDING
Spend to date

Colorado does not publish what it has spent on this project.

FACT A Honesty Framework The label says how we know the figure. The grade rates the source record, not the project. The grade rates the source record, not the project.

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Latest public update

Enacted at $103,238,627 in HB26-1410 Section 3 Part I ($53.9M state agencies + $49.4M higher education) — slightly below the $109.4M that the Office of State Planning and Budgeting requested and the Capital Development Committee recommended. Highest-priority repair backlog: roofs, fire alarms, HVAC, ADA.

Open questions for the state (1)
ANALYSIS
  • Which of the 59 sites carry the highest life-safety risk?

Total cost and spending
Total project cost$103.2M

Total cost & funding are drawn from the official record(s) listed below.

Spend-to-date: not published. Colorado does not publish what it has spent on this project, so this field is left blank rather than estimated. TOPS, the state’s spending ledger, has no project field, so it cannot show what was spent on one project.

Milestones (2)
  • FY 2026-27 appropriation — current cycle
  • 59 project sites executed across the fiscal year

Who is being paid
FACT
Funding sourceCapital Construction Fund (General Fund transfer).
Structurally many vendors, not one: ≈59 separate life-safety projects (roofs, HVAC, fire alarms) across agencies and campuses, each procured as its own small contract by the Office of the State Architect.

Sources and receipts (2)

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Statewide Controlled Maintenance — Level 1 (FY 2026-27)

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