The Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) is seeking public comment on a proposed update to its Capital Project Administration Handbook, which assists recipients of AS 14.11 funding with project administration and related department-specific processes. This new draft edition is a fairly substantial update to the publication, which was last updated in 2017. Key revisions/additions to the publication include:

• Restructuring of the document to provide required submittal discussion grouped by project phases; additional development of information on the department’s project agreement.
• Identification and discussion of submittals added in support of regulation changes: ASHRAE 90.1 compliance checklist, commissioning agent services agreement, and commissioning report.
• Identification and discussion of submittals added to the template project agreement’s submittal requirements appendix.
• Updated language to reflect regulation changes.
• Additional detail and information requested for DEED-approval of in-house/force account work.

The draft publication is attached to this notice in both a “tracked changes” format and in a “clean” version with changes accepted. The current 2017 edition is available online (pdf).

If you are interested in commenting on the attached draft you may comment through this public notice or e-mail your comments to Lori.Weed@alaska.gov no later than noon (12:00 p.m.) on March 31, 2022.