Despite facing a year of budget cuts, community colleges have pushed construction forward through previously secured bond funding. As a result, C.W. Driver Companies was selected for the first design-build project funded by the state, a multidisciplinary facility at Long Beach City College.

“Colleges are being conservative with their facility investments and prioritizing the greatest needs while planning for the future,” said Dave Pintar, director of project development, C.W. Driver Cos.

Although California State University capital improvement plans were put on hold, private funding enabled projects, such as the Innovation and Instruction Building for CSU Dominguez Hills by C.W. Driver, to continue. Looking ahead, the 2021-2022 California State University budget includes an increase of $547.1 million to the ongoing general fund and an increase of $965 million to a one-time general fund, in part to support reoccurring and one-time CIP expenditures throughout the CSU system.