Developing Opportunities: IT, Telecom Upgrades, Building Renovation

The country’s largest four-year public university system has funding for a plethora of technology and modernization-related projects in the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year.

It’s a 23-campus system that serves almost a half million students and has plans for a variety of initiatives infused with IT and innovation.

The California State University’s (CSU) Multi-Year Plan, which spans the 2021-2022 through 2025-2026 Fiscal Years, documents funding for IT-related initiatives at many campuses, which should be progressing during the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year that began July 1. Major funding in all instances derives from the Systemwide Revenue Bonds – Academic Program (SRB-AP); all are in the “PWC” phase, or “preliminary plans, working drawings, construction” unless otherwise indicated. Per Industry Insider — California’sOpportunities listings, this includes:

• $42.9 million, with rounding, for the “Ives Hall Renovation” at CSU Sonoma in the 2021-2022 Capital Outlay Plan, according to page 13 of the document. Total project budget is also $42.9 million; cumulative total budget is more than $2 billion.
• $6.2 million for “Telecom-Fiber and Tertiary Pathway Infrastructure” at CSU Stanislaus, as part of the FY 2021-2022 Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, per page 18. Total project budget is $6.2 million.
• $4.2 million for “Infrastructure Perimeter Loop, Phase 1” at CSU Sacramento as part of the 2021-2022 FY Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, according to page 16. Total project budget is $4.8 million.
• $3.8 million for “Telecom-Stockton IDF, MPOE, Redundancy, Wireless” also at CSU Stanislaus, as part of the FY 2021-2022 Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, according to page 18. Total project budget is also $3.8 million.
• $3.4 million for “Telecom Voice Over IP Data Core Equipment Replace” at CSU Los Angeles, as part of the 2021-2022 FY Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, according to page 16. Total project budget is $3.4 million.
• $3.5 million for “Information Technology Upgrades” this fiscal year at San Francisco State University. That’s more than $3.14 million for construction and $349,000 for preliminary plans and working drawings according to page 194. The project is part of deferred maintenance, renewal and improvements.
• $3 million for “Telecom-Data Center Relocation from Admin. Bldg” at CSU Los Angeles, as part of the 2021-2022 FY Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, according to page 16. Total project budget is $3 million.
• $2.8 million this fiscal year for “Wireless and End Point Management” in FY 2022-2023, at CSU Stanislaus, according to page 248.
• $2.5 million for “Telecom Upgrades, Phase 1” at CSU Sacramento, as part of the 2021-2022 FY Infrastructure Improvements Program Project List, according to page 16. Total project budget is $2.8 million.
• $353,000 in FY 2022-2023 for “Information Technology Border Firewall Upgrades” at CSU Sonoma according to page 237. The project is part of deferred maintenance, renewal and improvements.