As the number and complexity of projects on campus increases, Facilities leaders must improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their project management functions to meet their campuses’ needs. A critical component to better deploying limited resources and talent is trustworthy data and Facilities project management benchmarks. Informed by our Project Management Survey, this report provides national data on project management efficiency and operations.
Thanks to the responses of 36 partner institutions, this report offers overall benchmarks, as well as statistics on project delivery, staffing, technological investment, structure, and funding. Explore the significant findings below and then the graphical displays, quartile ranks, and data cuts between public and private institutions in the full report.
Respondent demographicsBased on survey respondents, there is significant deviation in project management workload based on staffing and institutional size. Institutions at the 25th percentile have 0.3 capital projects per project manager, consisting of $2.02 million in portfolio. Institutions at the 75th percentile have 2.8 capital projects per project manager, consisting of $14.02 million in portfolio. For smaller projects, the project management workload interquartile range (25th to 75th percentile) spans from 5 to 19.
Project deliveryAs campuses continue to grow and age, the number of projects that project management delivers remains substantial. The median number of capital projects delivered by an institution in 2017 was nine, costing $44 million and impacting 235,000 gross square feet on campus. The median number of smaller projects delivered by an institution in the same period was 130.
While newer delivery models…