The Capital Budget Office (CBO) within the South Carolina Department of Administration (Admin) is the organizational entity with oversight responsibility for the state's permanent improvements program. The CBO is responsible for coordinating the approval process as well as monitoring and reporting budgets and expenditures for all permanent improvement projects.
The CBO facilitates capital improvement planning for state agencies and public institutions of higher education through the Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP). The CPIP is updated annually to outline all permanent improvement projects projected over the next five years.
2027 Permanent Improvement Project Submission Schedule for JBRC and SFAA Meetings
Permanent Improvement Project Required Approval by Transaction Type
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Capital Planning and Budgeting Overview (Video)
The following manuals are intended to guide agencies in the planning and execution of permanent improvement projects.
Capital Budget Office
Policies and Guidance for Establishment and Maintenance of Permanent Improvement Projects (PDF)*
*Update planned in FY2026-27.
Office of State Engineer
Preliminary and Final Land Acquisition requests submitted to the CBO for approval by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the SFAA must include a completed Private Participant Disclosure document from each seller, including any participating conservation agencies, when the SFAA approval is required.
Proviso 117.160 of the FY2026-27 Appropriations Act requires all Conservation Agencies for all conservation land acquisitions requiring approval from Admin, Joint Bond Review Committee and/or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. These documents are intended to satisfy this proviso.
Frequently Asked Questions - CBO Project Planning System (PDF)
(Step #1) Capital Planning System: CPIP Creation (PDF)
(Step #2) Capital Planning System: Project Detail Worksheet Creation (Copy) (PDF)
(Step #2) Capital Planning System: Project Detail Worksheet Creation (Manual) (PDF)
- Project Detail Worksheet Creation (Copy) (Video)
- Project Detail Worksheet Creation (Manual-Set and Update Project Name) (Video)
- Project Detail Worksheet Creation (Manual) (Video)
(Step #3) Capital Planning System: Finalizing the CPIP (PDF)
(Step #4, if Applicable) Capital Planning System: Changes Required (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Phase I/Phase II Projects
(Step #1) Creating a PIP and Master Data (PDF)
(Step #2 Part 1) Request Type Creation (PDF)
(Step #2 Part 2) Request Type Completion (PDF)
(Step #3) Additional Operating Costs or (Savings) Completion (PDF)
(Step #4) General Information Completion (PDF)
(Step #5 - If Applicable) Renovation Completion (PDF)
(Step #5 - If Applicable) Roof Renovation Completion (PDF)
(Step #6 - If Applicable) New Construction Completion (PDF)
(Step #6 - If Applicable) Roof New Construction Completion (PDF)
(Step #7 - If Applicable) Revise Scope Completion (PDF)
(Step #8 - If Applicable) Change Source of Funds Completion (PDF)
(Step #9 - If Applicable) Higher Education Completion (PDF)
(Step #10) Notes and Documents (PDF)
Acquisitions
(Step #1) Creating a PIP and Master Data (PDF)
(Step #2 Part 1) Request Type Creation (PDF)
(Step #2 Part 2) Request Type Completion (PDF)
(Step #3) Additional Operating Costs or (Savings) Completion (PDF)
(Step #4) Acquisitions Completion (PDF)
(Step #5) Property Details Completion (PDF)
(Step #6 - If Applicable) Change Source of Funds Completion (PDF)
(Step #7 - If Applicable) Revise Scope Completion (PDF)
(Step #8 - If Applicable) Higher Education Completion (PDF)
(Step #9) Notes and Documents (PDF)
Other Items
Withdraw Request Type and Withdraw and Delete Request Type (PDF)
Guidelines coming soon.
The CPIP is a tool that informs decision-makers of the anticipated permanent improvement projects agencies and public institutions of higher education plan to initiate over a five-year period.
It promotes awareness of funding needs for permanent improvement projects. It also informs the Joint Bond Review Committee and the SFAA of the projects that will be coming through the approval process.
Below are links to prior years’ CPIP submissions:
2025-2026 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2024-2025 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2023-2024 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2022-2023 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2021-2022 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2020-2021 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2019-2020 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2018–2019 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
Statewide Summary (PDF)
Submission Details (PDF)
2017–2018 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan