Description of a Major Statewide Program
In 1998, the Arizona Legislature passed a law that dramatically reformed the way K-12 schools are constructed statewide. The legislation is known as Students FIRST (Fair and Immediate Resources for Students Today) and provides minimum school facility guidelines for the renovation of existing and the construction of new school facilities in Arizona.

Vanir was selected by the Arizona School Facilities Board (ASFB) to oversee the Arizona School Deficiencies Program. We worked with and guided 52 districts (168 schools, totaling over 1600 projects) in the pre-design, design, bid, and construction phases of this statewide program.

Vanir supported each district in the advertisement, evaluation and selection of the architect, worked with the district and the architect/engineer to maximize the use of state funding, provided recommendations on construction feasibility, availability of materials and labor, time requirements for installation and construction, and conducted value analysis sessions as requested by the district.

Vanir assisted in preparing, negotiating and helping the ASFB enter into contractor agreements during the bid and award phase. During the construction phase, Vanir helped the districts by conducting meetings, visiting jobsites, creating monthly reports, maintaining logs, and assisting in solving problems that occurred on the various jobsites.

We Led a True Team Effort
"As superintendent of the district, I have enjoyed working with the project manager (Vanir), the architect and the contractor. I have felt that it was a team effort in accomplishing the project. As superintendent of a small district, it has been a relief to me to have a project manager who took the major responsibility of ensuring that the project was done correctly."

-Charles Eberhard, Supt.
Oracle School District #2