The purpose of the State Construction Office is to provide professional architectural and engineering services and management leadership to state agencies. This office carries out its responsibility by (1) processing cost estimates and contracts relating to construction or renovation of state buildings; (2) review and approval of all plans and specifications for the construction or renovation of state buildings; (3) supervision of the letting of all contracts for the design, construction or renovation of state buildings; (4) inspection and acceptance of all work done and materials used in the construction or renovation of state buildings; (5) conducting assessments of state facilities to identify deficiencies and (6) providing administrative and technical support to the State Building Commission. These services protect the interest of the state and assure the proper expenditure of public funds for the citizens of North Carolina. This provides for efficiency in the expenditure of state funds in its capital improvement program.

Our mission is to direct and guide the state's capital facilities development and management process. To effectively and efficiently manage the state's capital improvement process to assure that improvements to the state's physical properties can be reasonably completed with the amount of money appropriated, and that improvements have been designed and constructed giving proper consideration to economy in first cost, maintenance cost, in materials, and type of construction.