Saturday, July 23, 2011, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM • National Harbor, Maryland (near DC)

Space Needs Planning: An Integrated Approach

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Associate Principal, Paulien & Associates, Inc; Franklin A. Markley, Senior Associate, Paulien & Associates, Inc

These presenters offered a great workshop last year, and it was well-reviewed. Now, they're back. Below, you can watch a video interview SCUP made with them right after the completion of their workshop at SCUP-45, in 2010.

Here is the abstract for this year's workshop, and a link to the SCUP–46 workshops page:

Saturday, July 23, 2011, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM

Space Needs Planning: An Integrated Approach

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Associate Principal, Paulien & Associates, Inc; Franklin A. Markley, Senior Associate, Paulien & Associates, Inc

Now, more than ever, understanding space usage and integrating space planning components with an institution's academic priorities is critical for continued success. Solid planning practices must capture what is happening outside of an institution through environmental scanning, as well as through strategic and academic planning processes. Space management policies and guidelines must change and adapt as institutions focus on changing technologies, new ways of learning, interdisciplinary and collaborative relationships, and expanded service models for student success.

This workshop will examine a variety of space planning topics, such as: identifying and interpreting key processes and data sources; discussing space utilization and management issues; reviewing guidelines by space type and their relevancy; and interpreting space needs' outcomes. Examples from community colleges to research universities will be used to illustrate space planning pitfalls and practices. Attendees will be presented with multiple planning scenarios using case studies and interactive group activities.

Cost: $295 USD (includes workbook, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments)

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify key steps and the institutional representatives that should be involved in the space planning process and how mission, vision, academic planning, and other pre-planning documents and studies should be integrated into the space planning process.
• Qualify, verify, and translate institutional data into meaningful information to establish a baseline for space planning, as well as projections for future space planning.
• This includes a review of the National Center for Educational Statistics' Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) space use codes to document existing facility use and space management.
• Interpret and adjust space guidelines based on modern learning environments and pedagogy, institutional mission, program mix, student services, and other strategic characteristics.
• Translate the space analysis outcomes into meaningful strategies for master planning, building renovations, and new construction, as contained in a capital improvement plan.

TAGS: Space Management, Space Utilization, Space Assessment, Performance Measurement, FICM, NCES Facilities Inventory Classification Manual

 Just after Fran Gast (U. Connecticut), Debi McDonald (Cannon Design), and Celia Kent (Harvard U) finished their Saturday morning workshop at SCUP-45, we caught up with them and asked them how this year was different from 2009.

 Check it out: Step I, as are all the steps, of SCUP's Planning Institute is very interactive. These folks have been going at it, at the point we took this YouTube video, for nearly 6 hours.