Pacific Regional Conference 2004

Pacific Regional Conference 2004
Conference Proceedings

March 14–16, 2004
Tempe, AZ (USA)
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center

Institutional Stewardship in an Uncertain World

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Strategic Project Implementation for University of California - Berkeley's College of Engineering
Presenters: Emily Marthinsen, University of California - Berkeley; David Sabalvaro, STUDIOS Architecture
This case study shows how University of California - Berkeley ensured that all College of Engineering work met long term college and campus goals and needs. Individual projects scopes were developed using a "cookbook" approach from a predetermined menu whose parameters were established by earlier planning processes. The session demonstrates how important project factors—functional neeeds of researchers, research lifespan, building conditions, available budgets—were identified and evaluated against college and campus strategic goals for seismic strengthening, program improvement and the campus/public realm.

Financial Stewardship in Uncertain Times: Financing Unfunded Construction Programs
Presenters: David A. DeValeria, Leo A. Daly; Edwin R. Schmidt, The Eastridge Companies
In these uncertain times traditional sources of construction funding are becoming less and less certain. This "drying" up has forced many colleges and universities to begin looking for non-traditional ways of financing their unfunded construction programs. In this session the presenters will walk through a series of "demonstration projects" in order to describe various funding alternatives, their structure, and their delivery.

Some Things are Certain: Stewardship at CSUMB's New Campus
Presenters: Niraj Dangoria, California State University - Monterey Bay; Robert S. Sena, Moore Iocafano Goltsman, Inc
This story demonstrates movement from a desolate, somewhat derelict ex-military base to a university with international stature. Stewardship, usually associated with environment, here stands for utilizing existing buildings and materials, protecting ecosystems, creating social places protected from the climate, getting @2 value from each 11 spent, and creating an academic core that reflects evolving symbols and academic direction. The session will cover the journey from obstacles to creation of an accepted plan and a truly memorable design for the academic core.

Classrooms in the Can
Presenters: Mark R. Miller and Mark Shekoyan, Miller Kelley Architects
Based on both qualitative and quantitative data drawn from the study of the prevalence and impact of temporary classrooms, key criteria, metrics of success, and prototype projects which can lead to improved performance will be presented. This session will present the staistical analysis of the prevalence and impact of temporary classrooms and in particular of prefabricated modular units in a cross section of public and private institutions of higher learning in California. Finally, the session will explore alternative approaches to accommodating temporary classroom needs. The premise of the presentation is that using prefabricated mobile units as currently available is in many cases a bad investment both as a learning strategy and as a fiscal expenditure.

Balancing Priorities: Admissions and Enrollment Management in a Budget Downturn
Presenters: David a. Dowell, California State University; Vincent Novak and Laura Rendon, California State University - Long Beach
The Beach is Hot! This slogan captures the explosive enrollment growth situation at California State University Long Beach, now the second largest campus in the state. The campus has instituted a new admission policy with three goals: manage size, preserve campus diversity, and attract students best able to benefit from campus offerings. This policy is not without controversy. This session will discuss the planning process underway on the campus as it seeks to balance its three goals.

Collaborative Whole Building and Planning Approach to Sustainability
Presenters: Anthony N. Bernheim, Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris; Kevin R. Hydes, Keen Engineering Inc
Making the right choices with new academic building design can have long-term impacts on operating costs, building efficiency, and performance and the triple bottom line (global sustainability). Collaborative workshops are methods to make these decisions in a way that integrates green measures into the process: establishing goals, developing green measures, making consensus-based evaluation decisions. Indoor environmental and air quality, energy conservation and efficiency, and resource efficiency (site, water, and materials) should be comprehensibly considered in a life cycle costing context. The methods of evaluating these strategies can be user-friendly and helpful so that long-term impacts are positive. Examples of this approach will be given using the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.

Campus Planning Meets Kyoto Compliance
Presenters: Julian Dautremont-Smith, Treading Lightly; Michael Sestric, Lewis & Clark College
Institutions of higher education are increasingly facing pressures to reduce their contribution to climate change. Some have adopted the Kyoto Protocol's emissions targets of seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012. But what does this mean in practical terms? Is it really achievable? What can we do as campus planners, architects, and environmental stewards to move our institutions in this direction? This session examines Lewis & Clark College's efforts to integrate Kyoto compliance into its long-term development plans.

Good vs Great: the Past and Future Evolution of Arizona State University as a Great Metropolitan and National University
Presenters: Milton D. Glick, Executive Vice President and Provost, Arizona State University

Using Scenario Planning to Better Cope with Uncertainty
Presenter: Maree Conway, Swinburne University of Technology
This interactive workshop introduces participants to scenario planning and how it might be used as an input into strategy development. Scenario planning is a structured process that focuses on drivers of change, how those drivers might interact and develop over time, and what sort of futures might result. Participant generated "learning" scenarios are created so that participants can experience the scenario planning process first-hand. The value of this workshop results not only from the scenarios generated, but also from seeing how scenarios can begin to free up thinking and identify different perspectives to strengthen an institution's ability to deal with future uncertainty.

Opening Plenary Session

Maintaining Mission without Means: Integrating Enrollment Management and Communications Plans
Presenters: Judith Anderson and Angela Gee, California State University - Fullerton
State budgets are shrinking across the nation at the same time student demand for higher education is increasing in many regions. How does a public university with a mission of providing access to all qualified applicants develop and communicate an enrollment management plan when enrollment demand outstrips institutional resources? This session will describe an integrated enrollment management and communication plan. This plan builds on campus mission goals, protects institutional values, addresses financial realities, and informs prospective students and other key stakeholder groups.

Conference Sponsors:

Anshen + Allen Architects
BOORA Architects
DES Architects + Engineers
Gilbane Building Company
Hunt Construction Group
MBT Architecture
Ratcliff Architects
SmithGroup Arizona Architects
SMWM
Steinberg
Swinerton Education

Society for College and University Planning