Concurrent Session Proceedings

Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN005) Determining Where You are on the IPD Spectrum
Presented by: Michael E. Kenig, Vice Chairman, Holder Construction Group LLC; Steven C. Thweatt, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management, University of Colorado Boulder

Based on a recently published paper, “IPD for Public and Private Owners”, this session will look at the evolution of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and how owners are leveraging collaboration to improve how their facilities are meeting their original planning goals. This includes exploring the integration that can be achieved both with and without an integrated (multi-party) contract and will include an interactive discussion on the subject.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN033) Examples of Innovative Statewide and Institutional Approaches to Strategic Planning
Presented by: Pamela G. Arrington, Associate Dean & Professor, College of Education, Troy University-Montgomery Campus; Ray White, Vice Chancellor, Troy University-Montgomery Campus

This session describes in detail two innovative approaches to planning, one at the statewide level and one at an institution. The statewide approach incorporated strategic alliances across all education levels and with business and industry. The institutional process included listening sessions across the state, nation, and international locations. Both planning processes included five phases, which will be described during the session.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN017) Meeting the Challenge, Re-defining, Re-adapting Existing Resources to Accommodate the Paradigm Shift in Teaching and Learning
Presented by: Elsa V. Pena, University Architect, University of West Georgia

New modalities in teaching and learning require facilities with different configurations than traditionally oriented classrooms. Tech savvy entering student cohorts accustomed to heavy visual stimulus, group social interaction impose transformative demands in teaching modalities. Teaching is or will be shifting from the traditional Socratic style lecturing to the interactive, group learning and problem solving style of teaching and learning. Academic and facilities areas are faced with this paradigm shift and the realities of best utilizing scarce resources to accommodate the demands.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN003) Energy Performance Contracting at MUSC—Planning and Execution
Presented by: John Malmrose, Chief Facilities Officer, Medical University of South Carolina; Wayne Robertson, President, Energy Ace

Energy Performance Contracting is a means of implementing energy projects on a campus by using the future savings stream to finance the improvements. A third-party designs and installs the upgrades and guarantees the savings. However, performance contracting is not without its risks. Learn the pros and the cons of performance contracting from this pair of presenters: a savvy university facilities manager and his highly experienced owner’s representative consultant.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN030) Improving Customer Service Using Survey Data: Framework for Developing Initiatives
Presented by: Roy Mathew, Associate Vice President, Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research & Planning, The University of Texas at El Paso; Victor Pacheco, Assistant Vice President, Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs, The University of Texas at El Paso

The Accountability movement has permeated into higher education, and institutions have been asked to establish formal systems to ensure efficiency and continuous improvement. Many institutions have implemented formal planning and performance management systems, but these systems by themselves do not necessarily produce change in outcomes. Instead, action analytics—the process of understanding the data and using it to develop strategic initiatives—is the key to producing outcomes. This presentation describes the analytics framework developed by UTEP’s Business Affairs and the Center of Institutional Evaluation, Research and Planning to assess operations and to develop strategic initiatives to improve customer service.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN022) The New Reality: Integrated Planning = More with Less
Presented by: Lily Berrios, Principal, Sizemore Group, LLC; Max Edward Pettit, Retired Professor, Georgia Regents University

It is time for new realities. This session is a real life example of how an institution’s use of integrated planning has helped them do more with less. In 2003 Augusta State University initiated a master plan using a tool and process that integrates population growth, programs, space use and capital cost. Since that time, ASU has used it to manage change and its impact on scheduling, room use, space allocation, parking, Capital Implementation Program (CIP) and the current master plan update. 

Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:15 PM–3:15 PM
(CN029) Kids on Campus: Planning Child Development Centers for Higher Education
Presented by: Brian Dempsey, Principal, Niles Bolton Associates; Stacey French-Lee, Program Director, Georgia State University-Child Development Center

Colleges and universities are finding an increasing need to provide education and care for young (birth through age 5) children in a higher education setting. On-campus Child Development Centers function both as a recruiting and retention tool for faculty, staff and students as well as a working lab for faculty research and student education. This session will examine the planning needs for Child Development Centers and the financial and social aspects of institution sponsored centers.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:15 PM–3:15 PM
(CN010) Not-So-Extreme Makeovers: Reinventing Historic Buildings on Virginia’s Campuses
Presented by: Eleanor Barton, Senior Associate, Glave & Holmes Architecture; Thomas G. Contos, University Architect, Washington and Lee University; Lori Snyder Garrett, Senior Principal, Director of Higher Education Studio, Glave & Holmes Architecture; Brian E. Hogg, Senior Historic Preservation Planner, University of Virginia-Main Campus
Many institutions have historic buildings with strong campus and alumni attachment. Over time some have become unappealing to building occupants due to poor functionality; antiquated systems; and unattractive, tired interiors. Breathing new life into these buildings through creative renovations that restore their appeal and functionality demonstrates fiscal and environmental responsibility. Using contrasting examples at the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee University, this presentation will reveal how re-purposing buildings and creating updated interiors with historic tax-credit funding can transform historic buildings into highly-desirable assets.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:15 PM–3:15 PM
(CN021) The Storm After the Storm, How Hurricane Ike Molded the Future of University of Texas Medical Branch
Presented by: Kim T. McKay, Assistant Vice President, Facilities Portfolio Management, University of Texas Medical Branch
Hurricane Ike barreled ashore in September of 2008. With all the surge water and sludge, the storm also brought to the UTMB campus new opportunities for development of the campus in a new and more sustainable model for the future. This session will recreate some of the tragic events of the hurricane, will discuss the 1.2 million square feet in damage, will identify goals and objectives the campus has used in moving forward, and will show the future vision for our campus including sustainabile practices and hurricane mitigation approaches.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
(CN019) A 10-Year Plan 5 Years In: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t
Presented by: Stephen B. Coulston, Managing Principal, Broaddus Planning, LLC; Nancy K. Nusbaum, Associate Vice President, Finance & Support Services Planning, Texas State University-San Marcos

In 2004, Texas State initiated a year-long process to prepare its 10-year master plan. The award-winning plan has been widely embraced, and the university has since been actively implementing it. The year following its completion, the campus coordinator and planning consultant presented outcomes at conferences nationwide. Five years later, the team reassembles to review the plan’s strengths and weakness. What has and hasn’t worked, and why? The speakers share lessons learned and status of an on-going 5-year plan update.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
(CN020) New Realities of an Academic Library
Presented by: William Todd Dolson, Associate, Stevens & Wilkinson; Gene Ruffin, Library Director, Georgia Gwinnett College

This session is a case study of the design and implementation of a new academic library on a new University of System of Georgia campus. The project is to become not only the geographic center of a the campus, but its intellectual heart. The GGCL serves the college as a learning center, incorporating the traditional library with collections and study space for individuals and groups, while adding service areas such as an information commons and study rooms outfitted for group projects and presentation practice.

Monday, October 18, 2010, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
(CN011) Residential Life Must go on
Presented by: Megan Browning, Senior Vice President, George K. Baum & Company; Ted Curtis, Vice President for Capital Planning and Management, University of Akron Main Campus; Douglas Hyde, Director, College & University Design, Douglas Hyde Design; Jeffrey Schimmel, President, Mantra. LLP

Given the current economic climate and steady increase in student enrollment, how can colleges and universities keep pace with the demands of their Residential Life programs? What creative financial models, trends and partnerships are emerging? How can institutions use these models to ensure they respond appropriately and make the most of endowment dollars? What are the risks and benefits to a new construct in Res Life planning and how can institutions responds quickly to the pressing needs of their constituents?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN014) A Time to Tear Down and A Time to Build
Presented by: William L Brauer, Executive Vice President, Christopher Newport University; H. Randolph Holmes, Principal, Glave & Holmes Architecture
What is required to transition a university from a position of low respect and student application to one of the most respected and sought after schools in the region? This was the challenge for Christopher Newport University. CNU met this challenge with clear vision, passionate leadership and a commitment to make the campus visibly demonstrate a new direction for the school. Learn how this process of radical transformation has resulted in momentum towards becoming one of the most favored universities of its class.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN012) Living and Learning Sustainability at Duke University—The Smart Home
Presented by: Chris E. Brasier, Design Director, Clark Nexsen; Jim Gaston, Director, Duke Smart Home Program, Duke University

The Smart Home is one of the highest rated LEED Platinum buildings in the country and a model living/learning laboratory. Perhaps the most innovative and effective aspect of the program’s mission of promoting ecological sustainability is the intentional approach to fostering perpetual innovation. Each new student is presented with a “building as canvas” upon which they are encouraged to utilize their imagination and engage with fellow students, faculty and industry partners to conceive and implement new solutions to the many environmental challenges society now confronts.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN024) Transforming Vacant Commercial Space for Institutional Use
Presented by: Richard Bing, Associate Principal, LS3P Associates LTD; Tim Hardee, President, Central Carolina Technical College; Becky Smith, Associate Principal, LS3P Associates LTD
Faced with a need for additonal space for programs, two South Carolina Community Colleges acquired and radically transformed vacant warehouse and big box retail space into needed campus facilities instead of building new. This session will examine the benefits of creative renovations of vacant commercial space and how it can benefit both the college and the community.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 9:45 AM–10:45 AM
(CN001) GGC’s New Student Center—Building Tradition at Hyper Speed
Presented by: Ken Higa, Marketing Director, Perkins+Will; Adam Sterritt, Assistant Dean, Students for Student Life , Georgia Gwinnett College

Georgia Gwinnett College is the nation’s first public four-year college to be founded in the US in the 21st century. Faced with the unique challenge of building a campus from the ground up and creating a brand new campus culture, their efforts provide insights into the challenges of establishing the foundation for student life on campus, the effectiveness of integrated planning, and the impact of facilities in defining a campus identity. The Student Center’s 18-month hyper-track schedule and non-traditional financing added challenges to this project.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 9:45 AM–10:45 AM
(CN009) Not Your Parents’ Library: Planning, Change, and the Academic Library
Presented by: Cody A. Gregg, Interim Dean, Library Services & Instructional Technologies, South Texas College; Kristina Wilson, Senior Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment Specialist , South Texas College

In this era of “doing more with less,” meeting changing student and pedagogical needs presents unique challenges. South Texas College Library Services has met these challenges through using its annual Institutional Effectiveness process to plan for the gradual evolution of its five libraries to a learning commons. By integrating gradual changes into its annual planning, STC has transformed the climate and services in its libraries with no physical renovations.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 9:45 AM–10:45 AM
(CN031) Town Meets Gown: A New Model of Sustainable Community at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Presented by: Christopher R. Conklin, Principal, VHB | Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.; John Evans, Executive Director, Carolina North, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mary Jane Nirdlinger, Assistant Planning Director, Town of Chapel Hill
Carolina North is a world-class research and learning campus planned for 250 acres two miles north of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The need for this campus reflects a trend toward public-private partnerships and economic development related to research efforts and innovations generated by the University. Representatives from UNC, Town of Chapel Hill, and the consultant team will describe this unique approach to Town-Gown collaboration and the coordination of infrastructure and service needs to support institutional growth.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN032) Integrating Campus, Community and Capital Needs at Bluegrass Community & Technical College: New Campus
Presented by: Krisan Osterby, Director of Campus Planning, Perkins+Will; Laurence A. Page, Senior Academic Planner, Perkins+Will

The Bluegrass Community and Technical College Newtown Pike Master Plan consolidated three existing campuses and their academic programs, while redeveloping the oldest psychiatric hospital campus in America. Located on 48 acres in a distressed neighborhood near downtown Lexington, the project integrated institutional, historic preservation, and community needs—while phasing for 10,000 students. The planning team collaborated with KCTCS, state, city, community and historical society representatives to create a sustainable vision for a mixed use campus based on partnerships and multiple funding sources.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN036) International Town and Gown Association Mission/Focus
Presented by: Kim Griffo, Executive Director , International Town and Gown Association (ITGA)

For centuries, institutions of higher learning have coexisted with the municipalities in which they reside.  What naturally follows is an overwhelming demand on universities and cities to effectively manage the dynamics of their town-gown relationships, and do so in ways that result in the mutual benefit and harmonious existence of both.  The City of Clemson and Clemson University have emerged as the nation’s leader in town-gown relations. They continue to elevate, share, and drive the development of programming and resources to address the untapped and underserved industry of town-gown relations. A significant collaboration will launch in January 2011 with the nation’s first Masters of Public Administration degree and certificate program with an area of focus in town-gown.  Additionally, these partners have expanded new and vital academic research opportunities that enhance explorations of local, national, and international town-gown economic development issues. 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN034) The Physical and Virtual Future of the University
Presented by: Michael Haggans, Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
If the best classroom content is available online 24/7, what is the meaning of any university as a physical place? The future of the traditional university is threatened by digital transformation. The accelerating demand speed of these changes exceeds the capacity of traditional higher education to respond. Classrooms need to be faster and flatter. Libraries need to be more like FedEx and Starbucks. But at its heart the university must be steadfast in support of the synchronous conversations among students and faculty.