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The Future is Hands-on: Repositioning a Polytechnic Campus

Delivered October 23, 2024
Presented by Douglas Kozma, Vice President, SmithGroup Inc | JUSTIN UTPADEL, Chief Facilities Officer, University of Wisconsin-Stout | Cathy O'Hara Weiss, Director of Architecture and Facilities Planning, University of Wisconsin System Administration | Lana Zoet, Senior Principal, SmithGroup Inc
Planning Types: Campus Planning

As pedagogy and market demand shift toward experiential and applied learning, this session will demonstrate practical methods for evaluating and repurposing existing space and the benefits of optimizing underperforming facilities. University of Wisconsin (UW)-Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic, has a tradition of career-focused learning. Through data-informed planning, the university is repositioning its campus through strategic space reduction, disciplinary cluster reorganization, and industry-focused labs. Come learn how to focus on your institutions' unique strengths in the market by applying Building Information Modeling (BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis, and utilization metrics to inform realignment of space.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Advocate for aligning strategic and facilities planning to realize programmatic, spatial, and fiscal change.
  2. Leverage space utilization metrics and tools to evaluate, rebalance, and repurpose campus facilities.
  3. Explain how to reposition core facilities to focus on your institution's programmatic strengths.
  4. Identify and realize various 'scales of transformation': campuswide, neighborhood, building, and room level.

Presenters:

Douglas Kozma, Vice President, SmithGroup Inc
JUSTIN UTPADEL, Chief Facilities Officer, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Cathy O'Hara Weiss, Director of Architecture and Facilities Planning, University of Wisconsin System Administration
Lana Zoet, Senior Principal, SmithGroup Inc

Delivered 10/23/2024.

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