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Wake Forest Space Utilization Study Project Scope and Summation of Findings 12.5% Undergraduate Growth Scenario • Under this scenario the aggregate space needs for the campus are expected to total 1,059,126 ASF. • Assuming existing instructional space is retained to address future growth, the “real” future space deficit for the College will be approximately 51,400 ASF, while the “real” need for Calloway will be abut 3,400 ASF. • The greatest area of space deficiciency in the College will be in offices (29,990 ASF), followed by research labs (16,200 ASF) and then Other support space (5,200 ASF). • The greatest area of space deficiency for Calloway will be in offices (3,265 ASF). 25% Undergraduate Growth Scenario • Under this scenario the aggregate space needs for the campus are expected to total 1,100,640 ASF. • Assuming existing instructional space is retained to address future growth, the “real” future space deficit for the College will be approximately 78,100 ASF, while the “real” need for Calloway will be abut 4,900 ASF. • The greatest area of space deficiciency in the College will be in offices (43,740 ASF), followed by research labs (22,950 ASF), Other support space (68,970 ASF), and then instructional labs (5,300 ASF). • The greatest area of space deficiency for Calloway will be in offices (4,400 ASF). Detailed summaries for the projected space needs scenarios are presented in the Appendix. Detailed space needs reports for each department included in the project scope on on-file with Facilities Management and are available for review. Classroom Analysis A focused analysis of the classrooms was completed as part of the space needs assessment. The following section presents a detailed analysis for the University’s classroom facilities. Overview of Current Classroom Supply There are 159 rooms classified as classrooms, lecture halls or seminar rooms. The University has 116 classrooms, 12 Lecture halls and 31 seminar rooms in its classroom supply. The total square feet of classrooms is 112,237 that contain 5,788 seats. The average room size is 706 ASF; average station size is 19.4 ASF and the average number of seats per room is 36. See the Appendix for details of the classroom existing supply per room type. In addition, three of these rooms had no regularly scheduled classes reported in the class file for Fall 2006. Winston Hall 236 and Collins Hall C007 and C008 were excluded from this analysis. Table 14 below summarizes this adjusted inventory by college: Table 14: Classroom Inventory by College College No. of Rooms ASF Seats Dean of the College 120 77,000 4,186 Calloway School 13 11,736 471 School of Law 11 10,354 520 Babcock Graduate School 6 7,171 335 Divinity School 5 3,563 172 Other 1 796 42 Total 156 110,620 5,726 *Z. Reynolds Library – Room 476 is not assigned to a college Comprehensive Facilities Planning, Inc. October 2007 13
Wake Forest Space Utilization Study Project Scope and Summation of Findings Fall 2006 Utilization Profile Classroom utilization derives from two index measures: Weekly Room Hours (WRH), the number of hours each classroom is used per week for regularly scheduled classes and Station Occupancy (SO), the percent of seats occupied when a classroom is used for a regularly scheduled course. A summary profile of the classroom utilization from the Fall 2006 semester is presented in Table 15 below: Table 15: Fall 2006 Utilization College Avg. WRH Avg. Station Occup. Avg. Section Size Dean of the College 20.1 61.9% 21.8 Calloway School 19.9 71.6% 26.4 School of Law 20.8 65.8% 28.6 Babcock Graduate School 23.9 58.7% 32.9 Divinity School 13.5 63.7% 19.6 Other 15.0 54.6% 21.6 Total 20.0 63.0% 23.1 For the total campus there were 156 classrooms with scheduled classes for Fall 2006. These rooms were used an average of 20 hours per week, which is on the low side of expected utilization for general purpose classrooms. The station occupancy percentage of 63% is in the range of most utilization guidelines. It is interesting to note that the utilization rates among the colleges are reasonably consistent. Ninety five percent of the classroom instruction takes place during the day (8AM to 5 PM). The classrooms are used 19 hours, which is only 44% of the 43 available hours. Prime time (9AM to 3 PM) does not show much improvement with an average use of 53% (15.9 hours) of the available hours during this time frame. be used about 27 hours during the day. If that guideline is applied to the Fall 2006 instructional load then only about 4,465 seats would have been required to meet the demand as compared to the 5,726 currently available seats. This would result in a reduction of about 25,200 square feet of classroom space. However, the outstanding space planning question to be addressed is what the impact on the classroom facilities are if the undergraduate enrollments increase by approximately 25% or to about 5,000 students. The analysis to address this issue is presented in the following section. Impact of 25% Undergraduate Enrollment Growth Enrollment increases can be handled in several ways: 1) increase the class section enrollments (increases the station occupancy percentage); 2) add new sections (increases the weekly room hour utilization); 3) increase the classroom supply; 4) or combinations of these options. The number of classrooms and square feet of classrooms is dependent on the following factors: instructional demand (number of hours per week students spend in classrooms – WSCH), the utilization rate of the classrooms (average hours per week the classrooms are expected to be used –WRH times the expected station occupancy rate – SO), the average station size and the average section size. Planning Assumptions: • Instructional demand will increase by 25% across the board for undergraduates only; • Weekly Room Hour goal is 25 hours per week • Station Occupancy goal is 65% (Average section size may need to increase to achieve this goal.) • Average station size is 20 square feet • The analysis is limited to the two undergraduate colleges: The College and the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Most classroom utilization guidelines suggest that classrooms be used at least 60% of the available hours with a station occupancy percentage of at least 60%. Following these guidelines suggests that the classrooms should Comprehensive Facilities Planning, Inc. October 2007 14
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