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WGuidelines for Space Needs StudiesApproved 9/26/11INTENTDevelop a standard process, including standardized documentation, to assess existing space utilization andanalyze space needs.OUTCOMES1. Create a consistent framework, based on <strong>Cornell</strong> standards, policies and institutional data-of-record.2. Exercise due diligence in the assessment of existing utilization as well as the establishment of space needs.3. Integrate programmatic mission and strategic objectives into the space planning process.4. Measure the space program development through the course of a project against the original spaceprogram objectives.5. Create transparency for approved deviations from <strong>Cornell</strong> space standards.6. Create space program documentation that is concise, clear and actionable.Appendices80CONTEXT<strong>Capital</strong> Projects & <strong>Plan</strong>ning (CP&P, in Facilities Services) has identified what is currently a six-step processfor unit master plans:I. College/Division ProfileII. Assessment of Existing Program and Space UtilizationIII. Analysis of Space Needs Based on Strategic VisionIV. Facilities Existing Condition AssessmentV. Space Study/Facilities Renovation <strong>Plan</strong> Concept AlternativesVI. Space Study/Facilities Renovation <strong>Plan</strong> Final RecommendationSpace needs studies may be conducted as part of an overall master planning process (in phases I, II and III, aslisted above), or they may stand alone to support particular initiatives. Should they stand alone, they may drivesubsequent projects, particularly if the space needs study identifies a shortfall of space. The subsequent projectsare expected to follow the CP&P expectations for the consideration of concept alternatives before a finalrecommendation is selected.PROCESS• The Director of Space <strong>Plan</strong>ning and the <strong>University</strong> Architect will consult with units during the annualdevelopment of the capital plan to recommend those cases in which a space needs study should serve asthe first phase of one or more unit capital projects. A space needs study will typically be recommended incases where the unit already perceives a shortfall of space or is projecting a shortfall of space based on newprogrammatic initiatives and where the unit believes new space (constructed or annexed) is necessary.• Space needs studies that exceed the PAR threshold will follow these guidelines.• The Space Use Advisory Committee (SUAC) will meet with the unit and review the PAR before the PAR isfully approved. The purpose of such a meeting is for the SUAC to understand the issues that the unit hopesto resolve through the study and for the unit to hear from the SUAC regarding broader contextual issues.• The SUAC will meet with the unit again at the end of the study, to hear a report and to discuss the implicationsand next steps with the unit.• Presentations to the SUAC are part of the capital project review and approval process. The SUAC advisesthe <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Group (CPG) and the <strong>Capital</strong> Funding & Priorities Committee (CF&PC) regardingprojects it reviews.

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