GEORGIA REGENTS UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS MASTER PLAN JUNE 2015
Our mission is to provide leadership and excellence in teaching, discovery, clinical care, and service as a student-centered comprehensive research university and academic health center with a wide range of programs from learning assistance through postdoctoral studies. 2
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A Message from the President Within these pages lies the future. This Campus Master Plan is a detailed roadmap describing the physical manifestation of a singular vision: Georgia Regents University and Health System as imagined by a whole host of talented and visionary individuals, including the Governor of Georgia, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and its Chancellor, the members of the Georgia General Assembly, our generous donors and supporters throughout the state, and the trailblazers and innovators on our own campuses who put countless hours into its creation. How privileged I am to be given the awesome responsibility to oversee its implementation, and how fortunate are the thousands upon thousands of current and future students, researchers, scholars, patients and physicians who will be the most direct beneficiaries of the Georgia Regents Campus Master Plan as it becomes reality. But the benefits extend far beyond our campus borders. As the Georgia Regents described here becomes manifest, our capacity to drive innovation in Georgia will grow exponentially. GRU and GRHealth will be positioned to discover and deliver the answers to the most pressing health, education and economic challenges of our times. In close partnership with our home city of Augusta, we will create a new and boundless future for our community, our state and beyond. I thank the many faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members whose invaluable contributions helped inform this plan, and I look forward to working with the many talented individuals from our university, community and state as we move forward with its implementation.
Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D President, Georgia Regents University CEO, Georgia Regents Health System
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RIVERFRONT FOREST HILLS
SUMMERVILLE HEALTH SCIENCES
CONTENTS Introduction .................................................................................................... 6 • • • •
Master Plan Overview Planning Process Campus Overview Program Summary
Planning Recommendations ......................................................................... 10 • • • •
Summerville Health Sciences Forest Hills Implementation
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INTRODUCTION Master Plan Overview Welcome to the future of Georgia Regents University (GRU). The development of our Campus Master Plan is intended to guide the growth and maturation of the institution for the next decade and beyond. Its primary aim is to provide a physical setting to support the continued growth in academic excellence, research prowess, clinical innovation, and expanded student life for the university. It culminates more than fifteen months of broad participation and campus collaboration with alumni, faculty, staff, and students. As a result, the process represents a shared future vision of GRU. In coordination with the University System of Georgia (USG), the Campus Master Plan identifies challenges and opportunities across the campuses in Augusta and defines a collective vision for bold physical and cultural transformation. The consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University in 2012 created GRU. This merger elevated GRU to tier one research status (R1) in Georgia, placing it in the same research classification as the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia State University. The implications of the consolidation are significant and provide thematic direction to the overall Campus Master Plan. Foremost among them are: • • • • • •
Integration of comprehensive undergraduate and health sciences education Academic growth and realignment Increased enrollment and higher admission standards Focus on student life amenities Additional research activity Increased utilization and efficiency
This planning document represents the first physical master plan since the 2012 consolidation and embodies the distinct vision of the new institution to be a top-tier university that is a destination of choice for education, health care, discovery, creativity, and innovation. GRU has a rich history from which to build, dating back to the 19th century with the founding of the Medical College of Georgia. One of the primary objectives of the Campus Master Plan is to create a physical and strategic foundation allowing GRU to become “the next great American university.”
GRU is one of America’s newest consolidated public research universities. The university has articulated a bold campus resurgence based on six planning drivers. The following elements are intended to be used twofold: first, to serve as guideposts for campus improvements and financial priorities and second, to serve as a mechanism to measure current and future progress. 1. Create a Robust Academic Platform • •
2. Grow the Research Enterprise • • •
Increase research activity in every college Concentrate energy on high performing research centers Invest in translational research initiatives
3. Invest in Student Life • •
Provide on-campus housing for 26 percent of future enrollment Concentrate new housing at the Health Sciences Campus to create viable dining, recreation and union amenities and campus community
4. Grow Facilities Efficiently and Sustainably •
Emphasize Facility Renovation and Reuse
5. Prioritize the Pedestrian Experience • • • •
Create a cohesive pedestrian network Invest in a hierarchy of interconnected exterior campus spaces Create safe streets and crossings to improve pedestrian safety Relocate parking and vehicular circulation to the campus perimeter
6. Enhance the Physical Appearance of the Campuses • • • •
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Develop achievable enrollment and faculty projections for each academic unit Maintain and enhance robust programs on each campus
Create visual consistency between locations Simplify building and open space material palettes Enhance campus amenities Simplify wayfinding
PLANNING PROCESS The Campus Master Plan was conducted in three phases over more than 15 months spanning from early 2014 through mid-2015. The planning process employed the talents of many technical disciplines including architects, engineers (civil, mechanical, and electrical), landscape architects, planners (campus, academic, research, clinical, and space), transportation and parking professionals, historians, archaeologists, cost estimators, student life and recreation analysts, and surveyors. More importantly, the process involved widespread institutional participation and oversight from a wide cross-section of GRU, Georgia Regents Health System (GRHealth) and select participants from the USG. The three major Campus Master Plan phases included Strategy, Scenarios, and Outcomes Phases. Each component was sequential and iterative, building upon consensus and cumulative decision making. During the early course of the planning process, a rigorous analysis was conducted to identify major deficits across the enterprise. Dozens of campus components were evaluated ranging from enrollment projections, space utilization and educational adequacy of teaching space, space needs, facility condition, infrastructure, transportation, mobility, parking, land use and density, student life, zoning and urban infrastructure, natural systems, historic and archaeologic features, athletics, and recreation among others.
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CAMPUS OVERVIEW
Forest Hills
Summerville
Health Sciences
The Forest Hills Campus is the athletics anchor for GRU and has specialized facilites that support competitve sports, as well as specific programs within the College of Education, including the kineseology programs as well as the Literacy Center. The Christenberry Field House is the competition venue for volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, and includes training facilities, locker rooms, and coaches offices to support GRU’s varsity programs. The campus also supports residential life on campus with the 508-bed housing complex at University Village.
The Summerville Campus is a historical gem and home to some of GRU’s premier graduate and undergraduate liberal arts programs. All GRU undergraduates will take some of their core requirements at Summerville before choosing their major of study. The Summerville Campus remains a critical destination and foundational experience for attracting and retaining undergraduates at GRU.
The Health Sciences Campus is located in Augusta’s Medical District and is home to GRU’s medical, dental and health sciences academic and professional degree programs, as well as its primary research backbone. The campus is an academic medical center, shared with GRHealth which offers regionally based primary and specialty patient care. The Health Sciences Campus will continue to evolve into a fully integrated health sciences education, research and patient care environment for undergraduates, graduates, and professional students.
Current Colleges and Programs include: • College of Education • Athletics • University Village (Student Housing)
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Current Colleges and Programs include: • Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences • Hull College of Business • College of Education • College of Science and Mathematics • East Georgia State College - Augusta
Current Colleges and Programs include: • College of Allied Health Sciences • College of Dental Medicine • College of Nursing • Graduate School • Medical College of Georgia • GRHealth • UGA College of Pharmacy
PROGRAM NEEDS SUMMARY The following summary outlines the program elements necessary to achieve a realigned research university. These projections are based on the enrollment guidelines developed by GRU and USG for on-campus student enrollment on the Augusta campuses and progress incrementally from the base year of 2013 to the target year 2023. Student Enrollment Projections (measured in full-time equivalent students [FTE]) • •
Grow student enrollment by 20 percent Grow from 7,172 to 8,603 students (plus 1,431)
Faculty Projections (measured in full-time equivalents [FTE]) Grow overall faculty count by 38 percent Grow from 1,325 to 1,830 (plus 505) •
Grow teaching and administrative faculty by 28 percent Grow from 752 to 966 (plus 214)
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Grow research faculty by 50 percent Grow from 269 to 403 (plus 134) •
Grow clinical faculty by 55 percent Grow from 287 to 445 (plus 158)
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Staff Projections (measured in headcount) • •
Grow administration and staff by 13 percent Grow from 3,377 to 3,816 (plus 439)
Housing Growth • •
Grow bedcount to 26 percent of projected enrollment target Grow from 742 to 2,600 beds (plus 1,858)
10-Year Planning Projections (2013-2023) Student Enrollment (FTE) Total Faculty
7172
1325
(+20%)
505 (+38%)
Teaching Faculty
752
Research Faculty
269 134
(+50%)
Clinical Faculty (FTE)
287 158
(+55%)
214
Admin Staff (Headcount) Student Housing (Beds)
1431
(+28%)
439
3377
742
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Renovation and Replacement (measured in gross square feet [GSF]) •
Major renovation of 1.4 million GSF across the campuses Replacement of 231,500 GSF of inefficient and underperformaing space across the campuses •
Space Need Projections (measured in assignable square feet [ASF]) •
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Grow overall ASF by up to 20 percent Grow from 2,163,000 to 2,594,000 (431,000 ASF)
Space Need (ASF)
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2013
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SUMMERVILLE CAMPUS The Summerville Campus lies near the top of a prominent hill in central Augusta in the historic Summerville neighborhood. This area is part of a National Register Historic District which presents limitations to development. As the site of the former Augusta Arsenal, the Summerville Campus has a strong historic character. The Augusta Arsenal was relocated to this site in 1829 from its previous location along the Savannah River in downtown Augusta. The campus boundary encompasses over 200 years of significant historical and archaeological resources, with several buildings on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. The campus is bounded by single-family residential development on all borders, with two historic cemeteries, The Walker Family Cemetery and the Fort Benning Post Cemetery to the west. The campus has a change in elevation of approximately 60 feet, from a high point on its western boundary, sloping down to its lowest point at its southeastern corner on Johns and McDowell Streets. At 72 acres, the campus has a very compact and walkable layout, with every facility and parking lot within an easy five-minute walk to the center of campus. An iconic central grove forms the nucleus of the campus, with academic buildings fronting this open space, and perimeter surface parking lots surrounding the core of campus. With approximately 740,000 gross square feet, the overall campus density is low, at 0.23 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) overall. The campus is home to four of the university’s nine colleges including the College of Education, the College of Science and Mathematics, the Hull College of Business, and the Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The campus is foundational for the undergraduate experience in particular, where all students begin their core curriculum before choosing their program of study.
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The Summerville Campus has growth projected in all four colleges but has limited physical capacity to accommodate that growth. New bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral-level programs are designed to bridge traditional disciplinary and college boundaries. These programs are also intended to create new programmatic and research pathways between biology and medicine, medicine and engineering, microbiology and medicinal chemistry, core sciences and environmental sciences, medicine and psychology among others. A Path Forward One of the fundamental planning challenges is balancing Summerville’s limited capacity for physical growth with the projected future growth demand. To accommodate significant growth within the College of Science and Mathematics, and to allow growth in the other three colleges at the Summerville Campus, the College of Science and Mathematics should physically move to the Health Sciences Campus. This move allows the College to be the bridging agent that integrates the activities of health sciences and medical education (programs at the Health Sciences Campus) with the core liberal arts education and professional degrees (programs at the Summerville Campus). Further, this enables Allgood and Science Halls to be repositioned for the other three colleges to grow at Summerville.
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Historic character, quality campus landscape Some aging/underperforming facilities Current underutilization of classrooms, class labs Lack of adequate technology in classrooms, class labs Lack of student study and meeting space Limited area for future development due to archaeological and historic preservation zones
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All four colleges on the Summerville Campus project future enrollment growth Additional space will be needed to achieve the projected growth Need to renovate and reinvest in specific facilities to maintain a quality academic environment Need to reconfigure classrooms to create ability to teach larger section sizes Need to upgrade technology in all classrooms, class labs East Georgia State College also projects enrollment growth in the 10-year planning horizon and will need additional space
A VISION FOR THE
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ALUMNI DEVELOPMENT ANNEX
MAXWELL HOUSE
BOYKIN WRIGHT
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RELOCATE THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Move One to Grow Four The College of Science and Mathematics currently occupies almost 80,000 ASF on the Summerville Campus, primarily in Allgood and Science Halls. By moving the College to the Health Sciences Campus, the College of Science and Mathematics would open up enough space on the campus to accommodate the space needs for Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (18,000 ASF), the Hull College of Business (15,000 ASF) and the College of Education (9,000 ASF). It would also provide expansion capacity for East Georgia State College, which operates on the Summerville Campus. In particular, some of the science labs in Science Hall could be reused by East Georgia State College, while other areas of the building could be repurposed into office, study, lab space and an academic commons, which would provide shared resources across the colleges and provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration.
ALLGOOD HALL
Reposition Facilities •
Reposition Science Hall and vacated portions of Allgood Hall Create an interdisciplinary academic commons in Science Hall Renovate the Fine Arts Center, Benet House, Chateau, and the Faculty Arts Studios Improve and expand Ceramics & Sculpture in existing and/or adjacent buildings Remove the Natatorium Enforce higher classroom and laboratory utilization targets Create larger section sizes Infuse technology into existing learning facilities • • • • • • •
Move COSM to Health Sciences Campus
Enhance Student Life Amenities
Maintain Campus Character
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Renovate the Reese Library. Reallocate stack space for learning commons and study spaces Increase food service offerings within the Jaguar Student Activities Center (SAC) Reinvest in quality spaces including areas for eating, gathering, recreation, and socialization Provide enhanced shuttle routes between the campuses. Extend the time of day, day of week, and frequency of service •
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Maintain and enhance open space character Develop additional exterior student spaces for informal and formal recreation Complete missing and incomplete sidewalk segments Extend mature interior landscape character to underdeveloped portions of campus Complete select perimeter landscape treatment and walls
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION Vacated space in Allgood Hall and Science Hall would allow expansion for the colleges on the Summerville Campus, and would provide the swing space necessary to achieve renovations. There are several opportunities for program moves as shown in the diagram on the left.
GALLOWAY HALL UNIVERSITY HALL
WASHINGTON HALL ALLGOOD HALL
Hull College of Business The Hull College of Business could expand in Allgood Hall to create the additional discipline labs, offices and study spaces that will be needed to meet program demands. Hull College could also benefit from the Academic Commons space in Science Hall, or potentially use space in Science Hall for the expansion of its cyber security programs beyond its footprint in University Hall. Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
SCIENCE HALL
The Pamplin College could use Science Hall for growth for its programs, and could also consider replacing spaces in Washington Hall, which is in need of significant renovation based on its FCI values. This would allow Pamplin to vacate all or parts of Washington Hall and move into space in Science Hall and the warehouse buildings.
RECYCLE & ROTC STORAGE
College of Education The College of Education could also gain space in Science Hall for the expansion of its programs, as University Hall has no capacity for future growth.
LEGEND
Hull College of Business College of Education Pamplin College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences East Georgia State College
East Georgia State College East Georgia State College could take advantage of some of the science labs that would be vacated in Science Hall for the expansion of its programs. It could also gain expansion capacity in Washington Hall, should any of the Pamplin College programs relocate. Based on the capacity of existing facilities and parking, the Summerville Campus could likely have space to support enrollment growth for East Georgia State College to 950 students.
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HEALTH SCIENCES
HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS The Health Sciences Campus is located near downtown Augusta, and is bounded to the north by the John C. Calhoun Expressway and to the south by Wrightsboro Road. The campus core is located between 15th Street and R.A. Dent Boulevard, with additional facilities located west of 15th Street. The campus is located within the Medical District of Augusta, with the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and University Hospital along its northern and eastern borders. Walton Way and 15th Street are vehicle-oriented commercial corridors in the district. Other educational institutions located in the vicinity of the campus are Paine College and Lucy C. Laney High School. There are residential neighborhoods to the east and west of the campus. The Health Sciences Campus is home to five of the nine colleges including Allied Health Sciences, Dental Medicine, The Graduate School, Nursing, and the Medical College of Georgia. The Medical College of Georgia is one of GRU’s oldest programs, granted a formal charter in 1828, making it the first medical school in the state. It was formerly located at the Old Medical College of Georgia Building near downtown Augusta, and became the anchor for today’s Health Sciences Campus when it relocated in 1913. The 171-acre campus is shared with GRHealth, offering regionally based primary and specialty patient care. It also has the largest research footprint of GRU’s campuses, with a primary research corridor running along Laney Walker Boulevard that inclues the Interdisciplinary Research Center, Pavilion III, Sanders R&E Building, Hamilton Wing and the Cancer Research Center. Additional research facilities are located across the campus, including the Georgia Prevention Institute in the Annex. The Health Sciences Campus has several, small open spaces, however, it lacks a robust system of open space to give it a sense of arrival, place, and identity. There is a need for greater connectivity of these spaces and greater development of a pedestrian-oriented campus, particularly as GRU grows its residential student population.
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The Health Sciences Campus anticipates growth in all five colleges. Significant increases are projected for the Medical College of Georgia. Targeted growth areas include new professional degree programs, a 50 percent increase in research faculty, and additional faculty growth to support programs in the academic and clinical missions. Additionally, the College of Nursing anticipates a 75 percent growth in student enrollment with new programs to meet the statewide demand for trained and degreed professionals. The College of Dental Medicine and the College of Allied Health Sciences also project new program offerings, expansion in clinical faculty, residency programs, and funded research needs. In totality, these growth targets and the spatial needs they imply, suggest that the Health Sciences Campus is poised for transformational change.
ronment including a variety of student housing typologies, dining options, union, indoor and outdoor recreation, and enhanced study spaces in the Greenblatt Library.
The Health Sciences Campus will evolve into a fully integrated health sciences education, research and patient care environment for undergraduates, graduates, and professional students. By relocating the College of Science and Mathematics to this campus, all GRU undergraduates will fulfill their science and math core requirements on this campus, including those from all majors. This strategic relocation will introduce all GRU undergraduates to the academic programs of the Health Sciences Campus, giving them exposure to the fields of medicine, nursing, allied health, and dental medicine. It will also give students access to both undergraduate and graduate scientific research, faculty, and the lab environment.
A realignment of facilities and programs is necessary to reinforce a sense of place and organization to the campus. Relocating the College of Science and Mathematics to the Health Sciences Campus would provide a physical and curricular bridge between the campuses and programs, and begin the establishment of a quad to give a sense of identity to campus south of Laney Walker Boulevard. Moreover, it adds contemporary class laboratory and research laboratory space for undergraduate and graduate activities.
This interdisciplinary campus experience will be enhanced as GRU develops student housing on the Health Sciences Campus for both graduate and undergraduate students, creating a robust living envi-
Creating a Comprehensive Campus Unlike the Summerville Campus, the Health Sciences Campus has physical growth capacity but currently lacks clear organization. One of the central planning challenges for this campus is to successfully incorporate these new program elements into a well composed, comprehensive, and legible campus. To achieve this vision several transformational components must be integrated into the campus.
All new on-campus residential housing and related student life amenities should be focused on the Health Sciences Campus. The concentration of student housing would allow the development of amenities such as dining to be financially sustainable and provide opportunities for community building through increased indoor and outdoor recreation, and amenities for student gathering and socializing.
Assets and Issues
Future Growth
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Opportunity for most transformative change Recent investment in new academic, research facilities P3 Housing developer opportunity Wide range of facility condition and classroom technology adequacy across the capmus Aging hospital complex Lacks sense of place and campus feel Parking shortfall in strategic locations, particularly for patients and visitors Campus infrastructure, particularly the Central Plant, is in need of major repair
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All colleges project growth in enrollment Relocation of College and Science and Mathematics to this campus Growth in interdisciplinary research based on funding New model for translational research Significant growth in housing and student quality of life Long term clinical projections to follow
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HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS
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1. Replacement Space/New Construction 1A. Cancer Research Expansion (underway) 1B. New College of Science and Mathematics (relocated from Summerville) 1C. Future Translational Research 1D. Future Multidisciplinary Research 1E. Future Academic Expansion
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1 Distinct Academic Districts - New South Quad
EXISTING VIEW OF SOUTH QUAD Future College of Science and Mathematics Building Future Academic Building J Harold Harrison M.D. Education Commons
The first theme for the Health Sciences Campus is to create distinct academic districts, centered on an iconic open space. These spaces are envisioned to provide sweeping vistas, large internal grassy areas with tree-lined sidewalks, and deliberately placed canopy cover. The Campus Master Plan proposes two such districts. The first is proposed for south of Laney Walker Boulevard in the location shown to the left. It will be created using new academic buildings to infill and define the boundary of the existing space between the J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons and College of Dental Medicine to create a South Quad. The first phase of student housing provided through the P3 Housing Initiative will provide the western edge of the quad along 15th Street, which will activate the quad and student life on campus. The South Quad has outdoor classroom space adjacent to the new academic buildings. By moving the surface parking currently in this location to the perimeter of campus, it allows GRU to create a sense of identity for this new academic district, improve the pedestrian experience, and reduce the amount of impervious surface on campus which will help improve storm water performance, reduce the heat island effect, and contribute to a more walkable, sustainable campus.
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1 Distinct Academic Districts - New North Quad The second academic district leverages the existing academic cluster of the Greenblatt Library and the Health Sciences Building by constructing a new North Quad between them. This new space can enhance the current mall which runs adjacent to the Kelly, Dugas and Murphey Buildings. This space would not only improve the campus experience for students, staff and faculty, but would also benefit patients and visitors due to its proximity to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia and Ronald McDonald House, as these locations would overlook the green.
EXISTING VIEW OF NORTH QUAD Health Sciences Building
Cancer Research Building Greenblatt Library
Together, these spaces form an academic commons for each district, giving the campus a sense of hierarchy, place, and identity that it currently lacks. It will be important to create more defined and generously-scaled pedestrian walks between the two quads, to facilitate movement and connectivity between the two areas, particularly as students from the schools of Allied Health and Nursing will move between this district and the South Quad to the Harrison Education Commons.
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Graduate Housing Ungraduate Housing
A New Residential Campus
Future College of Science and Mathematics
Creating a residential experience on the Health Sciences Campus is a transformative opportunity for GRU. By concentrating student housing in one location, GRU will be able to support dining, recreation and the amenities needed to create robust student life programs and a community experience. GRU is one of nine USG schools to participate in new public-private partnership (P3) housing initiative where new housing will be constructed by a housing developer selected through the program. Residential Program: •
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Total of 724 beds in Phase I: 412 undergraduate beds and 312 graduate beds Planned to open Fall 2016 Older, existing residence halls will be demolished as new beds are completed
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3 Robust Research Corridor on Laney Walker Boulevard The third major theme is to expand on the existing research core along Laney Walker Boulevard. By locating new research buildings adjacent to the existing research buildings, GRU can leverage existing vivarium, core labs and equipment for new programs, and benefit from the efficiencies of a consolidated research enterprise. Provisions for research expansion and future clinical growth at the GRU Cancer Clinic and Cancer Research Building help build the capacity for GRU to work toward NCI designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center in the future. Proposed multidisciplinary and translational research buildings within the research core are strategically located to reinforce the continuum of health sciences education, research, and clinical activity. A continuous indoor connection will link the research environment to the clinical environment, from the Cancer Center to existing and proposed facilities on Laney Walker Boulevard. EXISTING VIEW
LEGEND Existing Research Proposed Research Academic/Research Research Connectivity
Future Translational Research Building Professional Building
Pavillion III
PROPOSED TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH BUILDING AND LANEY WALKER STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
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4 Create a Pedestrian Core Developing a pedestrian-oriented campus is a major driver of the planning effort. The plan proposes to relocate parking from surface lots scattered around the campus core to parking decks located on the perimeter of campus. This would allow a few key roads to be closed to through traffic within the campus (Goss Lane and Spellman Street) and allow for the creation of pedestrian malls, walkways and many new open spaces. This will improve not only the image and experience of the Health Sciences Campus, but also improve safety by minimizing the number of pedestrian-vehicle conflict points on the campus. The consolidation of surface parking into parking structures also improves the sustainability of the campus, allowing GRU to reduce impervious surfaces from 72% of the campus area to 65% while increasing the number of parking spaces and meeting its facility growth needs at full build out. This will improve stormwater performance and improve the walkability of the campus by creating a more dense footprint that encourages non-motorized travel. The existing shuttle loops will be simplified which will allow GRU to improve headways for the intracampus shuttles which serve the more distant parking lots.
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Existing Parking:
8,045 total (60% surface lots; 40% garage)
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9,686 total (38% surface lots; 62% garage)
LEGEND Existing Decks Proposed Decks Yellow Shuttle Route Green Shuttle Route Summerville/Health Sciences Express Route
LEGEND Residence Halls New Construction Major Renovation Parking Decks/New Construction
5 Transformation of 15th Street The program growth proposed for the Health Sciences Campus presents the opportunity to rethink the 15th Street corridor and create a “front door” to the campus and medical center. GRU should partner with the City of Augusta in the development of a consistent streetscape vocabulary along the campus’s 15th Street corridor from Wrightsboro Road to the John C. Calhoun Expressway that focuses on improving pedestrian safety. It should use this corridor to express institutional brand and image, which would include developing character zones along its length to express the different functional uses (clinical, residential, student life). By relocating the 15th Street Parking Deck, GRU can create a new and symbolic front door to the medical center. The new structure would eliminate congestion in front of the hospital, improve wayfinding, provide a small surface parking lot at the front of the hospital, and connect to a new parking structure via a bridge over 15th Street.
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FOREST HILLS CAMPUS The Forest Hills Campus is located in the western section of the city, along Wrightsboro Road. Wrightsboro Road is an arterial road with several vehicular-oriented commercial centers along its length. Forest Hills is 3 miles from the Summerville Campus and 4.5 miles from the Health Sciences Campus. The 269-acre campus includes the 18-hole Forest Hills Golf Course. The property has a rolling topography with several steep slopes that limit developable area. The total change in elevation across the campus is 148 feet. The highest point is 464 feet at the northeastern corner, with the land sloping down to a pond at the northwestern corner, at elevation 316 feet. The Forest Hills Campus is an important asset containing competitive athletic venues, outdoor recreation space and academic programs in the College of Education. The campus is home to the Norvell Golf House and Division I men’s and women’s golf teams. It also contains the Christenberry Field House, hosting Division II women’s competitive volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball, training spaces, athletic coaching offices for eight of the varsity programs, and outdoor venues for women’s softball and men’s baseball. Christenberry Field House sits on one of the high points of the site at an elevation of 410 feet. Parking and outdoor recreation and athletic fields are level areas at a similar elevation as Christenberry. Finally, the campus houses more than 508 students at the University Village residential complex adjacent to the athletic venues and across Wrightsboro Road. University Village primarily serves undergraduate students with classes at the Summerville Campus. The complex includes meeting space and a small fitness center.
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The future vision of the Forest Hills Campus is to maintain and grow its programs and enhance the campus’s role as an anchor location for the university with specialized space types, including a field house with competitive athletics and outdoor athletics practice, training and competition venues, and housing At present, academic programs and competitive athletics share space within the Christenberry Field House, which is showing its age as a facility. This stress is further amplified in several ways. First, there is a lack of student athlete support and athletics office space to support the existing programs. Second, the USG Board of Regents approved new men’s and women’ programs in soccer and women’s rowing, each demanding additional coaching, support, and training space. And third, there is projected growth in the College of Education’s kinesiology programs, wellness offerings through the core curriculum, and in new certificate degrees envisioned in coaching and active aging. To meet the needs of these new programs, and to free up space in the Christenberry Field House, a new expansion building is proposed that will provide room for coach’s offices, athletics training, lockers and academic support for student athletes. This space could allow decompression in the Christenberry Field House to create room for the academic programs delivered through the College of Education in wellness and kineseology. The vision includes creating outdoor venues for the new soccer programs by relocating the existing softball and baseball facilities to an off-site location that would provide higher quality venues for competition.
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Steep topography, limited buildable area High quality venues, in particular the 18-hole golf course Baseball and softball facilities are lacking Christenberry Field House is well utilized and supports multiple user groups from academics and athletics, but is showing its wear and lacks capacity to support future growth Lack of student athlete support space, athletics offices •
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FOREST HILLS CAMPUS Given the limited amount of land available for development at the Forest Hills Campus, the plan proposes that several of the existing athletic and recreation facilities be relocated from the campus to make room for new programs. The existing recreation field would be replaced by new outdoor fields on the Health Sciences Campus. GRU should explore partnership opportunities for the baseball and softball programs to find facilities that are of a higher caliber to meet the needs of the program, with adequate locker space and stadium features.
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One new building is proposed for the Forest Hills Campus that would allow GRU to develop new programs in women’s rowing and men’s and women’s soccer and make room for academic expansion. This facility would provide space for coaches’ offices, additional athletic training for all sports, and academic support space, which currently does not exist. This space is anticipated to be approximately 15,000 ASF, but could be reduced if programs from the College of Education relocate to another campus and free up space in Christenberry Field House. Behind the new Expansion Building located on the former site of the softball and baseball fields, the plan proposes two outdoor soccer fields that could provide practice and competition venues for the anticipated addition of men’s and women’s varsity programs. The fields should be supplemented by stadium seating, as well as formalizing the pedestrian circulation between the Christenberry Field House, parking lots and fields area, which is currently lacking. There is enough space on the site to construct a track around one of the soccer fields which could be used as a practice facility for men’s and women’s track and field should the current off-site arrangements become unavailable in the future. The plan proposes a small surface parking lot adjacent to the new building. This space could be used to provide additional parking capacity for large events.
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IMPLEMENTATION The 10-year Campus Master Plan employed a modeling approach to develop projected capital budgets and phasing for new facilities expansion, facilities renovations and upgrades, site development, utilities improvements and parking. Cost for GRHealth hospital and clinical facilities are excluded from this summary as clinical recommendations are forthcoming. Assumptions of gross square feet for building and site projects on the following pages are estimated. Detailed building programming should be included at the start of each project to understand current program needs and determine actual project costs. New Construction The facilities capital costs include projected construction costs, escalation based on year to be developed in the implementation plan, plus project soft costs to cover design fees, furniture and furnishings, information technology and audio visual equipment. Related site, landscape and utilities costs are estimated in the overall site development cost projections. Existing Facilities Existing facilities were evaluated for minor renovation, major renovation/reuse, or demolition and replacement based on the facilities assessment of major building systems and resulting FCI. The cost model developed cost allowance budgets for each facility depending on the highest and best use analysis and proposed improvement level represented in the proposed FCI. Existing facilities costs include construction, escalation based on the year to be renovated in the implementation plan, a renovation phasing cost factor, plus soft costs to cover IT/AV improvements, design fees, furniture and furnishings upgrades. Demolition Existing facilities recommended for demolition and replacement were evaluated based on low FCI rating, or as an underutilized site more valuable for a higher intensity land use. Demolition cost allowances are based on overall facility size and construction complexity, including escalation. Depending on the timing of funding for new replacement facilities, demolition may require additional enabling projects to relocate programs to other replacement space. Site and Utilities The Plan has determined the need of site improvements for landscape, hardscape, site lighting and access roads improvements. These costs are projected on a linear foot, square foot or acre basis. Utility upgrades for power plants, substations, and steam, chilled water, power and fiber optics, storm water, sanitary and gas distribution are estimated on a systems basis. Parking costs are based on on a per-space basis.
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Summerville Campus Minor Renovation Major Renovation Demolition New Construction and Site Improvements Total
GSF 342,012 362,096 15,383 719,491
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Cost 20,711,800 48,018,200 264,400 698,300 69,692,700
Health Sciences Campus Minor Renovation Major Renovation Demolition New Construction and Site Improvements Total
GSF 1,376,525 934,246 303,587 683,700 3,298,058
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Cost 65,828,100 166,671,200 8,306,200 638,312,600 879,118,100
Forest Hills Campus Minor Renovation Major Renovation Demolition New Construction and Site Improvements Total
GSF 31,582 127,315 35,000 193,897
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Cost 2,658,700 10,947,300 24,590,000 38,196,000
Campus Master Plan Summary Minor Renovation Major Renovation Demolition New Construction and Site Improvements Total
GSF 1,750,119 1,423,657 318,970 718,700 4,211,446
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Cost 89,198,600 225,636,700 8,570,600 663,600,900 987,006,800
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document is credited to the talented people of Georgia Regents University. The Campus Master Plan represents the collective vision of numerous faculty, staff, student, alumni, and other institutional constituents. Because of their diligent participation, this vision has engendered widespread support that will serve the university well during the ensuing decade. We would like to thank all who have contributed to the development of our collective Campus Master Plan. We remain focused on our vision and diligent in the implementation of this transformative plan. Georgia Regents University and Georgia Regents Health System
Executive Committee Advisory Committee
Dr. Brooks Keel, President, Georgia Regents University and CEO, Georgia Regents Health System
Focus Groups:
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Former President, Georgia Regents University and Former CEO, Georgia Regents Health System Dr. Peter Buckley, Interim Executive Vice President, Health Affairs, Interim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Medical Associates, Dean, Medical College of Georgia Dr. Gretchen Caughman, Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost Dr. Karla Leeper, Executive Vice President for Strategic Communication and Chief Marketing Officer Mr. Michael Shaffer, Vice President, Government Relations and External Affairs Mr. Tony Wagner, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration/CBO University System of Georgia Mr. Jim James, Vice Chancellor, Facilities Mr. Alan Travis, Associate Vice Chancellor, Compliance & Operations
Academic Focus Group Research Focus Group Clinical Focus Group Deans Focus Group Student Life Focus Group Athletics Focus Group Parking and Transportation Focus Group Facilities Focus Group BAITUR Committee Faculty Senate and Town Hall Finance Focus Group Libraries Focus Group IT Focus Group Philips Focus Group GRU Student Council Translational Research Focus Group Community and Stakeholder Advisors: East Georgia State College MCG Foundation Augusta Tomorrow Augusta Regional Collaboration Coliseum Authority City of Augusta
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