6.6 SPACE MANAGEMENT

Effective space management practices and policies establish a baseline of need. With increasing pressure to optimize space, understanding how space is used and its current condition are key to good space management decision making. While the strategies in the Master Plan establish a baseline for the optimization, re-zoning and consolidation of space, an on-going process of space review provides up-to-date information based on renovations, maintenance projects and program changes. Having current space information allows for space to be used as an asset in achieving the Institution’s’ strategic goals.

Recommendation

Implement a space review tool that allows the facilities team to quickly and inexpensively update program requirements based on space inventory and the performance of existing space measured on several criteria. One system is illustrated below and measures several criteria for fit attributes aggregated on a mathematical score that includes a match to the required area.