Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 23:54
Planning Services
Mission Statement
To ensure that each district facility is appropriately plan and designed to meet the present and future educational needs.
Goals
Facility Planning
- Develop master plan for facilities by conducting facility programmatic and conditional assessment
- Develop programming standards and guidelines for building and grounds and furnishings
- Develop school capacities analysis
- Provide land acquisition services
- Provide technical expertise in architecture and engineering
Demographics
- Develop student projections for growth and movement throughout the district
- Develop and present demographic boundaries
Project Management
- Manage all aspects of the project delivery such as design, procurement, construction and commissioning
- Coordinate all contracts related to professional and construction
- Develop overall facility improvement scheduling
Facilities Initatives
- Develop district facility initiatives such as capital improvement
- Provide support to schools and departments support improvements to include cost estimating, drafting and technical support
Resource Management
- Employ and retain a high level of expertise to support excellence in Planning & Construction
- Continually evaluate the facility readiness and life cycle management of each facility
- Closely monitor and control project budgets
- Manage overall budgets of the department to achieve desired outcomes
- Provide necessary training to improve staff expertise
- Continually seek out opportunities for improvement
Services
- Facilites Information Systems
- School Attendance Boundary Analysis
- Demographic Projections (with Research and Evaluation)
- Facility Condition Assessment
- Facility Program Assessment
- Site and Building Design Guidelines
- Facility Programming
- School Capacity Analysis
- Space Utilization Rates
- Facility Improvement Planning
- Improvement Plan Scheduling and Cost Estimating
- Support for Bond Program Initiatives
- Land Acquisition and Disposal
- Surplus Portable Facility Disposal
- Rental of Facilities
- Land Development Services
- Site Clearing and Utilities
- Property Surveys
- Geotechnical and Environmental Studies
- Platting


