Texas A&M University Faculty Reinvestment Phase 2 FY 06, 07, 08 : Texas A&M University Faculty Reinvestment Phase 2 FY 06, 07, 08
Status, Opportunities and Constraints
Presented to the University Community
By the Council on the Built Environment
February 23, 2005
Council on the Built Environment Membership : Council on the Built Environment Membership G. Kemble Bennett, Dean
Look College of Engineering
H. Russell Cross, Deputy Vice Chancellor
Agriculture Programs
Representing College Station-based agencies
Rick Floyd, Executive Associate Vice President for Business Affairs
Division of Finance
Clint Magill
Professor of Plant Pathology
Representing Faculty Senate
David Parrott, Associate Vice President
and Dean of Student Life
Division of Student Affairs
Bill Perry, Vice Provost
Division of Academic Affairs
J. Thomas Regan, Dean
College of Architecture
Charles Sippial, Vice President
Division of Administration
Max Summers, Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Joel Wixson, Undergraduate Student Representative
Council on the Built Environment : Council on the Built Environment The Council on the Built Environment was established in October 2002 by President Gates and was given the following charge:
"The purpose of the Council is to advise the President and the Executive Vice President and Provost on all aspects of the campus built environment development in support of Vision 2020 goals and the core missions of teaching and research.
The Council will advise on items including but not limited to:
Policies and plans supportive of development of a built environment enabling progress towards Vision 2020;
Prioritization, location, and funding of new construction;
Alternative methods of acquisition and financing of additional facilities;
Prioritization of usage of existing space, renovation plans, and use of off-campus facilities;
Support of and information to the Master Planning process;
Plans for the built environment that recognize and incorporate the recommendations from new councils on finance, research and education.”
Faculty Reinvestment Process Catalyst for Space Realignment : Faculty Reinvestment Process Catalyst for Space Realignment The need to house 447 new faculty over the five year reinvestment period.
Attention to Academic Corridor
Collaborations, Interdisciplinarity
Short-term solutions different than long-term solutions
Resources force suboptimality in the short-term
Relationships with support units
Phase 2 Process to Date : Phase 2 Process to Date Spring 2004 - Individual meetings with deans
Fall 2004 – Follow up meetings with deans
January 26, 2005 - Presentation to Academic Program Council
February 2, 2005 – Presentation to Council of Deans
February 9, 2005 – Phase 2 proposal posted to CBE website
February 9-10, 2005 – Personal telephone calls and conversations with student and faculty leadership by CBE representatives
February 10, 2005 – Bulk e-mail distribution (NEO) to entire campus
February 11, 2005 – Aggie Hotline item announcing Phase 2 Faculty Reinvestment Draft Proposal Available Online and February 23 open forum
Phase 2 Process to Date (Continued) : Phase 2 Process to Date (Continued) February 15, 2005 – Battalion advertisement announcing the open forum and directing readers to the CBE website
February 17, 2005 – Signage placed in Rudder Theatre Complex announcing February 23 open forum
February 17, 2005 – Aggie Hotline item reminder of open forum
February 21, 2005 – NEO e-mail reminder about open forum
February 22, 2005 – Aggie Hotline reminder of open forum
February 23, 2005 – Second Battalion advertisement regarding open forum
February 23, 2005 – Open forum held and posted to Council on the Built Environment website
(http://www.tamu.edu/provost/councils-committees.shtml)
February 24, 2005 – Aggie Hotline item summarizing the open forum presentation and responses
Comments Received to Neo E-Mail (28 responses as of mid-afternoon on February 22) : Comments Received to Neo E-Mail (28 responses as of mid-afternoon on February 22) Legett Hall conversion
Renovation issues
Try to do in the summer when there are less students on campus
To save on costs, only change what is necessary to make the space usable; use cubicles instead of walls
Purchase/Lease space off campus
Contract out network installation
Reduce time between classes to better utilize classrooms
Estimate of Phase 2 Needs in Assignable Square Feet (ASF) : Estimate of Phase 2 Needs in Assignable Square Feet (ASF) *The new dean of Agriculture has reassessed the college’s space needs with respect to faculty reinvestment and the Agriculture entry in this column may be revised to 48,000. The third column entry for Agriculture will also change.
**After deans’ presentations, needs were in some cases reduced due to meeting some of the column 2 needs with renovations, conversions and more efficient use of existing space. The Agriculture entry in this column may be revised.
Timing of Potential Space Availability : Timing of Potential Space Availability
Recommendation 1 : Recommendation 1 Renovate and assign the following space to the College of Engineering:
Graphic Services Building
Graphic Arts space in Reed McDonald Building
Agricultural Communications space in Reed McDonald
Ag Communications would move to lease space in summer 2005 and eventually relocate to a University-owned building
Classroom space in Reed McDonald
Net effect:
Approximately 14,205 additional square feet for Engineering by fall 2005.
Approximately 25,467 additional square feet for Engineering by spring 2006 or spring 2007 depending on extent and type of renovations.
Recommendation 2 : Recommendation 2 Move some Texas Transportation Institute (TTI staff) to lease space in summer 2005.
Displaced staff would eventually relocate to an addition of the Gilchrist Building in the Research Park.
Assign vacated space to the College of Engineering.
Net effect: Approximately 13,500 additional assignable square feet (ASF) for Engineering by fall 2005.
Recommendation 3 : Recommendation 3 The construction of the first new residence hall on campus since the 1980s will allow for the conversion of Legett Hall to office space and assignment of Legett Hall to the Department of Mathematics. After moving the mathematics department functions in Blocker to Legett Hall, reassign the vacated Blocker Hall space to the College of Engineering.
Net effect: Approximately 26,703 additional ASF for Engineering in fall 2006.
Recommendation 4 : Recommendation 4 Renovate of the YMCA building and assign to the Department of English. Reassign the current English department space in Blocker building to the Colleges of Science and Engineering.
Net effect: Approximately 21,388 ASF for Science and Engineering by fall 2007.
An outcome of this recommendation is renovated space for the Department of English in an historic campus building on the Academic quadrangle.
Recommendation 5 : Recommendation 5 Use the south wing of Cain Hall, which will be vacated by spring 2007, in such a way as to support faculty reinvestment.
Net effect: Approximately 16,663 ASF for faculty reinvestment by spring 2007.
Slide16 : If recommendations 1 through 5 are implemented, the University still needs another 286,274 ASF of space.
Life Sciences Building will meet some of this need, but 200,000 ASF will still be needed to satisfy faculty reinvestment needs.
Slide17 : Remaining ASF must be met by unfunded new construction.
Possibility:
Emerging Technologies and Economic Development (ETED), approximately 192,000 ASF
Recommendation 6 : Recommendation 6 The university convert some classrooms to office space or laboratories, provided alternate classroom space is available for class meetings. Implementation of this recommendation could create more class meetings scheduled at the beginning and latter part of the scheduling period (8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.).
Recommendation 7 : Recommendation 7 The university engage a design consultant to advise deans on-site on actions that will enable more effective office space and increase capacity in current building spaces.
Recommendation 8 : Recommendation 8 The university fund renovations to existing space when additional faculty offices or labs will result and they present an economical and workable alternative to building new space.
Next Steps : Next Steps The CBE invites your comments on these recommendations. Please send comments to viceprovost@tamu.edu by Tuesday, March 1, 2005.
The CBE anticipates making amended recommendations to the President and Provost before March 15, 2005.