Facilities Master Plan for BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE
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Facilities Master Plan FOR BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION FUND and BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE renewing campus facilities I strengthening quality of campus experience I engaging communities around the campus FLYNN BATTAGLIA ARCHITECTS GOODY CLANCY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RICKES ASSOCIATES NELSON\NYGAARD PHASE 5 - FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS MATHEWS NIELSEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CAPITAL PLAN YEARS 2013-2023 WATTS ENGINEERS ROTH CONSULTING NOVEMBER 2010 BOVIS LEND-LEASE Members of the committees that gave their time and expertise to this Facilities Master Plan, the Executive Committee and Advisory Committee, represented all facets of Buffalo State College well throughout the process. I am grateful to all who took part in its development, and grateful of the exemplary work and leadership put forth by the State University Construction Fund and its consultant, Flynn Battaglia Architects. I am pleased to endorse the findings and outcomes of the Plan, and look forward to witnessing our progress and transformation as the college moves forward with the implementation of this Facilities Master Plan. Aaron Podolefsky, Ph.D. President, Buffalo State College This Facilities Master Plan was administered by the STATE UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION FUND and prepared by THE DESIGN TEAM FLYNN BATTAGLIA ARCHITECTS - Lead Consultant, Architect GOODY CLANCY - Campus Planner RICKES ASSOCIATES - Planner/Programmer NELSON\NYGAARD - Transportation Consultant MATHEWS NIELSEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS - Landscape Architect WATTS ARCHITECTURE and ENGINEERING - Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, & Environmental Engineers ROTH CONSULTING - Food Service Consultant BOVIS LEND LEASE - Cost Consultant for BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE Participation from Buffalo State College included: PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Aaron Podolefsky Stanley Kardonsky, Vice President for Finance and Management Slawko Medinac, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning & Institutional Studies ADMINISTRATION Kevin Railey, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Dennis Ponton, Provost Lisa Krieger, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Management Hal Payne, Vice President for Student Affairs Jill Powell, Senior Assistant to the Vice President for Finance and Management Kevin Railey, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Benjamin Christy, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities ADVISORY COMMITTEE Paul Theobald, Interim Dean, School of Education Forty-seven individuals representing Buffalo State faculty, staff, and volunteers, as well as Mark Severson, Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences community stakeholders, participated in this committee. Kevin Mulcahy, Interim Dean, School of the Professions The community participated via public meetings held throughout the process. Scott Johnson, Dean, University College Stanley Kardonsky, Vice President for Finance and Management Voldemar Innus, Vice President and Chief Information Officer Susanne Bair, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Buffalo State College Foundation INTRODUCTION The facilities master planning effort is an initiative of New York’s State Assessment of Conditions: Analysis of current campus and facility University Construction Fund (SUCF) to assess needs and identify pro- conditions, addressing land use, circulation, landscape, geography, security, posed future capital projects at each campus in the State University of New physical condition of infrastructure and facilities, life safety, accessibility, York (SUNY) system. environmental issues, technology, and suitability. The intent of this Facilities Master Plan is to provide criteria and guidelines Analysis of Space Needs: Analysis of campus space needs, addressing for campus improvements and facilities development that support the aca- compliance with space guidelines, space use and utilization, current and demic mission and strategic vision. The Facilities Master Plan will identify projected needs, and the capacity of current facilities to accommodate those opportunities to enhance, maintain or improve the built environment in a needs. way that facilitates learning and student development. Facilities Master Plan Concept Alternatives: Alternative strategies for The Facilities Master Plan will consider current and future campus program campus development to address current and projected needs. Addresses uses to identify strategies for demolition, rehabilitation, modernization, con- campus organization, development guidelines, building use, potential ac- version, expansion, and new construction. The Facilities Master Plan will quisitions, circulation, community issues, housing, site utilities, landscape, guide the campus in identifying, prioritizing, and structuring future project capital improvements, demolition, technology, phasing, surge space, fund- requests for capital funding. The Facilities Master Plan shall address the ing, campus operations, and relative strengths of the identified alternatives. projected capital facilities improvement needs of the campus for a 10-year period (2013 – 2023). Facilities Master Plan Final Recommendations: It is a 10-year plan for This document is the Executive Summary of the Final Recommendations. addressing priority campus needs. The plan integrates all items in the con- The phases of the Facilities Master Plan contained in separate reports are as cept alternatives, prioritizes immediate and long-term needs, and estimates follows: capital funding required for implementation. Campus Profile: Overview of the institution and its campus, includ- ing physical and academic history, mission, role within the SUNY system, academic environment, statistical data, academic goals and directions, and current physical environment. BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE - SUNY | Facilities Master Plan - Final Plan Summary | 5 FLYNN BATTAGLIA A R C H I T E C T S , P C © F LY N N B AT TA G L I A A R C H I T E C T S , P C 6 | Facilities Master Plan - Final Plan Summary | BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE - SUNY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Buffalo State College Facilities Master Plan will guide site and facil- INVESTMENTS IN ACADEMIC AND CAMPUS NEW FACILITIES AT THE GREAT LAKES CENTER ON PORTER AVE ity investments for the Buffalo State College campus from 2013 to 2023, a LIFE FACILITIES Will provide additional space to serve the research needs of the Great period encompassing two capital cycles. Lakes Center, and address possible structural deficiencies associated with RENOVATION OF 14 BUILDINGS existing facilities. Development of this Facilities Master Plan was part of a State University to upgrade instructional spaces, finishes, and systems in support of of New York (SUNY) system-wide planning initiative of the State Univer- NEW STADIUM (2,500 seats) WITH TWO LEVELS OF PARKING programmatic needs and current pedagogy. Will also serve to con- sity Construction Fund (SUCF). The year-and-a-half long planning process BELOW (800 spaces) solidate now-dispersed departments, schools and functions. began in June of 2009. Will address the need for additional recreation and athletics space while • Renovation of nine academic buildings (Bacon Hall, Bulger Com- retaining parking within a key area. Sited north of Houston Gym, in munication Center, Butler Library, Caudell Hall, the Classroom Over the course of the Facilities Master Plan process, the Buffalo State alignment with the Buffalo State Stadium Study. With the addition of the Building, Ketchum Hall, Rockwell Hall, the Donald Savage College community—administrators, faculty, staff, students, and neigh- Stadium, the northwest quadrant of the campus will be strengthened as an Theater Arts Building, and Upton Hall) bors— have worked together to define a roadmap for how the campus will athletics and recreation precinct. Because of sloping terrain, the parking will • Renovation of Buckham Campus School for use as surge space grow and change over time. The Facilities Master Plan represents a broadly be accessible at-grade from Iroquois Drive. during upgrade of academic buildings embraced vision for how the campus will evolve in response to current and • Conversion of Twin Rise-South Wing back to a residence hall projected needs—including a nearly 20% increase in the number of stu- POTENTIAL NEW STUDENT HOUSING • Renovation of Campbell Student Union to enable both compre- dents the College will serve—as well as a framework for decision-making Will address demand for additional on-campus student housing. Number hensive modernization/upgrade as well as reprogramming in con- about site and facilities investments, large and small. of units and unit types to be determined through development of housing junction with the new Campus Life Building; would build on much master plan. Potential locations include current site of Bishop Hall and land smaller renovation project planned for the 2008–2013 capital cycle This framework is grounded in the outcomes of a space needs analysis that along the west side of Grant Street. Renovation of Twin Rise –South Wing • Conversion of Twin Rise-Center and the former Moore Dining considered each unit and division within the College, and a site, system and back to student suites is recommended. Hall back to campus life space facility assessment that identified campus conditions and needed invest- ments, inside and out. Each project and initiative is critically linked to Col- BACON HALL ADDITION INVESTMENT IN CAMPUS SUPPORT FACILITIES lege and SUNY missions, as well as to Strategic and Academic Plans. Enables co-location of all departments and administrative functions