ChSCC Campus Plan 2010 DOBER LIDSKY MATHEY Creating Campus Solutions LOSE & ASSOCIATES, INC. / CAMPBELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. / TWH ARCHITECTS, INC. / BETTS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC. CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Campus Plan SECTION ONE Executive Summary.......................................................................................................1 APPENDIX A ACCESSIBILITY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 32 APPENDIX B SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING.........................................................................................................................34 CAMPUS PLAN OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................................2 APPENDIX C UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE..................................................................................................................36 Drawing 1.1: CAMPUS PLAN.........................................................................................................................................3 Drawing C.1: EXISTING CHILLED AND HOT WATER UTILITIES .................................................................................... 37 Drawing 1.2: CAMPUS PLAN CONCEPT.........................................................................................................................4 Drawing C.2: PROPOSED CHILLED AND HOT WATER UTILITY EXPANSIONS .............................................................. 39 Drawing C.3: EXISTING PLUMBING – WITHOUT SANITARY ....................................................................................... 41 SECTION TWO Terms of Reference ......................................................................................................5 Drawing C.4: EXISTING PLUMBING – SANITARY ........................................................................................................ 42 PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................................................................................................5 Drawing C.5: PROPOSED PLUMBING – SANITARY...................................................................................................... 43 Drawing C.6: EXISTING ELECTRICAL UTILITIES ........................................................................................................... 45 Diagram 2.1: CAMPUS PLANNING CHART ....................................................................................................................5 Drawing C.7: PROPOSED ELECTRICAL UTILITIES......................................................................................................... 46 MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................................7 APPENDIX D ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS.......................................................................................................................... 47 CAMPUS ANALYSIS ...............................................................................................................................................................8 Drawing 2.1: COLLEGE PROPERTY & LOCATION...........................................................................................................9 Drawing 2.2: LAND OWNERSHIP ................................................................................................................................11 Drawing 2.3: LAND USE & CONTEXT...........................................................................................................................13 Drawing 2.4: PREDOMINANT USE ..............................................................................................................................15 Drawing 2.5: PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ...................................................................................................................17 Drawing 2.6: VEHICULAR CIRCULATION AND PARKING .............................................................................................19 Drawing 2.7: LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE..............................................................................................................21 Drawing 2.8: HYDROLOGY / TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................23 SECTION THREE Campus Plan ............................................................................................................24 RIGHT‐SIZING......................................................................................................................................................................24 PEER COMPARISONS ..........................................................................................................................................................24 Table 3.1: Main Campus NASF....................................................................................................................................24 Table 3.2: NASF/student.............................................................................................................................................24 Table 3.3: Peer Comparison – NASF/Student.............................................................................................................25 CLASSROOM USAGE ...........................................................................................................................................................26 FACULTY OFFICES ...............................................................................................................................................................26 SPACE ALLOCATION GUIDELINES........................................................................................................................................27 Table 3.4: THEC Guidelines versus Existing NASF – 10,600 students .........................................................................27 Table 3.5: THEC Guidelines versus Assuming Growth to 17,500 students.................................................................27 FIRST PRIORITY PROJECTS...................................................................................................................................................28 Drawing 3.1: SITE ACQUISITIONS AND POTENTIAL BUILDING LOCATIONS ................................................................29 OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS ................................................................................................................................................30 CAMPUS PLAN ....................................................................................................................................................................30 Drawing 3.2: CAMPUS PLAN.......................................................................................................................................31 i DOBER LIDSKY MATHEY Creating Campus Solutions LOSE & ASSOCIATES, INC. / CAMPBELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. / TWH ARCHITECTS, INC. / BETTS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC. 10/15/2010 CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Campus Plan SECTION ONE Executive Summary Chattanooga State Community College (ChSCC) was founded in 1965 in downtown Chattanooga as Chattanooga The Tennessee Board of Regents campus plan policy recommends a new plan every five years. During the past State Technical Institute, the state’s first such school. Since its inception, the institution has supplied the region’s year, Chattanooga State Community College has engaged in a comprehensive campus planning process. The technical workforce consisting mostly of engineering technology and computer science. objective of this initiative has been to develop a plan for the future that addresses facility needs, both building and site, for the next fifteen years. The resulting Campus Plan, summarized in this report, describes physical In 1973, the Institute became Chattanooga State Technical Community College and was defined by the state as resources that exist, the additional facilities or improvements that will be required, and how the College providing comprehensive one and two‐year occupational, college parallel, continuing education, and community foresees addressing these projected needs. service programs. Chattanooga State’s mission expanded further in 1981 to include vocational education when the legislature merged the State Area Vocational Technical School in Chattanooga with the college, now known The Campus Plan represents much more than a layout for determining sites for future buildings. It also reflects as the Tennessee Technology Center (TTC). This mission distinguishes the College from any other state campus Chattanooga State Community College’s vision to focus on academic excellence related to the needs of the state in Tennessee. and region. With a steadily increasing student population and a range of academic programs, ChSCC hopes to continue a leadership role in helping the region fulfill its promise. These goals are described in Section Two Over time the College grew and developed, adding a variety of programs. In the mid 1980’s, the college under “Mission, Goals, and Objectives”. absorbed a nursing school and health science education was added to the curriculum. Healthcare is the area’s largest industry and since then, health science education has increased with an additional nineteen programs