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UMass Boston
Master Plan Update
Presentation to Chancellor’s
Executive Staff
February 19, 2008
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25-Year Campus Master Plan
Existing UMB Buildings
New Academic Buildings
New Landscape or Athletic Fields
Academic Terraces
New Residence Halls with Street-Level Mixed-Use
New Parking Structures
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Phase 1 Diagram
R1
R2
P1
T
A
Q
L C B
Existing UMB Buildings
New Building Parcels
New Landscape or Athletic Field
Primary Pedestrian Paths
Secondary Pedestrian Paths
New Parking Structure 3
Decision-making Framework
Establish technical advisory groups to develop design
guidelines and assist in Phase I sequencing
Form capital project advisory committees to program
space and work with architects to design buildings
Space Committee works to balance needs of specific
projects against those of overall campus
Collaborate with external agencies on project
management and financing
Continue to obtain input and feedback from campus
and external communities
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Master Plan
Technical Advisory Subcommittees
DRAFT 2/14/08
Subcommittee/Charge Membership
1. Architectural and Landscape Design • Facilities (chair)
• Develop and recommend design • Academic Affairs
guidelines and built-form parameters o Nancy Stieber (Art)
for all campus buildings. Elements to o Peter Langer (Assoc. Provost)
be considered include, but are not o Jim Allen (Biology)
limited to, building placement, height o Mary Brady (Curr. & Intruct.)
and orientation, facades, materials, • UMBe Green
relationship to open spaces, signage, • Athletics
accessibility, campus-wide needs (i.e. • Environmental Health & Safety
storage), sustainability, and safety • Student Reps
planning. • John Benson (DCAM)
• Develop and recommend standards • A&F – VC’s Office
and guidelines for green, open spaces • Consulting support
(i.e. site landscaping, plant materials).
• Coordination with Subcommittees on
Campus Housing and Athletics may be
necessary.
2. Infrastructure Requirements • Facilities (chair)
• Working with DCAM, documents the • IT
capacity and existing conditions of the • Academic Affairs
utility infrastructure to support future o Bill Hagar (Assoc. Provost)
campus growth and development of o Mary Oleskiewicz (Perf. Arts)
campus utility systems. o Bala Sundaram (Physics)
• Detail a plan for relocating utilities from o Jack Looney (EEOS)
the substructure. o Jean-Pierre Kuilboer (Mgmt)
• Project the utility infrastructure needs o Jack Wiggin (Urban Harbors)
of the campus particularly for phase I of • Environmental Health & Safety
the Master Plan and over the 25-yr • UMBe Green
timeframe. • Student Reps (Sustainability Club)
• Study and recommend renewable • Contract Compliance
energy options and sustainability goals. • Utilities Engineering Firm
3. Parking & Transportation • Parking & Transportation (chair)
• Recommend strategies and policies for • Public Safety
improving vehicular and pedestrian • Academic Affairs
circulation as changes to the campus o Ginny Perelson (Ross Center)
are implemented. o Michelle Foster (Chemistry)
• Develop strategies for incorporating • Student Reps
multi-modal transportation alternatives • Marine Operations
into the design of the campus. • Athletics
• Recommend architectural design • Environmental Health & Safety
guidelines for structured parking • Facilities
facilities. • Student Affairs
• A&F – VC’s Office
• Howard/ Stein-Hudson Consulting
Subcommittee/Charge Membership
4. Campus Housing • Student Affairs (chair)
• Recommend programming needs of • Academic Affairs
new resident halls (i.e. suite • Enrollment Management
arrangements, apartments, or • Campus Services
single/double rooms; dining; recreation, • Health Services
etc.) • Athletics
• Develop operating and capital cost • A&F – VC’s Office
estimates for new campus housing. • Student Reps
5. Athletics & Recreation • Athletics (chair)
• Document the athletic and recreational • Student Affairs
programmatic existing and future • Academic Affairs
needs of UMass Boston o Bruce Bailey (Health
• Recommend guidelines and standards Sciences)
for athletic and recreational spaces • Facilities
based on industry standards and • Marine Operations
benchmarks. • Student Rep
6. Information Technology • IT (chair)
• Recommend minimum standards or • Academic Affairs
guidelines for information technology o Lusa Lo (Curr. & Instruct.)
requirements in support of instructional o Peter Fejer (Computer Sci.)
and pedagogical needs when • Enrollment Management
designing new and renovated facilities. • Healey Library
• Student Affairs
• Admin & Finance
• Student Reps
7. Campus Mitigation (Quality of Life) • Campus Services (chair)
• Develop mitigation measures that will • Customer Service
help to ensure continuity of university • Parking & Transportation
operations during campus construction. • Student Affairs
• Specific areas that will require • Academic Affairs
mitigation plans include parking and o Marion Winfrey (Nursing)
transportation, noise on the campus o Darren Kew (Dispute Res.)
and in the surrounding neighborhood, o Maureen Scully (Mgmt)
and signage o Alfred Noel (Math)
• Working with the Space Committee, • Facilities
the use of temporary space for • Enrollment Management
teaching, research and administration • Registrar
should be considered and coordinated • Public Safety
with Academic Affairs. • Environmental Health & Safety
• Jennifer Brown (OIRP)
• IT Dept.
• Student Reps
UMass Boston Master Plan
Decision-Making Framework
3/11/08
UMass Board of Trustees
As the governing body of the
UMass system, establishes
broad policy for the five
campuses
Approves Capital Plan for all
campuses
Technical Adv. Subcommittees Steering Committee
Charged with • Ensures Plan development and
recommending design implementation is consistent
criteria and standards based with vision and guiding Space Committee
on best practices and principles Works to balance needs of
benchmarks • Facilitates an open, inclusive specific projects against
Provided research support community participation those of overall campus
where necessary process
Chancellor & Exec Staff
Establishes strategic goals
and priorities for UMass
Boston
Approves Master Plan &
capital projects in support of
UMass Boston’s strategic
Capital Project Advisory Comm. priorities
Develops space program for Admin & Finance
individual buildings Deans Works with funding
Collaborates with architect on Develops vision for academic agencies to obtain project
building design buildings financing
Resolves outstanding program Confirms building program & Monitors project budgets
issues during life of project design serves vision Coordinates with funding
agency on project
implementation
Develops overall phasing
Prepares Five-Year Capital
DCAM or UMBA Plan
Collaborates with campus on
project development &
implementation
Internal Reporting Provides project financing Architect & Contractor
Relationship Hires architect and contractor Selection
Works with campus on
facility programming
Develops schematic, design
Interface with funding development and
agencies construction documents
Refines project schedules
Confirms program & budget
Consultation
Constructs facilities
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