Prepared by
Steve Savage, PSB
Johnnie Hayward, BPM
Lisa Drury, CAM
Kevin Kaestner, PMB

Question 1: What should the focus be?

DEVELOP STANDARD DESIGN GUIDES

• Agency driven. Include the stakeholders' decision-makers when developing the guidelines.
• Policy driven (smart government.) Establish the goal & objectives and establish policies to support the goals & objectives. Get support at all levels.
• Maintenance & Operation of the facility must be a critical part of the design. A good design that takes Maintenance & Operations into consideration during the design phase allows the facility to be maintained as a class A building.
• Future flexibility (occupants/equipment) infrastructure. A good design will allow for growth and change to the facility as key business drivers change.
• Consider employee productivity/comfort, community considerations by looking beyond the typical use of State facilities.
• Determine the life cycle of the building, design level to be consistent with building life.

Question 2: How it might help my department and me?

• By having standard design guidelines the department's requirements would be uniform. These guidelines should include language that encourages new programs, new designs approaches and technologies.
• Allow all stakeholders to be more informed.
• Would establish performance criteria as it relates to the design.

Question 3: Who should be the hero?

• High level management

Question 4: Who should be involved?

• All Stakeholders

Question 5: How can we integrate it with daily activities in the DGS?

• Make the information widely available and easily accessible.

Question 6: What are some of the Barriers?

• Current Project Funding Approach (include post occupancy issues in the process where possible.
• DOF/LAO support of cost impact of innovative system design in advance (sustainability).
• Change perception for good sound construction appearing as luxury.
• Staffing

Question 7: How can we overcome some of the barriers?

• Educate all stakeholders involved.
• Take a different approach with DOF/LOA in preparing and presenting the funding requests.
• Establish a sinking fund to accommodate some of the unforeseen issues that arise during transitioning and commissioning.
• Create as attachment/performance criteria for all contracts. This would allow integration of the revised design document into the work place via computer.