Roles and Responsibilities
The President, Executive Council, and Planning, Design, and Construction (PDC) Office roles and responsibilities related to space are outlined below.
President/Executive Council Responsibilities:
- Development of University space policies and guidelines.
- Review, analysis, and prioritization of individual requests for space submitted to PDC.
- Ad hoc studies to improve space efficiencies and maximum space utilization.
- General policy recommendation on matters of space resource management.
- Review and approved PDC procedures and forms to implement the space management policies.
Planning, Design and Construction Responsibilities:
- Maintenance, oversight, updates and improvements to the University’s space inventory, the central database of space assignments.
- Routine audits of selected buildings and divisions/units to verify the accuracy of the space inventory.
- Receiving and analyzing requests for space.
- Providing cost estimates to departments.
- Input and analysis regarding space needs in new building construction and major renovations.
- Space planning and budgeting related to Capital Outlay project phasing and departmental
relocations.