Facilities Master Plan

The Facilities Plan summarizes various facilities planning documents into one concise reference for use by senior campus administration. The relevant supporting documents include the Campus Master Plan, the Campus Development Plan, the Long Range Maintenance Plan, the Campus Parking Plan, the Residence Life Master Plan and the Space Use Plan.

The purpose of the Facilities Plan is to:

Outline facilities planning assumptions for the University for the next six years.
Identify facilities planning and policy issues with recommended steps to address the issues and challenges.
Describe major capital development projects planned or anticipated over the next six years.
Describe major repairs or renovations to facilities and utility infrastructure anticipated over the next six years.

Accomplishments

Completed the construction of the $39 million dollar Sage Hall academic building in September 2011. The 191,000 g.s.f facility is the first new academic building constructed since 1971 and was built to LEED Gold Standards.
Completed the construction of the $4.5 million dollar dry fermentation anaerobic biodigester, which is located adjacent to the Campus Services Center. This facility went operational in the fall of 2011 and started to produce electrical energy on Oct. 5, 2011. The facility is capable of producing up to 10 percent of campus' annual electrical demand.
Work continued throughout the year on the construction of the $34 million new residence hall, Horizon Village. The facility will feature suite-style housing that is currently unavailable on campus. The project was also designed to LEED Gold standards and will feature a hybrid geo-thermal heating system and a green, vegetated roof. Groundbreaking occurred on Nov. 15, 2010 with a scheduled completion date of July 2012.
Began the design of the Lincoln Hall renovation project in October 2011. This is a 2.41 acres (104,980 sq ft) parcel that contains a 34,235 g.s.f. former elementary school building. The University intends that this facility will house the Division of Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement and the Children's Learning and Care Center.

Executive Summary 2010-2011

The key components of the Facilities Plan include a discussion of Strategic Goals, Program Trends, Planning Issues/Themes, Space Needs, Major Capital Development and Major Maintenance and Renovations.

Strategic Goals

The University is guided by five strategic goals:

Community: Develop a diverse, engaged community of lifelong learners and collaborative scholars that will be regionally based and globally connected.
Teaching: Enhance the scholarly and physical environment we provide for teaching excellence, active learning and dynamic curricular programs. • Scholarship: Sustain, support and enhance a vigorous scholarly environment for research, intellectual activity and creative expression.
Partnership: Expand and support collaborative relationships that contribute to the development of knowledge and its application in new situations while maintaining its core values.
Stewardship: Promote accessible, representative and altruistic leadership, responsive shared governance and flexible resource stewardship.

Program Trends

The following intents and trends will materially affect space needs and the configuration of existing space within the university over the coming decade:

Increasing enrollment within the College of Nursing has created severe space constraints upon the teaching of basic science courses. This affects both the undergraduate and graduate programs and increases the need of laboratory space on campus. The FNP program continues to see increased demand and will require access to additional operational clinic space.
Increased emphasis on evaluation of student performance will necessitate access to self-paced learning laboratories, mostly microcomputer based, for students pursuing needed skills.
The University's designated Centers of Excellence (geology and international studies) are beginning to develop areas of focus that will need support space and access to research facilities. The University also plans on creating several more Centers of Excellence within all four colleges in the near future. As these programs develop, additional demands will be placed on existing facilities.
Three trends are worth noting: (1) younger, more active researchers are joining the faculty, (2) emeritus faculty are remaining to teach one or more courses a year and (3) there are new and evolving program specialties. 3.

Planning Issues/Themes

The top 12 planning issues and themes are:

General Purpose REvenue (GPR)

The College of Nursing is in immediate need of additional instructional hands-on labs, including multiple state-of-the-art simulation labs.
The College of Education and Human Services lacks adequate instructional labs, faculty/staff/support offices and grant/special project space.
The department of foreign language and literature requires a second language lab to meet the large number of students in their programs.
Many general access classrooms and lecture halls have poor aspect ratios, viewing angles and some lack full ADA accessibility. In addition, they lack modern technology typically used in today's delivery of instruction.
The lack of a central HVAC system in the old portion of Dempsey Hall makes for a substandard working environment.
The quality of instructional space in Harrington Hall is substandard and insufficient to accommodate Geology's and Archeology's space needs.
The campus is cut length-wise by two one-way high traffic roads which feed to downtown Oshkosh. The traffic on these roads is disruptive, noisy and presents safety hazards to students and other pedestrians.

Program Revenue (PR)

Residence hall rooms lack configuration varieties. The rooms are small and in general are double occupancy.
Fletcher Hall is in need of a total overhaul that addresses backlog maintenance; lack of room variety; program space; and social gathering space needs.
Donner and Webster Halls are in need of total overhauls that address backlog maintenance; lack of room variety; program space; and social gathering space needs.
Reeve Union lacks an ADA accessible, welcome and inviting main entrance off of Algoma Blvd.
The student leadership and involvement space in Reeve Union needs additional office, meeting a casual gathering space for the many student groups on campus.

Space Needs

The major space needs, by space category are:

Classroom Facilities: Most existing classrooms were built before 1971, lack technology, are not ideally configured and otherwise inadequate and in need of renewal. While the construction of Sage Hall had a significant impact upon addressing some of this space deficit, classroom related renovations are also needed and planned for various other buildings, including Clow Social Science and Swart Hall.
Laboratory Facilities: The College of Nursing and College of Education and Human Services lack adequate lab space and have needs for additional lab space. New, younger active researchers across the University are joining the faculty and require lab space.
Office Facilities: Virtually every department has experienced some growth and is in need of additional office space. The situation is particularly acute in the College of Education, the Departments of English, Foreign Language and Math.
Residential Facilities: The Residential Life facilities are old, dated and lacking in a diversity of living environments. Appropriate space is needed for older students.

Current and Near Term Capital Development

This section provides a brief description of the major capital development projects that are either in progress or planned for the next six years.

2009-2011: (Current Development)

New Residence Hall (Construction): This $34 million project evolved as a result of an extensive Residence Life master planning effort. The new residence hall is to provide a type(s) of housing not currently available on campus. The project will break ground on Nov. 15, 2010 with completion scheduled for July 2012.
Lincoln School Remodel (Design): Remodel the former Lincoln Elementary School for the campus child care program and the Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement division. ($4.5 million)

2011-2013

Clow/Nursing Education Renovation: The $26.7 million renovation of Clow Social Science Center and Nursing Education Buildings are considered crucial to the redevelopment of the academic core. The project addresses the critical space needs of the College of Nursing (CON) and the College of Education and Human Services (COEHS).
New Welcome and Conference Center: Replace the conference space lost due to the flooding of River Center in 2008. In addition to conference space, the facility will house the Foundation office, satellite office spaces for various uses and shared meeting spaces for the building occupants. Note: This project may be constructed through the UW Oshkosh Foundation using donor or other funding. ($14.4 million)
Reeve Union Main Entrance and Expansion: Redesign the main entrance to the building, making it ADA accessible, welcoming and inviting. Expand the west side one-story section of the building vertically to provide additional student organization space. ($3.3 million)
Donner and Webster Residence Hall Renovation: Renovate the entire facility to provide diversity in housing types, address programmatic needs and eliminate backlog maintenance. ($20 million)

2013-2015

Dempsey Hall HVAC System: Install a central HVAC system in the 1918 portion of the building. ($15 million)
Dempsey Hall Remodel: Remodel the original building and a portion of the 1969 building to address programmatic needs of the current and future building occupants as well as address backlog maintenance. ($18.2 million)

2015-2017

Pearl Avenue Road Development: Relocate road as the key component of the exterior site development of the campus. It is anticipated that negotiations between the owners of the Axletech property and the University will reach a positive conclusion by this biennium, so that this road relocation can occur. ($3 million)
Fletcher Residence Hall Renovation: Renovate the entire facility to provide diversity in housing types, address programmatic needs and eliminate backlog maintenance. ($27.3 million)
PR Chiller Plant: The new plant will be constructed on the south end of the campus and provide future capacity for program revenue buildings, as well as connect to the current campus chilled water loop for increased diversity and redundancy for the academic buildings. ($4.4 million)

2011-2013 All Agency Submittal (Major Maintenance and Renovations)

This section outlines the major maintenance and utility upgrades and land acquisitions that are planned for the next six years. These projects have a combined total value of $51,178,000.

Facilities Maintenance and Renovation