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Code Compliance Potential Review Scenarios: |
-Review of Plans for permitting purposes -Review of Facilities for permitting purposes (eg: prior to issuing an occupancy permit) -Review of plans and facilities by consultants to identify code compliance, needed upgrades,or safety issues prior to developing a scope and budget for renovation of an existing facility -Review of Plans to identify technical or cost-saving issues (Value Engineering or Constructibility Reviews) |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Code compliance reviews of plans are performed by: |
Planning, Building, Engineering, Police, and Fire staff as part of the normal approval and permitting process for development projects. |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Sequence of Reviews: |
-Development Review (pre-submittal): Mass, scale, appearance, traffic impacts -Building Permit Detailed design, life / safety, structural design and calculations -Occupancy Permit |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Occupancy Permit is issued: |
After reviewing agencies are satisfied that all life-safety issues and compliance with conditions of earlier permits have been met. |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Renovations of public buildings |
include City Halls, School Buildings where seismic or accessibility upgrades are necessary. |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Value Engineering |
-Usually voluntary -Triggered by client request -Purpose is to identify cost-cutting measures -May include identifying technical problems with the design |
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Code Compliance Definitions and Explanations Constructibility Reviews |
-Involve a contractor and/or construction manager -Identify alternative ways of building a project or its components -Emphasize simplicity of construction -Can shorten construction schedules, cut costs, or identify potential problems |
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Construction Observation Techniques: |
LA can observe and review progress via: -Direct observation on site -Phone/email communication with Contractor -Photographs to evaluate work -Regular progress meetings and minutes -Written communication such as RFIs, submittals, field reports, etc. -Review and regular update of schedules and budgets |
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Project Sequencing Design, Approval, Permitting & Construction Sequencing: |
-Program development -Site evaluation and selection -Project conceptualization and schematic design -Design development -Regulatory review and approval process -Development of Construction Documents -Bidding -Construction -Post-construction evaluation |
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Project Sequencing Ongoing activities Cost estimating: |
-Should be performed at each stage of project development process -Will construction costs be in line with available budget? -Cost estimating should occur at first three stages of project sequencing -Discussions/adjustments should occur if estimates indicate budget problems |
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Project Sequencing Ongoing activities Approvals |
-Approvals occur at each stage of design -Design is reviewed with the owner (feedback is functional, aesthetic, and cost based) -Approvals should be received by designer before proceeding to following phase -Designer and Owner must approve work at various stages of construction |
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Project Sequencing Ongoing activities Permitting |
-Approvals given by regulatory agencies in the form of permits for construction -Permits and discussions occur throughout the design process |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) |
Systematic evaluation of built environments in use from the perspective of the people who use them. First formalized as a practice in the early 1960s "... a technique for systamatically assessing appropriateness of facilities" "...a process that can improve, and help explain the performance of the built environment" "the examination of the effectiveness of designed environments for human users" |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Main schools of thought |
1. Social science perspective, focused on users. 2. Technical perspective, focused on performance, maintenance, durability, energy use, lifecycle costs, function. 3. Generalist perspective that advocates peer review (walk-throughs and discussion groups) |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Objectives: |
-Improving the quality of design process for similar projects (assimilating positives and negatives) -Reducing design and maintenance costs -Enhancing user satisfaction, comfort and performance -Increase payback organizations' yield from investments -Evaluation of sustainability -Explain why some environments attract more people, fit user needs better, and work more efficiently -Assess environments strengths and weaknesses from the user perspective |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Typical characteristics: |
-Intended to convey the characteristics of environments that work best (& avoid poor characteristics) -Attempt to describe, not manipulate a setting -Data collection is done on site |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Typical subject areas: |
-Accessibility -Aesthetics -Cost-effectiveness -Functionality -Productivity -Safety and Security -Sustainability -User satisfaction |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Methods |
-Technical assessment by a specialist -Business performance records -Energy conservation data / recurrent costs -Direct observation of user activities -User interviews -Focus groups -Questionnaires / Surveys -Checklists -Behavioral mapping -Diaries -Time lapse photography / video -Comparison against POE database of similar environments |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Common Phases: |
PLANNING -Reconnaissance and feasibility studies -Determining research goals & methodology CONDUCTING -Collecting data -Analyzing data APPLYING -Presentation of findings (implementation is implicit, but not technically part of POE) |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation Types of POE: |
Brief indicative POEs -Show major strengths and weaknesses Detailed investigative POEs -Show cause and effects of site environmental issues Diagnostic POEs -correlating environmental measures with user responses |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Keys to successful POEs: |
-Develop clear, explicit program statement -Identify available resources to carry out POE (match data collection to time and budget) -Garner support from critical parts of organization -Determine appropriate methodology -Inform respondents about the purpose of the study and how data will be used -Interpret and synthesize findings in useful forms for users -Make results widely available to stakeholders -Use findings to facilitate organizational learning -Encourage nimble response to changing conditions |
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Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) Facility Perfomance Evaluation |
newer term (broader net for similar studies?) forPOEs |
