Colorado Mountain College recently updated its Strategic Plan. CMC aspires to be the most inclusive and innovative student-centered college in the nation, elevating the economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality of our beautiful Rocky Mountain communities. The pillars of the strategic plan are focused on
• Student Access and Success
• Teaching & Learning
• Community & Economic Development
• Organizational Effectiveness
This strategic plan sets a clear path for the next five years. Using the strategic plan as a guiding document, CMC needs to update the Facilities Master Plan to better align and support these goals.
Colorado Mountain College’s College-Wide Director of Facilities is requesting proposals from qualified Architectural/Engineering/Planning firms for the complete service of creating an integrated college-wide Facilities Master Plan that that is integrated with each campus at CMC. Campus locations include Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Spring Valley, Carbondale, Aspen, Edwards, Leadville, Buena Vista, Breckenridge, Dillon, Steamboat Springs, and a future location in Salida. CMC’s most recent master plan was last updated in 2009.
The selected consulting firm will work in conjunction with CMC’s Director of Facilities, as well as designated campus focus groups, to assure all of the requirements of the Colorado Department of Higher Education for a Facilities Master Plan are met. Cost proposals may be solicited from the Short List vendors.
A Facility Condition Assessment is being prepared by McKinstry Essention, LLC. Their scope of work is attached.
SPECIFICATIONS
Goals of the Project include:
1. Develop a facilities master plan that is mission driven and integrated with the college’s strategic plan.
2. A dynamic plan that allows the college to adjust to changes in enrollment, pedagogy, programming, and funding.
3. Establish key priorities and drivers for the Facilities Master Plan that align with the Strategic Plan.
4. Master Planning of each campus for CMC to consider long-term buildout of academic facilities, parking, community needs, and housing.
5. Enhance the identity of our campuses through the built environment. Campuses should be a resource to students, staff, and the community.
6. Support the educational objectives of each campus by creating new opportunities for learning in buildings and the outdoor environment.
7. Create strong physical and programmatic connections from each campus to the local community when applicable.
8. Develop a Plan that represents sustainable planning and design.
CMC’s Facilities Master Plan will be informed by various plans already established by the college. The goal of the FMP is to bring these plans together to help inform the future development of each campus. These plans include:
• CMC Strategic Plan
• Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
• I.T. Master Plan
• Sustainability Action Plan
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Plan
• Housing Study
• Community and Employer Surveys
• Classroom Utilization Reports
• Facilities Condition Assessment
Scope of Services to include:
A review and analysis of CMC’s facilities needs and development of alternate plans to address those needs, including:
1. Assess and analyze existing learning environments. Assist CMC in establishing standards for learning and community environments that accommodate flexibility in design. These standards should be closely connected to CMC’s recently updated Strategic Plan.
2. Review existing utilization reports from the past five academic years. Identify patterns and suitability of facilities, emphasizing analysis and CMC data to support conclusions. Evaluate future space requirements based on data and program projections for each campus including, but not limited to:
• Review planning assumptions and space planning model.
• Enrollment trends overall, and by program.
• New academic programs.
• Student enrollment assumptions.
• Faculty and staff projections.
• Academic Program and Enrollment Management Plan.
• Land Acquisition.
• Growth’s impact on campus parking needs.
3. Develop one physical concept for each campus. Prioritize projects that would be completed in the next 1-5 years, 6-10 years, and more than ten years.
4. For residential campuses and campuses that could have housing in the future, analyze the best location for on-campus student, staff, and P3 housing.
TIMELINE
The Facilities Master Plans shall be completed within six (6) months of execution of the Contract Agreement.