THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS

The most basic aspect of developing a solid master plan is in establishing goals for growth toward which to strive. Once these goals are established and the pertinent information is gathered, the master planning process begins.

The process generally proceeds as follows:

• An initial work session would be held to review, refine and expand upon the particulars of the Client’s current and projected facility requirements.

• Additional special meetings are set to explore needs in particular areas as required.
  
  
• Based on the Client’s input, governing regulations of the community and restraints of the existing facilities (where applicable) preparation of conceptual site and building development plans will commence.
  
  
• Several alternative approaches of meeting the design requirements will be developed and presented to the Client for review in a second work session. Each alternative will be weighed in relation to each other and with regard to all critical criteria. Each alternative will indicate proposed location of key functional areas and their relationship to each other, phasing and budget costs based on current estimated square foot and unit costs.
  
  
• After review of the alternatives, the preferred approach or combination of schemes will be further developed to fully identify key elements and spaces, phasing approach, and budget estimates.
• The resulting master plan will be reviewed with governing officials to verify conformance with local zoning and planning regulations.
  
  
• The master plan will again be brought to the Client for review and approval.
  
  
• Any revisions required as a result of the review will be made. Rendered 24" x 36" drawings showing all aspects of the approved master plan will be prepared for presentation.

Some additional informal communications and conferences are anticipated in addition to that in the specific work sessions.