Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 4 Needs Assessment 4-5 May 12, 2023 QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT (Space) The purpose of quantitative assessment of space is to evaluate, at a macro-level, the extent to which the total amount of space for instruction and other campus activities is likely to be sufficient to support future enrollments and programs. Specifically, quantitative assessment of space incorporates the concept of supply and demand. It is the process of estimating the needed supply of learning, support and resource space given a projected demand of academic programs and cocurricular activities, faculty and staffing levels, and student enrollments. The ultimate outcome is to provide estimates of overall sufficiency of campus-wide supply of space likely needed that is eligible for capital funding by the State. Summary of Key Findings Space deficits in all but two room use categories (Classroom and Merchandising) were suggested when Maryland’s Space Allocation Guidelines for Community Colleges formulae are applied to Frederick Community College’s projected (2030) space inventory. The 2020 campus building space inventory was 305,354 net assignable square feet (NASF). The College anticipates a 2030 space inventory of 323,719 NASF as the base or supply against which the need, generated by the demand of future enrollments, would be quantified. When space deficits and surpluses were computed by comparing enrollment and staffing projections against projected space inventory, the outcome was a projected 2030 overall deficit of 123,598 NASF as shown by the following tables. Quantitative indicators suggest immediate and long-term need for facilities to support space classifications showing significant deficits. Projected (Fall 2030) Space Deficits and Surpluses Space Classification Use Code Inventory Allowance Deficit/Surplus Office 300 82,268 131,951 (49,683) Athletics/Physical Education 520 22,501 47,610 (25,109) Class Laboratory 210 66,164 86,429 (20,265) Food Facility 630 8,780 18,544 (9,764) Study 400 18,138 25,515 (7,377) Assembly 610 8,692 14,722 (6,030) Shop/Storage 720-740 12,593 16,386 (3,793) Lounge 650 2,351 5,454 (3,103) Central Service 750 1,565 4,000 (2,435) Open Laboratory 220 9,637 12,016 (2,379) Media Production 530 851 2,689 (1,838) Exhibition 620 397 2,181 (1,784) Meeting Room 680 4,678 6,000 (1,322) Greenhouse 580 0 1,000 (1,000) Data Processsing 710 1,619 2,500 (881) Health Care 800 0 772 (772) Hazmat Storage 760 0 328 (328) Subtotals Deficits 240,234 378,097 (137,863) Classroom 100 56,601 45,977 10,624 Merchandising 660 5,922 2,281 3,641 Subtotals Surpluses 62,523 48,258 14,265 FCC Campus Totals 302,757 426,355 (123,598) Projected Fall 2030) NASF
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