Improvement Goals Continued
- AIR QUALITY/HVAC REPLACEMENTS As part of the College’s maintenance program, the Physical Facilities Department and Safety Offices should develop a schedule for monitoring air quality in all buildings and to maintain and replace HVAC equipment. Replacement of HVAC equipment should be budgeted annually.
10. PEDESTRIAN/VEHICULAR/SERVICE CONFLICTS The goal of the plan is to develop a setting where pedestrians, automobiles, and service vehicles co-exist, complement, and support activities without conflicts. This task can be accomplished by the establishment of zones and paths that are clearly defined. While with some an enclosed student area would be exclusive, other paths might have joint use. Where mixed-use areas occur, such as a sidewalk crossing a driveway, the joint use portion should be distinctly marked by a change of color, texture, or material. All of the buildings should be accessible by service and emergency vehicles. Thus, a sidewalk that serves pedestrians and fire trucks will have a greater width and be designed to support the weight of equipment it will support.
11. BUILT-IN FLEXIBILITY Del Mar is changing the methods used to deliver educational services at an accelerating pace. When colleges and universities built classrooms and teaching laboratories in the 1960's and 1970's, administrators felt that these facilities would be used for 20 to 30 years without modifications. This assumption was correct then, but educators know not to assume that current teaching methodology will remain unchanged format 20 to 30 years from now. It is currently discussed among educators that higher institutions in the future will deliver many educational programs through the internet and computers, requiring fewer buildings and more resources to utilize distance learning as one major teaching component. Thus, the prudent course to take is to design maximum flexibility to all future construction projects.
12. LOCATION OF NEW FACILITIES - Future building sites should be selected at locations that will support and complement the Master Plan. This report has identified building locations on the East and West Campuses that will provide for orderly growth and has taken into consideration existing and planned underground utilities, campus functional zones, traffic patterns, access, and other relationships. This Master Plan should be considered a road map for future development. However, when conditions change, alternate solutions should be considered.