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Goals.

Here is the list of goals in the original building development project proposal:

SOCIAL CHALLENGES

  • Increase sense of community
  • Encourage student/faculty/staff interaction
  • Strengthen faculty/staff communication
  • Centralize faculty/staff offices
  • Enhance diversity programing
  • Improve operational efficiency

MULTI-USE COMMUNITY & MEETING SPACES

  • Provide community and meeting spaces
  • Provide on-site fine arts and assembly venue
  • Provide on-site athletics venue for hosting games and tournaments
  • Enhance library and resource space

HEALTH & SAFETY

  • Strengthen student safety and security
  • Provide clean and hygienic facilities
  • Become fully compliant with the City of Urbana fire code
  • Promote and encourage personal health and fitness
  • Provide modern and hygienic locker room facilities

INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

  • Enhance quality of student life
  • Improve facility comfort level
  • Improve learning and working environment
  • Provide modernized, on-site athletic facilities
  • Expand curriculum and academic programs
  • Provide state-of-the-art science and technology labs
  • Provide more classroom space
  • Enhance classroom quality and technology
  • Improve accessibility of resources
  • Provide comfortable and productive working environment and offices
  • Provide students with quiet study spaces
  • Develop media-rich environment

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • Improve energy usage and efficiency
  • Improve heating and cooling system
  • Utilize natural daylight and solar energy
  • Utilize renewable energy sources to heat and power the building
  • Achieve U.S. Green Building Council certification
  • Recycle construction waste

The real question is: are these goals worth the cost?

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