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PROGRAM PLAN AND BUDGET FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY BUILDING

A planned connector building between AO1 and R1 South Tower for FUNDING YEAR 2013-2014

July 8, 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

Introduction----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Interdisciplinary Building Project ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Building Location --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Building Size and Height ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Facility Overview ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

Facility Cost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Source of Funds --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12

Schedule ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 Consistency with the Strategic Plan and Sustainability ------------------------------------------- 13

Relationship to the Facilities and 2012 CU Anschutz Medical Campus Master Plan -------- 13 Program Plan Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 Project Description and Summary of Program Space ---------------------------------------------- 14

A. Clinical Faculty Offices --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 B. Biomedical Informatics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Ca. Data Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18

Cb. IT Service Offices / Support ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 D. Tenant Space (Food Venue and Services) ------------------------------------------------- 21 E. Green Roof Patio and Event Space --------------------------------------------------------- 22 Optional Considerations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 AA. Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) ------------------------------------------------- 23 BB. University and UCH Combined Data Center --------------------------------------- 23 CC. Health Administration Self Risk Department----------------------------------------24 DD. Emergency Command Center --------------------------------------------------------- 24 Alternatives----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Appendices Appendix A - Opinion of Probable Cost (CC-C Form – FY 2013-14)-------------------------- 26

Interdisciplinary Building Program Plan Page 1


INTRODUCTION

As a successful world class academic health center, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus continues to experience programmatic

growth and the introduction of new initiatives that require additional space on campus. As part of the 2012 Facilities Master Plan, three areas were

identified as either having space deficiencies or were growing programs that require additional space on campus to meet their goals and objectives.

The three groups identified in this program plan to occupy space in the Interdisciplinary Building are the growing Biomedical Informatics program,

Clinical Faculty Offices, and IT Services with a new main Data Center for the campus. Each of these departments/units has unique working

relationships with the university, University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) and Children’s Hospital of Colorado (CHCO). The future Veterans Affairs

Eastern Colorado Medical Center (VA Hospital) will also likely have a contributing effect on this collaborative working relationship once it opens in

2016/2017. This Interdisciplinary Building is meant to serve as a collaborative collection of disciplines where faculty, staff, and students could

interact in a common facility. Co-locating these departments/units will have the benefit of providing close proximity and convenience of interaction

within the facility.

The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center was recently completed in 2012 and has been recognized for its successful articulation of programming

design for integration between students, faculty and staff. The building was constructed with functional and programmatic elements in mind that

would naturally promote collaboration between health and wellness programs helping promote successfully collaboration that would not be possible if

programs were located in isolation. The new Interdisciplinary Building will also follow this model of collaboration and serve as a central crossroad of

departments/units that are needed to help serve the mission and goals of the university.

The unique location of the proposed site for this building will also help foster collaborative interaction between the university, UCH and CHCO. The

building site is located along 17th Avenue and will be one of the first efforts toward enhancing the “translational corridor” both symbolically and

physically as defined in the 2012 Facilities Master Plan. The translational corridor will provide development opportunities where collaboration

flourishes across disciplines and where all resources required for extraordinary education, research, and patient care are seamlessly integrated.

Programmed spaces are provided to help departments/units create environments that are natural for collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction.


Rather than have dedicated “silo” type spaces for each department/unit; shared meeting/seminar room spaces, lounge areas, conference rooms, break

rooms, and a multiple purpose training facility space has been allocated in the program plan. The new facility is being programmed and designed to

offer flexibility within each program to provide the most optimal collaborative environment for students, clinicians, and researchers. This document

will define in further detail the proposed location, space needs, optimal adjacencies and proposed occupants in the building.


INTERDISCIPLINARY BUILDING PROJECT

Building Location

The Interdisciplinary Building will be located along 17th Avenue between the existing Academic Office 1 (AO1) and Research 1 South Tower (R1

South) on the south side of the research zone quadrangle. It will be positioned in the open space between the two buildings. This site provides the

opportunity to have a connector building between the academic office building, the research towers and UCH. This site also serves to enhance the

Translational Corridor along 17th Avenue as recommended in the 2012 Facilities Master Plan. The following site plan graphic shows in red the

proposed building footprint and the convenient bridge connections that would be possible between the three buildings. All necessary utilities are

available for the project in this location. Excessive trenching and/or costly extensions of existing utilities are not needed to reach this proposed

building site.

This building location also allows for street level

development and services along 17th Avenue consistent

with the 2012 Facilities Master Plan recommendation to

create a personable activity zone along this vital

transportation connection between the university, UCH,

CHCO and the future VA Hospital. The street level of

17th Avenue would allow for on-grade circulation and

vehicular traffic under a connector bridge from the new

building over to UCH Anschutz Cancer Pavilion.

Separate paths for pedestrians and bikes would be

provided through this section.

Overall Site Plan with Proposed Building Site in Red


The two short ends of the new building (east and west) would have above grade connector bridges to existing buildings that would allow pedestrian

and bicycle circulation underneath them for open access from 17th Avenue to the research zone and quadrangle.

The site is also uniquely positioned at an equal distance to many of the students, faculty, physicians and researchers who are present in this vicinity of

the campus. Many clinical faculty members who are engaged in teaching at the university could also cross through this location to work at the

hospitals. With the large number of people who will go through this building, its central site position between the existing buildings is advantageous.

The graphic at left shows several key building entrances and their approximate walking time to this central site location. Creating a convenient and

quick central location for meetings and collaboration

between disciplines will naturally help foster interaction

that may not take place as readily otherwise. This

building location and the open shared meeting spaces

will help promote the collaborative environment of the

Anschutz Medical Campus.

The research zone quadrangle is a popular destination

for faculty, employees, and students to study, dine, visit

or leisurely take a break. However, the south portion of

the research quad was originally designed as a natural

landscape area and it has not been well received or

utilized. This natural landscape area will be redesigned

as part of this project and will incorporate more site

amenities like the northern portion of the research quad

which is well used.

Campus walking distances


New sidewalk connections and landscaping would be incorporated around the Interdisciplinary Building to create a cohesive quadrangle for this

whole area. Common site furnishings and design elements will help make for a consistent exterior environment that is viewed as a positive amenity

on campus and can be utilized for more outdoor events.

The following photos show people using the northern portion of the research quadrangle during a typical spring afternoon. The Interdisciplinary

Building would have similar site amenities provided as part of this project.

On the opposite side of the Interdisciplinary building (south face), opportunities at street level along 17th Avenue are provided for boutique food

venues or small shops/services similar to those that are currently along the south side 1st floor of the UCH Parking Garage. A continuation of these

popular amenities along 17th Avenue aligns with the 2012 Campus Master Plan document and recommendations.

Amphitheatre-like seating at the north end of the quadrangle Outdoor seating near Research 2 Research Quadrangle connection sidewalk between R2 and AO1


It is anticipated that some street level parking would be provided on 17th Avenue facing the Interdisciplinary Building but would most likely be short-

term metered parking to limit the amount of time a vehicle can occupy a space. The parking would be provided predominately for visitor

convenience and deliveries rather than long term daily parking for occupants in the building. Building occupants would utilize the existing surface

parking lots located northwest of the site that currently serve the research and academic office buildings.

The following photos show the existing business venues along 17th Avenue that are currently immediately west of this proposed project site:

17th Avenue retail during the noon hour looking east (near Leprino) 17th Avenue retail on the south side of the UCH parking garage 17th Avenue during the noon hour looking west (near Leprino)


Building Size and Height-

As a connector building, this new facility is envisioned as a complimentary structure to AO1 and R1 South Tower. The building footprint is planned

at approximately 14,500 gross square feet per floor level and is envisioned as a 5 story structure with a total of just over 72,000 gross square feet. If

space is planned for a basement level to accommodate some of the programmatic needs, opportunities to vary the building footprint size would be

possible to fit the site appropriately. A detailed massing study should be conducted in the early phases of the building design to determine the

appropriate height and footprint of the building as it relates to AO1 (7 stories tall) and R1 South Tower (12 stories tall). Since this building will

enclose the south end of the existing research quadrangle, it is important that the facility proportionally fit with the surrounding buildings and have a

pleasing presence on campus. Additional study will be needed to determine the correct balance and fit for massing and building height on this site.

The following graphics show an approximate building placement and conceptual massing for the new Interdisciplinary Building located between AO1

and R1 South.

Interdisciplinary Building massing south face and roof level along 17th Avenue Interdisciplinary Building massing south face and proposed connector bridges


Facility Overview-

The proposed building is just over 72,000 gross square feet and could house the following programs:

Clinical Faculty Offices 22,296 GSF Biomedical Informatics 9,392 GSF IT Services and Data Center 37,328 GSF Tenant Space for Vendor Food/Service 2,240 GSF Roof Top Services/Storage 1,344 GSF

Total 72,600 GSF

It is envisioned that the first floor level would house a shared training/meeting room, clinical faculty offices, conference/seminar rooms and meeting

support spaces that would be open for scheduled use by all university entities. The second floor would be clinical faculty offices along with

collaborative areas conveniently located at the bridge

connections to help foster interaction between students,

faculty, clinical and research staff. The diagram at left

shows a conceptual representation of collaborative areas that

would be designed in the building at the planned bridge

connections.

The third and fourth floors would house space for IT

Services for offices, the main data center and other required

IT support/service spaces. The fifth floor would be the

Biomedical Informatics program along with other shared

learning/meeting and interdisciplinary spaces.

Conceptual space organizations, 2nd Floor


Some components of the program may be appropriate for locating in the basement of the building, such as file rooms, archives, equipment storage and

holding areas that would not require a full level of construction build-out. However, if a basement level is not planned, the site allows for all

programmatic elements to fit above grade in a 5 story building. If additional funding is available, a 6th and/or 7th building level would be possible on

the site while keeping the building appropriately scaled in its surrounding. During the design phase, review of the building structure should include

an investigation of a possible 6th and 7th floor that could be shelled space for future use. However, current economic constraints and funding

availability may not allow for consideration of additional floors at this time.

The roof level of this building is an ideal location for a green roof and outdoor patio event

space. Only half of the roof would be allocated to this green roof and outdoor patio event

space. The other half of the roof will have the required mechanical equipment in roof top

enclosures. Since the roof level will be lower than the surrounding buildings, enclosing

the mechanical units is preferred for visual reasons. The lower height of this building will

result in less impact by wind during most months making the outdoor patio space highly

useable throughout all seasons. Even in the coldest winter months (December through

February), the Colorado climate still provides days of sunny weather that would allow

outdoor use of this space. The space would be large enough to host functions for up to 120

people for a reception type gathering. It is planned that an elevator, restrooms, event

storage and some small service space would be located on the roof level to properly

accommodate the needs of people attending events. At other times when events are not

scheduled, the green roof landscaped and patio area would be open for the building

occupants and campus community to utilize. Following is a photo which shows the

recently constructed green roof area that was incorporated into the Health and Wellness

Building project. A similar concept is envisioned for the Interdisciplinary Building but

with more open patio paver area in the center of the roof for events and the garden

Health and Wellness rendering of green roof


landscaped portion being located around the perimeter. The views

looking over the research quadrangle and the surrounding research

buildings are spectacular from the roof vantage point of the new

Interdisciplinary Building location.

Although the exact placement of each department/unit in the building

and the exact floor level they would occupy will need more exploration,

a conceptual placement has been defined for the basic layout analysis of

this program plan. As the first phase of building design takes place,

there may be some shifting of programmed spaces to best fit the needs,

adjacencies and work flow of the building occupants.

An overall proposed arrangement of programs in the building based

upon the information gathered from each of the departments/units was

used to allocate space by floor level. As mentioned earlier, if basement

space is planned in the building, it may also dictate some shifting of

programmatic space between floor levels to create an efficient and

optimal program solution for each department/unit. The final designed

number of floor levels, the overall footprint size, and the massing of the

building will all dictate some massaging of programmed space on each

level to appropriately fit the users.

The diagram at left shows the predominate user that has been

programmed for each floor level as part of this program plan.

Health and Wellness rendering of green roof

Conceptual Stacking Diagram


Facility Cost-

Based upon detailed projections and utilizing cost data from similar projects recently constructed on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and CU

Boulder campus, a building of this size constructed with the specific amenities for the defined users will have a total cost of $46,484,104 for the

72,600 gross square feet including all site costs. The design, construction and installation of the three connecting walk-way bridges to the other

buildings will add an additional $3,000,000 to the project but could be added at a later date depending upon available funds.

Source of Funds-

The Interdisciplinary Building is to be paid for by a combination of state and cash funds that will be allocated over budget years 2015 and 2016. It is

anticipated that 50% of the project budget is to be funded through the state and 50% will be cash funded by the university from institutional reserves,

gifts and donations. The cash funding portion of this project will be a mixture of debt financing, cash funding from one-time resources of

institutional reserves and gifts/donations. The university treasury will submit a financing plan that includes a treasury loan that may be retired by a

future bond issuance, for action with the program plan. The financing rate will be determined and based upon the market at the time of the draws.

Schedule-

The schedule for this project is for design work to commence immediately upon approval of this program plan and the Long Bill funding. The design

phase is envisioned to take 16 months due to the complex engineering needed for the main Data Center. The construction would then take 18 months

with the facility opening for use by June 30, 2016. It should be noted that a detailed migration plan for the Data Center will be completed by the

Office of Information Technology prior to the commencement of construction. Migration to the new data center is expected to take an additional 6

months after the facility is open to have all the existing systems shifted over from Building 500 to the new Interdisciplinary Building. It would be

December of 2016 before the new data center is completely operational and serving the university.


Consistency with the Strategic Plan and Sustainability

The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is committed to sustainable practices in order to insure the longevity of our facilities and institutional

accomplishments. To this end, the university is a signatory to the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)

which requires a comprehensive plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over incremental periods through 2050. Energy conservation

measures such as those already completed on the campus in the R1 South Tower as well as other sustainable measures are helping the university

attain its goal of a 20% reduction in emissions by the year 2020, as well as saving the university $900k per year in utility expenditures. The

University of Colorado Board of Regents also supports the goals of the ACUPCC and has formalized in a resolution that all University of Colorado

campuses will adhere to the goals of the ACUPCC and that they will support projects that result in natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions

reductions. The new Interdisciplinary Building would be constructed to a LEED-Gold standard and would implement all the required energy savings

infrastructure needed to meet this certification. It is anticipated that the heat generated from the Data Center will be captured for a second reusable

function in the building. It is also anticipated that the recent grey-water use approval by the State of Colorado Legislature will allow this to be the

first building constructed on the campus that can implement a grey-water re-use program. Grants are currently available for creative grey water use

projects and the intention is to submit a grant application directly related to this project for funding to design creative grey water re-use methods

throughout the building. The implementation of the green roof will help reduce the heat effect on the building resulting in lower cooling required

during warm weather months.

Relationship to the 2012 Anschutz Medical Campus Facilities Master Plan

The CU Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Master Plan documented the space deficiency that would exist for the Data Center, Biomedical Informatics

and Clinical Faculty Offices during the 10 year time period of 2012 to 2022. The Interdisciplinary Building project is aligned with the proposed

development schedule and space needs analysis of the Master Plan as it sets the initial direction and approach for the building to address the defined

programmatic need on the campus. “Section IV - Education Program” of the master plan addresses the need for more collaboration on campus

between disciplines and inter-professional development of programs and research. This project is in direct relation to those Master Plan

recommendations.


PROGRAM PLAN INFORMATION

Project Description

There are three departments/units that are programmed into the Interdisciplinary Building. In addition, there is a small amount of space allocated for

future tenant build out for food venue or services space and some roof top spaces provided to accommodate events on the green roof patio area. The

following chart shows the assignable square footage (ASF) and gross square footage (GSF) summary for each of the proposed departments and/or

units.

The following sections of this program plan will explain in detail the spaces associated with each of the departments/units identified in the program

summary.

A. Clinical Faculty Offices

With a projected faculty growth of 21% over the next ten years, providing facilities that can support faculty and their academic activities is a critical

component in sustaining the universities ability to attract and retain top level faculty. Many of the faculty members of CU Anschutz Medical

Campus also provide clinical services to UCH and CHCO. As the university grows along with the UCH and CHCO planned expansions, additional

office space is needed for clinical faculty. The space programmed for the Clinical Faculty Offices includes 85 standard size offices and 15 cubicles


for support staff and administrative personnel. Space has been allocated for a central receptionist and waiting room area but will need to be further

examined in the building design phases for the optimal and most appropriate placement in the building. The office areas may be divided into 3 or 4

office suites that would have a defined percentage of offices and employee cubicles to meet program needs. The exact layout and sizing of the

suites will be determined in the building design phases by the architect. Shared conference rooms that are open for all clinical faculty members to

reserve for meetings are allocated in this section of the program with one 14 seat and two six (6) seat conference rooms. These rooms would be

located in central areas with convenient adjacency to the offices.

Even as research has morphed over time from an independent enterprise to one that involves increasingly larger groups of scientists and clinicians,

so too has the terminology used to define it. Team Science serves to enhance interaction and integration of interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and

inter-professional health sciences research endeavors. In support of collaboration and Team Science , the university created the Leadership for

Innovation in Team Science task force that identified ways to promote Team Science at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Many of the findings

were taken into consideration in the preparation of this Program Plan.

Collaborative Meeting Lounge Areas have been included in the program where faculty, students and staff could meet informally to have

conversations or engage in discussions about current projects and research. These would be areas with comfortable seating that is moveable to

create different seating arrangements. The bridge area connections to AO1, R1 South and UCH are ideal for this function. Due to the high volume

of pedestrian traffic moving through these locations, the unique spaces will be designed to encourage serendipitous encounters with places to sit and

engage in conversation. The spaces would be appropriately designed for two people to converse but also be convertible to spaces that can seat 10

or 12 people in an informal meeting/discussion. The promotion of these types of spaces is recommended on campus to help build an integrated

community of education, research, and health care professionals. Other support spaces such as a kitchenette break room, secure file rooms, storage

room, shared workrooms with copier, printer, office supplies and mail have been provided.

The following chart shows the individual program breakdown of those spaces allocated to the Clinical Faculty Offices.


B. Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical Informatics is a broad scientific area that is built on the foundation of informatics (the science of the structure, organization,

analysis, and interpretation of information), hardware and software engineering and programming with 4 major areas of application.

1. Bioinformatics is typically used to describe informatics research related to large biological databases, as examples, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology.

2. Imaging informatics is used to describe informatics research related to large imaging databases, usually consisting of very large 3 dimensionally correlated databases, as examples, brain MRIs, CT scans, and PET Scans.

3. Clinical informatics is used to describe informatics research related to large clinical databases, as examples, laboratory data, pharmacy data, and other electronic health record data.


4. Public health informatics is use to describe informatics research related to large databases that can be used to monitor population health, as examples, vital statistics data, census data, pharmacy chain data, hospital systems data, twitter feeds, other social media network data.

Comprehensive biomedical informatics programs bring the necessary infrastructure, including personnel (informaticists, hardware and

software engineers, analysts, and programmers), hardware, and software into organized units that support all of the above areas of application

through collaboration with scientists from the areas of application.

Biomedical Informatics helps generate new knowledge that is useful in such fields as drug design and development of new software tools to

create health knowledge. Biomedical Informatics utilizes algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial

intelligence, and soft computing, information and computational theory, structural biology, software engineering, data mining, image

processing, modeling and simulation, discrete mathematics, control and system theory, circuit theory, and statistics. By combining this

myriad of disciplines and information data, the interdisciplinary building is a common facility platform perfectly situated on the campus as a

crossroad for multiple disciplines to provide information and data.

The program plan for Biomedical Informatics includes a Director’s office, 18 standard offices and 20 cubicles for data entry and support staff. Two

cubicles for administrative support are provided along with two small six (6) person conference rooms for meetings. For larger meetings and

planning sessions, a Research Brainstorming Room for 12 to 14 people has been provided that would have white board marking surfaces on all

walls from floor to ceiling. This will allow flow charts and data mapping diagrams to be written out for review and discussion. This room should

be fully internet capable with video conferencing, and a standard AV technology package. This space would be larger than your typical

conference room in order to accommodate the unique learning and discovery that comes from collaborative meeting sessions.

Due to the number of computers that will be used in the Biomedical Informatics area, an IT storage and computer repair room has been

programmed. This room would include a bench to “burn in” new computers and work space for a technician to customize a computer to the

applications needed in Biomedical Informatics. A dry research lab just over 1,000 ASF is allocated along with an Archive Storage Room. Other

support spaces of a small kitchenette breakoom, shared workroom with copier, printer, office supplies and mail have been provided.


The following chart shows the individual program breakdown of those spaces allocated to the Biomedical Informatics Program.

C. Data Center

The new Data Center will replace the existing 17-year-old data center and 500 ft2 server room located in Building 500. The existing server room

is too small, energy inefficient, and unreliable. The new data center will provide for the computing needs of over 21,000 faculty, staff and

students and support four critical university activities: education, research, healthcare, and administration. Using modern data center design

standards such as TIA-942-A and ANSI/BICSI 002-2011, a well-designed and implemented data center will provide the engineered systems

needed to create reliable, available, and maintainable computing services for the campus-computing environment. Building 500 was identified as

the location to house the data center when the campus planned its move from 9th and Colorado in 1996, primarily due to availability of space.

However, it was not seen as the best long term solution for a data center. Building 500, a building commissioned in 1941, can no longer handle


the requirements needed of a modern day data center that serves all the missions of a world class health sciences campus community such as the

CU Anschutz Medical Campus. This new data center will provide the university reliable, available, and maintainable computing services that are

scalable to meet the increasing campus computing demand. The building will also house Data Center staff and two other departments - Academic

Technology & Extended Learning (ATEL) and Educational Support Services (ESS) that now report to the Office of Information Technology. To

accommodate future long term expansion of the Data Center, additional space will be constructed adjacent to the data center, but used as standard

open cubicle office space until the data center needs to expand. The new data center would also be designed to allow for proper maintenance

access that occurs on a daily basis. The existing Building 500 data center presents obstacles and challenges to properly maintaining the

equipment as it is no longer able to provide adequate utility services for future scenarios and growth.

Due to the extensive planning and system engineering required of new data centers, the university is in a critical time schedule to have a new data

center open and operational. Due to the limited size and capacity of the existing data center, the colleges and schools have been constructing

individual server rooms in their labs and office spaces to handle their computational needs. This new data center is designed to handle all

satellite computational server rooms that have been installed by individual school/college programs.

The new data center would have ample capacity to handle all the data centers current and future needs as well as plenty of expansion space to

accommodate all satellite computing room servers. This new data center will meet Tier III requirements with an emergency back-up generator

and redundant utility systems to meet current and future needs of the university.

IT Service Offices and Support

The Interdisciplinary Building will have over 65 offices and over 35 cubicles allocated to house all IT support staff and some IT related staff currently

located at the CU Denver campus in the Lawrence Street Center. Shared conference rooms and meeting areas have been allocated for a 20, 14 and 8 person

conference room. A 40 person training/meeting/multi-purpose room has been planned but will most likely be located on the 1st floor where it can be open

for other campus community members to utilize on a scheduled basis. Various data center support spaces are programmed for the testing of servers and


equipment, to set up computers, repair equipment and store parts that are commonly needed. Two shared breakroom/kitchenettes with appropriate tables

and chairs are included along with workrooms, copiers, printers and mail supplies.

The following chart shows the programmatic space breakdown for all IT Services and the data center. Note the future expansion area of the data center is

estimated to be needed after 10 years. Offices and cubes have been temporarily planned into this area for the first 10 years until the expansion space is

required for the data center.


D. Tenant Space for Food Venue/Services

With the success of the food venues and personal services companies located along the UCH Parking Structure south side street level, a small portion of the

Interdisciplinary Building will have some Core and Shell space constructed for future tenants to lease and occupy. This space would be located on the first

floor street level of the building facing 17th Avenue. The exterior would have wide pedestrian paths, patio areas for tables and chairs and rich landscaping

that ties into the street scape character being developed along 17th Avenue as a friendly pedestrian zone and translational corridor. Given the strategic

location of the building, the lunch hour activity along the street would be a positive and lively environment that is highly desired by students, faculty , and

staff.

The following chart shows the individual program breakdown of those spaces allocated to the future Tenant Space. Note this space would only be

constructed as core and shell construction with the future tenant responsible for the final finishes and build-out of their space.


E. Green Roof Patio and Event Space

The green roof top garden area that was constructed at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center has been viewed as a great success as an event

space. Picking up on this success, a larger green roof patio area to host outdoor events for up to 120 people is programmed on the roof level of

the Interdisciplinary Building. The views to the north looking over the research quadrangle will be impressive to prospective donors and

prospective faculty members that the university is interested in having join the institution. Catered reception type functions would be very

appropriate uses for this space. The perimeter would be landscaped with appropriate varieties of plants that are conducive and sustainable to the

Colorado climate for roof gardens.

In order to make the roof event space convenient, several areas have been planned into the program, such as a building area enclosed to house the tools

for the maintenance of the roof landscaping and gardens. An event staging area would be provided with appropriate electrical power, lighting, sink and

water to offer food/drinks at receptions. A small storage room to house roof top tables, chairs and umbrellas is programmed. This storage area should

be immediately adjacent and accessible to the roof top patio area. Men’s and Women’s restrooms appropriately sized to serve an event of 120 people

are included. An elevator lobby and small indoor lounge that has direct access to the outdoor roof top patio would also be part of this enclosure.

The following chart shows the individual program breakdown of those spaces allocated to the Roof Top Patio and Event Space.


OPTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

Several additional programs have been discussed as potentially good fits and opportunities to include in the Interdisciplinary Building. However, due to

budget constraints and limited space allocations, these were not included in the program plan at this time. The following components may have an effect on

the overall square footage of the project if a 6th floor level or basement space is introduced into the project.

AA. Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) – The Center for Surgical Innovation needs additional space on campus to meet their growth. The

success of this program has caused them to outgrow the 1,600 ASF they currently occupy in Education 1 North on the 5th floor. CSI would be a

good fit in the Interdisciplinary Building due to the number of UCH physicians who utilize their facility. CSI needs to increase the size of their

skills lab to be 12 stations along with a redesigned demonstration/observation area. Sessions are conducted with surgeons from out of town and can

draw many observers. Having breakout space or small group type study rooms to review procedures is also helpful. AO1 currently has spaces

available to accommodate this need if CSI were programmed into this project. Just over 3,800 ASF is needed to accommodate this program if they

were to be located in the building.

BB. Combine the university data center with a UCH data center– The University of Colorado Hospital is also reviewing its own data center

requirements and future needs. There may be some potential cost savings and system efficiencies if the university and UCH did a joint data center

project. If a combined data center project were undertaken between the university and UCH, a cost reduction would be realized with the economy

of scale of data center space constructed. Although separation of servers and security access would need to be carefully planned, there are ways

for the two institutions to plan and construct a joint facility. This program plan does not currently include any space for the UCH data center.

Including UCH data center space in this program plan would have a dramatic effect on the total amount of square footage. The location selected for

this building most likely would not support adding additional space for the UCH data center. If it is determined that the two data centers should be

a joint project, other building alternatives would be reviewed.


CC. Health Administration Self Risk Department – The Health Administration Self Risk Department works very closely with the university and

UCH. They have a direct connection to Clinical Faculty and would benefit from being located close to them in the new Interdisciplinary Building.

This department is currently located in Building 500 but would be better suited closer to UCH and the university clinical faculty members. This

department currently occupies just over 2,000 ASF in Building 500.

DD. Emergency Command Center – If a basement level is planned into the Interdisciplinary Building, it may be advantageous to incorporate an

Emergency Command Center into the program plan. Depending upon the level of hardened facility planned into the construction of the data

center, a front line emergency command center in close proximity to the data center is a recommended entity that could benefit the university in the

event of a major outage or weather related catastrophe. Approximately 3500 to 4000 ASF would be allocated to this space if it were planned into

the building.


ALTERNATIVES

If the project and program plan is not approved for funding, there are several alternatives that would need to be activated to address the critical space needs

on campus. For example, a location would need to be identified on campus to house a data center that is appropriately constructed. If UCH decides to

construct a new data center, there is a possibility the university could be a partner in their project. Alternatively, additional space could be taken over in

Building 500 to add servers, however, the aged building does not have adequate utility services to serve the rapidly growing data center and additional

expense would be needed beyond the typical price per square foot to install required cooling, electrical, redundant and back-up power systems. Existing

programs in Building 500 would need to be moved out in order to increase the amount of square feet for the data center.

With respect to clinical faculty offices, space off campus would need to be leased to accommodate the growing need. It should be noted that there is an

immediate need on campus for clinical faculty offices. It is anticipated that this need will continue to grow.

The new Biomedical Informatics program would be challenged to find space on campus to house the entire program. Although a few small rooms are

available, nothing is large enough to house the entire program in one contiguous area and the various rooms are located in several buildings spread across

campus. Biomedical Informatics would need to grow in a scattered manner across campus. This is not viewed as an efficient approach.

For the Interdisciplinary Building, the tenant space identified in this program plan is not a crucial component of needed space on campus. However, there

is popular demand for food vendor type services along 17th Avenue in this location.

Although the university is in need of additional meeting and event space, the roof top outdoor patio event space would be placed on hold and reviewed for

inclusion in the next major building project on campus.


Appendix A – Opinion of Probable Costs (CC-C Form FY 2013-14) The following is a copy of the CC-C state budget estimate form showing the project

Probable Cost not including the bridge connections.

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