Facilities Master Plan

A college Facilities Master Plan (FMP) is a comprehensive blueprint that charts the course for the development and enhancement of our campus infrastructure.  The plan is a strategic visioning document intended to guide the long-term development of facilities to meet the needs of students in the future.  Typically, the planning window is for 10-20 years.  The plan considers long range growth projections, goals, development opportunities, and the vision for the college’s buildings. 

The FMP is a planning document intended to guide future discussions.  In the short-term, several efforts are underway to explore implementing portions of the plan.  For example, establishing a clear 'Welcome Center and One Stop Shop' inside the Jewell entrance; as well as creating pedestrian pathways through the main campus parking lots.

In the long term, discussions will continue to pursue conceptual plans based on the highest needs and funding options.

• Complete a full inventory of current facilities.
• Optimize college space utilization by conducting an analysis of usage for all buildings and spaces including classrooms, offices, storage, outdoor areas and other real estate and identifying opportunities to consolidate and optimize services.
• Identify key opportunities for the College to leverage unutilized and underutilized facilities.
• Build a phased, long-term plan for renovations and new construction that reflects the College values towards learning and work to meet the meet evolving needs of students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
• Create a recommended campus transportation and parking plan to meet the needs and opportunities for new or enhanced walking paths, roadways, access drives, and ideas to improve transportation to/from/among campuses.
• Estimate the capital funding requirements in today’s dollars.

In 2020, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued to identify a planning firm to assist the College with undertaking a Facilities Master Plan (FMP).  Treanor Architects was selected to lead this effort. However, due to the pandemic, the project was on hold until 2022. 

The plan focus was the main campus as well as the Technical Education Center facilities 1, 2, and 3 as well as Fire Science.  The Leavenworth County site was not included as there is an established concept plan to relocate the current site at Pioneer Career Center in the City of Leavenworth to build a new facility on land the College acquired in the City of Lansing.  It is hoped this plan will be further developed in the next 3-5 years.

The consulting team undertook a significant amount of data gathering including a facility inventory, classroom usage analysis, traffic studies, and various conceptual plans.  The Steering Committee consisted of Cabinet as well as the Facilities Director.  The consultant team met with individual departments to gather information on the current and future envisioned needs.  In the spirit of shared governance, a number of open forums were held throughout the process seeking input on proposed future buildings, significant renovations of existing facilities, road and parking infrastructure improvements, and general beautification concepts.

Please note the projects are not in any prioritized order.