FACILITIES
DEVELOPMENT Policy
7110
Facilities Planning and Design
Educational Specifications
To ensure that all
new and remodeled facilities are designed to best implement the educational
program of the School District, the Superintendent will provide for the
development of detailed educational specifications to apply to the design and
construction of new or remodeled buildings. The preparation of educational
specifications will serve the following purposes.
1. Clarify and consolidate the thinking of
the staff, administration, Board and community
on the needs, desires and objectives
of educational programs to be conducted within the
proposed new or remodeled building.
2. Organize important information in a
manner that can be easily and clearly interpreted by
an architect.
When educational
specifications are prepared, an introductory section will be devoted to a brief
description of the community, enrollment trends, and the educational philosophy
of the District. Educational specifications are detailed descriptions of the
following items:
1. Activities that will take place in the
building.
2. Organization of instruction and
curriculum to be housed in the building.
3. Specific architectural characteristics
desired.
4. Facilities needed, equipment required
and space relationship to other facility elements.
5. Pertinent budget and other governing
factors.
The persons involved
in developing educational specifications should include: the Board, which adopts
policies, approves final specifications, employs the architect and provides the
budget; the Superintendent, who provides administrative leadership,
interpretation and evaluation; principals, staff members, students and patrons,
who utilize the facilities; and the architect, who develops architectural plans
for the facility.
Consultants may be
used in the development of educational specifications when deemed necessary by
the Superintendent and the Board. Jan.
2003
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT Policy
7120 (Regulation 7120)
Facilities Planning and Design
Procurement of Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
The School District
may need to engage the services of an architect, engineer, or land surveyor
when capital improvement or other District needs arise. The District recognizes
that hiring architects, engineers, or land surveyors who have performed
acceptable work for the District in the past promotes continuity, efficiency,
and quality. The District also recognizes that a construction contractor retained
by the District may wish to work with a particular architect, engineer, or land
surveyor with whom it has a solid working relationship. The District will
observe the procedures as outlined in Regulation 7120 when selecting
architectural, engineering, or land surveying services.
Under this policy,
the terms architect, land surveyor, and professional include, but are not limited to, any individual, firm,
partnership, corporation or other entity providing architectural, engineering,
or land surveying services. Jan. 2003
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT Policy
7130 (Regulation 7130)
Facilities Planning and Design
Construction Manager Selection
The Board of
Education may desire to engage the services of a construction manager when
planning, designing, improving, altering, repairing, or constructing a building
or structure. The District recognizes
the need to enter into contracts with qualified construction managers at a
price the District considers to be fair and reasonable. It shall be the formal policy of this
District to observe the procedures set forth in its administrative regulations
when the District determines that construction management services are needed.
Jan. 2003
Where appropriate the District may utilize
a design-build method for construction of a specific project. Under this method
of construction, a construction entity provides architectural, engineering,
labor, material, supplies and equipment related to the construction
itself. If the Board chooses a
design-build method, the procedures of Regulation 7131 shall be followed.
Among several construction methods
available to the District is the Construction Manager at Risk method. This method will only be considered for
projects when the cost is in excess of three million dollars. As opposed to the traditional construction
manager method, a “construction manager at risk” assumes the risk for the
construction project at a contracted price.
In essence, under this method, the construction manager serves as a
general contractor and as a consultant to the District regarding all phases of
construction during and after the design of the project. If the cost of project exceeds the contract
price, the construction manager at risk is responsible for the excess
cost. Conversely, where the actual
project cost is less than the contract price, the construction manager at risk
receives the difference.
The District will evaluate each
construction project to determine which construction method will be used.
August 2019
FACILITIES
DEVELOPMENT Policy
7215
Facilities Construction
Construction Cooperative Projects with Municipals
October 2009
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT
Policy 7220
Facilities Construction
Board Inspection and Acceptance
The Board of
Education shall withhold the acceptance of new construction until all details
are complete and the buildings are certified complete by the Superintendent of
Schools in consultation with the architect.
Jan. 2003
The
District will comply with the provisions of Missouri’s Prevailing Wage Law
Chapter 290. However, for District construction projects where either the
engineer’s estimate or the bid for the total project accepted by the Board is
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) or less, prevailing wage requirements
will not be required. In calculating
whether the bid amount or engineer’s estimate is Seventy-five Thousand Dollars
($75,000) or less, the total cost of the project will control.
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT Policy
7300
Site/Facilities Retirement
Certain school
buildings may no longer be adequate for instructional purposes and should be used
to benefit the School District or public in other ways. In determining when a
facility is to be retired from regular school purposes, the Board will be
guided by a combination of factors, to include:
1. Review of the in‑depth
demographic studies and population groupings.
2. Age and current physical condition of
the building, its operating systems and program facilities.
3. Adequacy of site, location,
accessibility, surrounding development, traffic patterns, and other
environmental conditions.
4. Reassignment of children, including
alternative plans, according to Board policy.
5. Transportation factors including number
of children bused, time, distance and safety.
6. Alternate uses of the building.
7. Costs/savings
a. Personnel
b. Plant operation
c. Transportation
d. Capital investment
e. Alternate use
If the Board
determines to close a school, it will first consider other uses that the School
District might make of the building; then it will consider its sale. Sale or lease of any District facility will
be conducted as set forth in Regulation 3380 – Sale/Lease of Real Property.
The historic value
of any building will also be considered by the Board. It may take special
action to provide for a building's preservation. Jan. 2003