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Hi Valerie, Ted:

Thank you for taking the time to call in last week. It was good to catch up with you and for you to share some of your thoughts with us about this important project. I thought it would be good to share a couple of draft planning documents with you to begin to frame the discussion around the future building and the process that we will go through. When one starts the process of planning for a new building it almost always starts with an idea/vision and then eventually become a physical presence.

You will recall that we talked about the process of a charrette, which is a great way to develop a vision for a project/building. I have attached a two page document that explains the origins of the Charrette process and how it can be used to coalesce ideas into a vision. When the time is right I think this will be an exciting way to kick this project off! Please take a look at it and let me know if you have any questions.

I have also included a draft program document that was developed back in 2012 to try to better understand the kind of spaces that might be included in a building of the type you want. Please don't become attached to the image of the building or the types and sizes of the spaces depicted in the program. I am simply trying to share with you some examples of what some of the program documents might look like.

Ted, you asked what size building would be provided for the project. If you were to include the spaces that are depicted in this program the building could easily be in the range of 50,000 gross square. Of course that assumes that the building would have the spaces as indicated in the program. This program also does not include the space that would be added for the possible academic uses (School of Public Policy) that would also be collocated in the facility.

Also in the attachments are the floor plans (unaltered) for 44 Kent Way, which of course will become the space available for the Vice President and staff after January 22. If at all possible, we would like to have a definitive count on the number of personnel that will need to be housed in that building. The sooner we have an understanding of the body count the sooner we will be able to begin planning for the alterations that may need to be made to the building in advance of the January date.

Jeff's office is in the process of setting up weekly conference calls so we can begin doing the work that we will need to do. Please don't hesitate to call should you have any questions or concerns.

Best,

Alan


H. Alan Brangman, AIA
Interim Executive Vice President & Treasurer
University of Delaware
122 Hullihen Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716-0101
302.831.2200
302.268.0052 (c)
brangman@udel.edu