Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 1104]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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4. T o the value given by step (3), an "Illinois Building Authority Contingency" increment of 10 per cent of the estimated project cost was added — to yield a total "Illinois Building Authority Project Budget." 5. T h e "Illinois Building Authority Project Budget" was then updated to the estimated bid date for the project by using the index table provided by the consultants to the Illinois Building Authority. Table V. Summary of Funds for the 1969-71 Building Program Campus Chicago Circle Medical Center Urbana-Champaign University Total Net Assignable Total Square Feet Cost 490 581 $ 80 874 749 164 048 35 285 300 421 952 76 289 910 1 076 581 J192 449 959 Non-State Funds $ 3 456 000 6 000 000 16 635 000 J26 091 000 State Funds $ 77 418 749 29 285 300 59 654 910 $166 358 959

I I I . Justification of Requests for Additional Buildings T h e proposed increases in enrollment capacity presented in section I represent in summary form the outcomes of educational planning at departmental, college, campus, and University-wide levels. In effect, the figures reflect the collective judgment that the proposed expansion of enrollment capacity for each campus is educationally justified in terms of University objectives and realistic in terms of the needs of the State and nation. T h e patterns of projected enrollment distributions by levels and fields clearly conform to the University's announced policies and to the Master Plan of the Board of Higher Education. The buildings listed in Tables II, I I I , and I V are believed to be necessary to accommodate the enrollment increases specified in Table I. The purpose of the present section is to present quantitative evidence in support of this judgment — by comparing the space needs generated by the expanded enrollment with the space that would be available upon completion of the proposed building program. In order to determine whether a given request for space is justified, it is necessary to establish standards for the various types of functions involved and to calculate from these standards the amount of space that would be required for the projected enrollments. T h e University of Illinois has developed space standards for its varied instructional, research, and supporting operations at the Chicago Circle and the Urbana-Champaign campuses — taking into account differences among fields and among educational levels. T h e development of these standards has involved several years of experimentation, including cross-validation through checks against standards that have been made available by other comparable institutions. For the programs in the health professions at the Medical Center campus, the space guidelines developed by the United States Public Health Service have been used to measure the space requirements. In addition, comparisons with similar programs at other institutions have been made to the extent that comparable figures could be secured. In the light of the standards applied at the three campuses, and using procedures developed by the University for projecting space requirements, summary tables have been prepared to show the relationships between estimated space requirements and the space to become available upon completion of the 1969-71 building program. Three tables are presented: Table VI (Chicago Circle campus), Table V I I (Medical Center campus), and Table V I I I (Urbana-Champaign campus). Each table is arranged to show the following: 1. T h e space required to accommodate the capacity-enrollment figures included in Table I. 2. T h e space that is presently available plus what would become available when the buildings approved for the biennium 1967-69 have been completed. 3. T h e space to be razed. 4. Results of reassignments of space among the various administrative units (gains and losses). 5. T h e amount of space requested in the 1969-71 building program.