Facilities and Campus Operations

Category 1

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Category 1

Category 1 projects have significant impacts to the overall Brown community and broad campus and represent major investments or value initiatives by the University.

The delivery of these projects includes a significant amount of coordination and interaction between FM and University senior leadership, trustees, and key stakeholders, as well as external authorities and approving agencies. These components typically overlap or vary based on the project.

Projects Include

  • Addition or major renovation to an existing building
  • Major landscape/infrastructure project
  • New building

CAT 1

Category 1 Delivery Process & Components

Typical Duration 4–6 years

  • Consultant selection
  • Conceptual scope development
  • Site selection & fit studies
  • Architecture goals & design guidelines
  • Determine contracting method
  • Budgeting & benchmarking
  • Incremental O&M
  • Capital Planning Working Group approval
  • Project authorization document
  • Budget & finance approval
  • Develop short list of firms
  • Prepare & send RFP/RFQ
  • Review proposals
  • Site visits
  • Conduct interviews
  • Design Review Subcommittee recommendation
  • Facilities and Campus Planning approval
  • Develop short list of firms
  • Prepare & send RFP/RFQ
  • Review proposals
  • Site visits
  • Conduct interviews
  • Design Review Subcommittee recommendation
  • Schematic design
  • University Architect design review
  • Capital Planning Working Group approval
  • Design Review Subcommittee approval
  • Design & construction documents
  • High performance design review
  • Full scale mock-ups (if necessary)
  • Construction mitigation planning
  • QA/QC planning
  • Final project budget
  • Subcontract awards & submittals
  • Enabling work
  • Construction
  • FM Operations training
  • Commissioning
  • Occupancy

Other Categories

Category 2

Category 2 projects tend to be limited to that space or building, rather than the broader Brown community or campus.

Category 3

Category 3 projects are the majority of projects delivered. These projects support the University’s academic endeavors, maintain operations essential to the Brown community, and ensure stewardship of the buildings and physical assets that make up the campus.

Category 4

Category 4 projects involve simple upgrades or maintenance to University buildings or systems.