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Facility Studies |
OgdenRoemerWilkerson was
awarded the task to provide a facility analysis and
needs assessment for the Medford School District’s 18
campuses. A thorough forensic and functional study was
conducted at each of the campuses. New and emerging
requirements, spatial deficiencies, necessary repairs,
and maintenance issues were then inventoried and
classified by their need and severity. Categories
included items that needed immediate attention, were
subject to ongoing maintenance, or those that could be
deferred for 5, 10, or as much as 20 years. Estimated
construction costs and figures for future escalation
were assigned to each line item and compiled into an
overall report on the state of the district’s physical
plant.
ORW worked closely with a steering committee of
approximately 30 members comprising both district staff
and key stakeholders. This committee worked to
prioritize the work recommended within the report and to
establish a realistic bond amount for presentation to
the voters. The philosophy of the District and the
steering committee maintained that the most critical
items would be addressed at each campus, with special
attention being paid to the elementary schools in order
to provide equal facilities across the district. ORW and
the committee held dozens of meetings at campuses
throughout the district, both to educate the citizens
and obtain information for integration into the study.
In addition to the facilities study, ORW prepared
conceptual designs for new and renovated high schools
which were to be the centerpieces of the proposed bond
projects. The resulting images were instrumental in the
passage of the $180 million bond package.
