What We Do

Request for Space/Space Management

The Director of Facilities Planning manages the assignment and reassignment of space throughout the University. Upon receipt of a Request for Space, the Director of Facilities Planning monitors the University’s Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided facilities Management Database System (CAD/CAFM) for available space. A recommendation for assignment is made to the Assistant Vice President for Operations for review with the Vice President of Administration.

The CAD/CAFM database system tracks the school/unit assignment, space usage and square footage on a room by room basis for all buildings owned and operated by the University.

School/units may request assignment of space by submitting a formal Request for Space memorandum to the Acting Department Head. The memorandum should provide the name of the school/unit requesting space, the department, the approximate square footage required, the number of offices and/or workstations needed the number of people and their titles, and the intended usage and time frame in which the space is needed. You may want to first review the Request for Space Policy 00-01-70-30:00 before submitting your memorandum.