Planning
Space planning involves the construction of a Institutional framework model which incorporates all aspects of an Institutions aspirations and goals. Standards are set and assumptions quantified, both of which are initially arrived at through a combination of the following:
Understand of the institutions desired outcomes.
Experience from building models for similar institutions.
Benchmark values drawn from international best practice.
Realtime Solutions builds the Institutional model and explains fully the settings for standards and the assumptions made. The Company also provides detailed analysis of the interaction between these basic building blocks and the consequences of changes to any aspect of the model.
At the heart of the Institutional framework model is the provision of appropriate space of varying size and type to meet the projected demand.
In calculating the provision of space, values must be chosen relating to the space individual students occupy, student contact hours per teaching week and the expected utilisation of particular types of space. The demand for space is driven by projected student numbers and style of teaching and learning delivery and style of pedagogic mixes.
Realtime Solutions collects, analyses and provides advice on what values should be to ensure Institutional aims and objectives are met. The Company feels it is essential, through the planning exercise, that the Institution fully understands the interplay between space provision and the dynamic teaching and learning environment it will eventually facilitate.
In developing the Institutional framework model, Realtime Solutions provides a level of robustness which equips the institution to understand how the space provision is appropriate for future years of projected development.