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re-using existing features or by using surface techniques
rehabilitation/conversion objectives or providing
such as pavement painting or changes in surface or
essential building/site elements. Where the current
ground material. This type of minimal requirement will
location of utilities, roads, drives, sidewalks, paved
generally occur where later upgrade will provide new
terraces, or other support facilities would prohibit
site furniture. Provision of site furniture should be
operational efficiency and the accomplishment of basic
coordinated with other visually identifiable site
functional objectives, they should be relocated. Siting
elements. Project limitations may preclude acquiring
of relocated facilities should be shown on the
new site furniture or require that existing items, which
rehabilitation/conversion site plan and should comply
are adequate and otherwise meet basic functional
with currently accepted standards for support facilities.
requirements, be retained and upgraded. Where new
and existing site furniture and equipment are
I. Redesigning Existing Facilities.
combined, coordination of surface, color, and shape is
Existing nondesignated facilities generally have an
important to establish a harmonious group of site
established architectural character, although it may not
elements. The scale and aesthetics of site furniture
be appropriate to the architectural and functional
should be related to the materials, forms, and details
requirements of service school activities. Specific
used to upgrade the building.
functional requirements will be used to determine how
inadequate a facility's design or space arrangement is.
Specific functional requirements will also be used to
G. Existing Utility support.
determine the scope of required redesign and will
Existing site utilities should be able to support current
influence the order in which the steps in the
and projected operational requirements. Local Facilities
rehabilitation/conversion process are done.
Engineering personnel will help the using service
Environmental and interior design considerations,
determine the site suitability of utility support. For the
individual space criteria, and space organization rules
first estimate, the utility inventory report in the
should be evaluated to decide the specific redesign
Installation Yearly Real Property Survey for a specific
recommendations and work sequence in
site for facility will be a reliable source of information.
rehabilitation/conversion projects. The general design
More utility support may be needed when preliminary
requirements for new construction in Chapters 3 and 4
estimates of building requirements are compared with
available utility support. Probable requirements can be
offer more guidance for setting specific upgrade
derived from the mechanical and utility requirements
requirements.
presented in the example designs in Chapter 6.
J. Typical Field Application of Designs.
Estimates of requirements for an entire service school
The description of typical field conditions in this
facility should consider local variations in the design
chapter, and the example designs for new construction
assumptions relative to orientation, climate, and the
in Chapter 6 provide general planning and design
engineering value of various construction materials.
guidance for rehabilitation/conversion projects.
Partial requirements for rehabilitation/conversion
Functional requirements for a given scale of operations
projects can be determined by factoring in the
remain comparable, despite the physical conditions and
proportion of new construction requirements for
facilities for which they were developed. However, the
upgrade. Where utility support is very inadequate,
direct or exclusive use of example requirements alone
engineering studies will be needed to determine the
will not adequately justify project-specific requirements.
magnitude of additional requirements. This is especially
The general design guidance for new construction and
important if, all other factors considered, the site is
the examples of new construction requirements will be
still the best choice for service school activities. The
the main source for project justification only when
main objective of such engineering studies should be to
they are adapted to the requirements of existing
isolate the mechanical and utility needs directly
conditions and used with appropriate upgrade options.
associated with limited upgrading to compare costs.
The upgrading of existing facilities must always
Engineering studies should also show the best way to
respond to the physical character, the planning and
provide the new mechanical and utility services. Utility
design constraints, and the limitations of each project.
support should always be provided so that future
Upgrading may respond to needs in ways that reflect a
upgrade and expansion will not use obsolete utility
more individual approach to physical development than
systems or impair the effectiveness of adequate ones.
is desirable for new construction; however, it should
produce the same high standard of design.
H. Relocation of Existing Support Facilities.
Locations of adequate utility and support facilities
should not interfere with carrying out of
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