Forum Session: The emerging new flexibility features for research facilities

Flexibility is fast becoming the critical planning driver for research building construction and renovation initiatives, and a new tool set is emerging to describe and analyze flexibility options, and to specify and get what you need. Bob Pulito and Jon Romig illustrate the new features, benefits, and financial pay-back characteristics (first-costs and operating costs) of such high-level flexibility strategies as ubiquitous, distributed, arrayed, and clustered planning principles, scenario-design, and just-in-time programming. They detail the application of these flexibility planning principles to the increasingly unpredictable future requirements for applied science, basic research, and specialize support space.

This session is approved by the AIA for continuing education credit.
This session also qualifies for HSW credit.

• Robert F. Pulito, AIA , President - The S/L/A/M Collaborative
  
• Jonathan B. Romig, AIA , Associate Principal - The S/L/A/M Collaborative