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8~ <br />The Administration Offices of Orange County Schools is currently scattered in muitipte <br />buildings around the Gounty. One building houses the Superintendent, Assistant <br />Superintendents, Human Resources, and Finance. Other departments are Paused in various <br />Schools around the County. <br />In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs, it was decided to consolidate <br />most of the Administrative Offices into one building. To help in this effort, SfL+a Architects <br />was hired to provide a preliminary space analysis to determine the size and cost of a new <br />building. <br />To determine the space requirements for each Department, SfL+a Architects conducted <br />interviews with the Directors of the Departments. Those interviews determined the amount <br />of people to accommodate,, space requirements for each person, spatial relationships with <br />other Departments and with the Public, furniture and equipment needs, and any other special <br />considerations, <br />The Departments to be housed in the new Administration Building are as follows: <br />0 Accountability and Data Services o Exceptional Children <br />~ CTE and Secondary Instruction ~ Finance <br />© Child Nutrition 0 Healthful Living <br />o Curriculum Coordinators ® Human Resources <br />® Elementary Education m Technology <br />Also housed in the new building will be the Superintendent's Suite, two Assistant <br />Superintendent's Suites, and the Board Room for public meetings of the School Board. <br />The most efficient scheme for the new Administration Office is a one story building. it is this <br />solution that was used for the square footage calculation and the cost estimate. The special <br />relationships could work for a two story scheme if the new site was constricted. The two <br />story scheme would have a total square footage larger than a single story scheme and would <br />cost tir-ore. <br />The one story scheme is approximately 31,750 square feet and would cast, if built this year, <br />approximately $3.1i million. We would recommend a 5-7 percent inflation factor per year in <br />determining a future budget. <br />Included in this report is the space analysis for each Department with accompanying spatial <br />block diagrams and proposed suite layouts. After all of the individual suite layouts is a <br />conceptual building layout that includes support spaces. The last page is a Preliminary Cost <br />Estimate showing Construction Costs and a Total Project Cost, <br />