NIST Strategic Facilities Pl

Presentation to the Visiting Committee on Advanced Tech

October 29
Agenda
 

`	 Are we addressing current and future needs of NI

programs with adequate facilities? 

` Ability of existing buildings to support NIST mission
 ` Facilities Improvement Plan 1998-2008
 

`	 Is NIST using the right metrics? Are there other m

should use? 

` Facilities Condition Index
 ` Safety, Capacity, Maintenance and Major Repairs (SCM` Mission Dependency and Facility Utilization
 

`	 Is NIST missing other opportunities? 

`	 Strategic Facilities Plan 2011-2021 

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Ability of Existing Buildings to Sup

NIST Mission 

NIST Campuses/Sites 	 Gaithersburg – 55 buildings & structures totaling 3.5M gsf on 578 ac

the 1960’s. Latest buildings added in 1999 and 2003. 

	 Boulder – 26 buildings & structures totaling 0.5M gsf on 208 acres, b

1950’s. 

	 Ft. Collins – a 390-acre site housing NIST radio stations, built in 196	 Kauai – 6,000 gsf building housing NIST radio station, located on US 

acre site in Hawaii (1971). 

Facility Condition Assessments 	 Gaithersburg – Completed in 2004. Over 70% of buildings rated po

total deferred maintenance cost of nearly $458M. An annual investm$70M is needed to systematically address the deficiencies. 

	 Boulder – Completed in Summer of 2008. Over 70% of facilities rat

Deferred maintenance costs total $48.5M. 

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Ability of Existing Buildings to Sup

NIST Mission 

Physical Appropriateness of Research Facilities built in ‘	 Ability to meet modern research standards 

	 Building systems & equipment obsolete 	 Energy use extremely inefficient 	 Do not meet current building codes and standards  Unable to meet precise measurement & research requirements 

 Physical Configurations 

	 Low floor-to-floor heights 	 No separation between labs and services. 

Sustaining NIST Core Measurements and Standards Ca	 Increased Need for High Performance Laboratory Space 

	 Stringent control of temperature, vibration, humidity and air cleanliness req

most demanding research and measurements 

Changing Needs for 21st Century Research 	 Future NIST focus areas will require facilities that support specialized re

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NIST Facilities Improvement Plan 

1998-2008 `	 Developed in 1998 and updated with Addendums through 2

`	 Studies in 1990’s demonstrating 67% percent of NIST lab space faile

program needs due to severe technical obsolescence and deterioraconditions. 

`	 Also found several buildings and programs severely overcrowded. 

`	 Identified goals included: 

` Alleviate overcrowding while providing higher quality lab environme` Achieve significant reduction in the maintenance backlog ` Improve utility services and distribution systems in Boulder ` Improve and expand clean room facilities in Boulder ` Undertake major renovations of the General Purpose Laboratories 

`	 Provided NIST with the vehicle for funding requests to impr

research facilities with three priorities: new construction, reand maintenance 

`	 Funding secured for several important capital projects & SC

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Current Projects in Support of the 

Mission Central Utility Plant, Boulder	 The Central Utility Plant (CUP) will provide chilled 

water for cooling, high pressure steam for heating, and laboratory quality compressed air service to the NIST Boulder facility 

	 A Site Utility Distribution System (SUDS) was 

integrated with the CUP. The SUDS will distribute utilities to Buildings 1, 2 & 3. 

	 Schedule: 2003-2208 	 Cost: $34.9 Million (funded over 4 fiscal years) 	 Rectifies the lack of centrally distributed utilities which 

has caused a severe loss of productivity in the labs due to inadequate services and disruptions. Dramatically improves environmental stability for the labs and increases research and measurement productivity. Will directly support construction of the Building 1 Extension. 

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Current Projects
 

	 NCNR regarded as most scientifically

productive and cost-effective neutron facility in US, serving more scientists and engineersthan all other US facilities combined. 

	 Project includes development of a new

neutron cold source together with a newguide tube hall, modernization of the controlsystem, and five new world-class neutroninstruments. 

	 Schedule: 2008-2012 	 Cost: 39.0 M (funded over 3 fiscal years) 	 Greatly improves capacity and scientific

capabilities of the NCNR as it will serve anadditional 500 research participants and willsupport 30% increase in the number of cold neutron instruments. Creates new measurement capabilities directly supportingthe needs of science and industry. Operationswill be more cost-effective as the expansion does not increase costs to operate the facility, but increases the number ofinstruments. 

NIST Center for NeResearch (NCNR)Expansion, Gaither

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Current Projects
 

 Construct Extension to Building 1 to provide 

58,000 nasf of unique, high-performance space with stringent control of temperature, vibration, humidity and air cleanliness. 

 Schedule: 2007-2011  Cost: $77.2M (over 3 fiscal years)  Provides new high-performance lab space that will 

enable NIST to support measurement science, research, and development of new technologies in multiple critical fields. Construction of new lab space with highest level environmental controls costs less than renovation, delivers higher performance space than renovations alone, and does so more quickly. Addresses needs of approximately 25% of NIST-Boulder programs that require most stringent laboratory performance. Allows future renovation of Building 1. 

Building 1 ExteBoulder Labora

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Next Facility Priorities
 

Expected• Maintain world-class leadership and increas

breadth of science at JILA 

• Increase AMO science training capacity • Increase productivity of JILA scientists • Improve JILA safety 

Impacts

e 

JILA Building Expan	 JILA, a joint institute of 

University of Colorado, international leader in AMolecular and Optical (A

	 Expansion provides 50,0

laboratory and office spovercrowding and proviperformance lab environ

	 Schedule: 2008-2010  Cost: $27.5M 

 Federal: $22.5M over  State: $5M direct PLU

infrastructure, utilities 

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Next Facility Priorities
 

 Building 1 Renovation will pro

Building

1 Renovation, nasf lab space with significant

Boulder control of temperature, vibra

air cleanliness at “L3” perform

 Addresses needs of about 75

Boulder programs that requirimprovements in laboratory p

 Schedule: Phased - planning/d

FY2010, renovation FY2011-2

 Cost: Est. $67M (over 5 fisca Enables dramatic productivity 

improvements and addresses needs in Boulder programs -nanotechnology, biotechnolofuels, telecommunications, admaterials, precision timing, anareas. 
total cost of total cost ofexisting repairs existing repairs FCI =current replacement value current replacement value

Good Fair Poor . . . Poor . . .

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Facilities Performance Metrics
 

Facility Condition Index (FCI) • Is an industry standard parametric tool used to relatively comp

building conditions. 

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Safety, Capacity, Maintenance and 

Major Repair Program (SCMMR) 

` “The use of SCMMR funds shall be limited to maintenance, alt

repair of NIST capital assets, including buildings and building equsystems, as well as grounds and civil engineering systems (e.g. rutility distribution).” 

` Safety – Projects related to the safety of staff and surroundings ` Capacity – Projects related to systems capacity ` Maintenance & Major Repairs – Projects related to maintenance, repa

replacement of systems/equipment due to failure, obsolescence or degr

` Prioritized implementation plan using Decision Model that con

` Condition of the NIST sites and facilities ` Criticality of the Project, i.e. safety, regulatory, NIST mission ` Ability to execute the project ` Environmental and Energy Standards ` Age or Obsolescence of Facility 

` The annual SCMMR Plan includes the highest priorities that ca

implemented within available resources. 

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SCMMR Program Funding Strategy

SCMMR is key component of a comprehensive Facilities Improvemen

	 Engineering study recommended annual 

investment target of 3% of Current Replacement Value (CRV) to: 

 Stop the growth of the backlog  Achieve a mid-range fair FCI in 7 yrs  Maintain FCI at recommended level 

	 Based on the 2004 study and investment 

targets, previous years’ budgets have not increased the SCMMR funding sufficiently 

	 Investment of $350M needed over 5-7 

years to reduce current backlog and achieve fair FCI; appropriate funding rate is about $70M annually 

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Other Performance Metrics
 

`	 Mission Dependency 

`	 The value a facility brings to the performance of the 

determined by the agency 

` Mission Critical
 ` Mission Dependent
 ` Not Mission Dependent
 

`	 Utilization Rate 

`	 Ratio of occupancy to design capacity 

` Over-utilized
 ` Utilized
 ` Under-utilized
 ` Not utilized
 
New Opportunities 

Strategic Facilities Plan FY 2011-2021 `	 Provide comprehensive 10-year facilities strategy that a

NIST programs and priorities 

`	 Balance projects to advance research, maintain facilities

support sustainability and enhance work environment 

`	 Anticipate agency requirements and provide options `	 Develop rolling 5-yr funding strategy for capital improv`	 Involve and include the NIST research community `	 Strengthen tie with NIST’s mission and goals 

` Direct OU and Program input ` Facilities Planning Board with representation across NIST ` NIST Leadership Board direct involvement 

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Strategic Facilities Plan
 

Process ` Call to OUs for projected staffing and space requireme` Facilities Planning Board as an advisory committee to th

on long-range facilities planning issues 

` Define the goals for the facilities program ` Establish prioritization model for evaluating competing faciliti` Review and prioritize NIST-wide facility requirements 

` CFMO brings recommendations to NIST Leadership Bo` NIST Leadership Board approves Strategic Facilities Pla` NIST will use Plan to develop FY2011 CRF budget requ

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Strategic Facilities Plan
 

Goals 	 Align the Strategic Facilities Plan with NIST strategic go

objectives and priorities to address current and future requirements. 

	 Optimize the use of existing NIST facilities to support t

mission. 

	 Maintain and recapitalize existing facilities to achieve ap

condition levels and ensure reliable and cost-effective fa

	 Ensure safe and secure facilities. 	 Improve energy efficiency and sustainability of NIST fac	 Provide a high quality environment for NIST employees

associates and visitors. 

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Strategic Facilities Plan
 

Prioritization Criteria 	 Each facility proposal will be sorted into 1 of 3 categor

primary driver: 

 Enhance NIST Scientific Capability and Capacity
  Maintain Existing Facilities & Infrastructure
  Enhance Support to NIST Operations
 

	 The projects will be prioritized within each category. T

process will give the Strategic Facilities Plan a balanced between new facilities, reinvestment in existing facilities adequate support facilities. 

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Strategic Facilities Plan
 

Framework `	 Facilities Program Goals, Priorities and Strategies 

`	 Context of NIST strategic goals and focus areas 

` Drivers and Challenges
 ` Current Inventory and Stewardship (Metrics)
 

` Facility Condition Index, Mission Dependency, Facility Utiliza

`	 Facility Program Components 

`	 Sustainment, Restoration, Recapitalization/Modernization, 

Construction 

` Current/Ongoing Capital Projects and New Initiatives ` Strategic Facilities Plan and Funding Plan 

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Strategic Facilities Plan FY 2011-2

Conclusions `	 Plan will be completed in February 2009. `	 Will lay out a reasonable yet aggressive plan for improv

facilities to meet current and anticipated needs. 

`	 Revitalizing NIST’s facilities is crucial for supporting its 

measurement and standards mission and for responding programmatic plan and future focus areas.
 

`	 Key Questions answered? 

`	 Are we addressing current and future needs of NIST’s progr

adequate facilities? 

`	 Is NIST using the right metrics? Are there other metrics we `	 Is NIST missing other opportunities? 

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