Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 963 CMR - MASS. SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY › Title 963 CMR 2.00 - School Building Grant Program › Section 2.09 - Schematic Design - Module 4

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) After the
			 Eligible Applicant has received a preferred schematic design vote by the Board
			 of Directors of the Authority, the Eligible Applicant shall develop a schematic
			 design for the proposed project in compliance with the standards set forth by
			 the Authority.
(2)
General Site and School Construction Standards
. The
			 Eligible Applicant shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that an Approved
			 Project, including those for the expansion or renovation of an existing
			 building, meet all applicable federal, state, local and regional requirements
			 including, but not limited to, laws, regulations, by-laws, ordinances,
			 environmental restrictions, zoning, and building code requirements. It shall be
			 the responsibility of the Eligible Applicant to ensure compliance with all such
			 requirements, and the Authority shall bear no responsibility for an Eligible
			 Applicant's failure to comply with said requirements.
(3)
Design and Construction
			 Standards: General.
(a) Projects
			 shall reflect cost effective design, material, and finish decisions consistent
			 with good architecture and engineering practice, high quality construction, and
			 the requirements of the Authority.
(b) To the extent possible, projects shall
			 reflect attention to current and future-oriented technological and educational
			 practices for students, faculty, and school staff.
(c) Projects shall adhere to the Authority's
			 Green School Program policies, and such standards should be exceeded when
			 possible.
(d) All new construction
			 and reconstruction projects shall meet applicable local ordinances for
			 recycling.
(e) Construction of new
			 school facilities shall, whenever possible, be oriented on the site in order
			 for the building to optimize for solar orientation and natural daylight for
			 classroom spaces.
(f) The Authority
			 may issue minimum and maximum guidelines and standards for the sustainability
			 of Approved Projects, including school building design guidelines which may
			 provide guidelines for design, energy efficiency, indoor air quality,
			 materials, finishes, life cycle cost analysis, and systems
			 selections.
(g) Approved Projects
			 shall have a project identification sign on the construction site during the
			 period of construction. Said sign shall be at least four feet by eight feet in
			 size, shall be visible from the primary roadway adjoining the site, and shall
			 include the following: "This project funded in part by the Massachusetts School
			 Building Authority."
(h) For all
			 Approved Projects involving the construction of a new school facility, the new
			 school facility shall be designed and constructed to include:
1. daylighting and exterior views from
			 classrooms, to the extent practicable, by locating all classrooms identified in
			 the approved Design and Educational Program on exterior walls, except computer
			 rooms, music rooms, digital art rooms, technology rooms, small resource rooms,
			 small laboratories, and other classrooms where daylighting and location on an
			 exterior wall are not appropriate or necessary because of the nature of the
			 classroom;
2. a glazed area for
			 each classroom identified in the approved Design and Educational Program that
			 is determined to require daylighting totaling not less than 5% of the net floor
			 area of the classroom and which shall to the extent practicable be located to
			 provide outdoor views at both standing and sitting heights; and
3. glare control devices, where applicable,
			 to avoid high-contrast conditions that could impede visual tasks, but such
			 glare control devices shall be constructed only when necessary and if the
			 Designer has determined that glare control devices are the only way to prevent
			 glare.