126 · Representative Documents: Facility Design
Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL. Request for Proposals
http://library.case.edu/media/firstfloorrfp.pdf
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Timeframe and Deadlines. [Note: the following dates are tentative and subject to change]
o Pre‐proposal meetings: December 2, 2010 at 10:00 am January 12, 2011 at 10:00 January 20,
2011 at 2:00 pm. These sessions are to answer questions student teams may have. All
questions and answers will be summarized and made available to all teams that submit a
“Statement of Intent” [see below].
o Statement of Intent to Submit a Proposal: January 21, 2011 (due no later than noon). It is a
requirement that any team that plans to submit a proposal must submit this Statement of Intent
by the deadline. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification. The statement is simply to indicate
that the team plans to submit a proposal, and should include the names, college affiliation and
email addresses of each the expected team members. No pre‐proposal information is expected
from teams at this time, and the team is free to withdraw its proposal or change the names of
team members at a later date.
o Library staff group interview sessions. Note: the staff who attend each session may vary.
January 24 at 2:00 pm
February 8 at 10:30 am
February 14 at 2:00 pm
March 3 at 11:00 am
o Final written submission: March 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm. All proposal must be submitted
electronically to the Associate Provost and University Librarian (Arnold.hirshon@case.edu)
o Team Presentations to Evaluation Panel. Presentations will be open (as space permits) to all
members of the university community. The actual date of the presentations is to be
determined, but will likely occur between March 21 and March 31, 2011
o Awards announced: April 11, 2011
REQUIREMENTS
Team Composition. All final submissions must be the result of the work of a team collaborative that
includes two or more team members. Diversity among team members is desirable but not
required, e.g., representation with a team by different disciplines or colleges, inclusion of graduate
and undergraduate students, multiple generations, different cultural backgrounds, etc. Team
members must be currently enrolled students at CWRU2.
Health and Safety. Designs should comply with general university health and safety requirements,
as well as university rules and regulations for conducting social science research with human
subjects.
2 Students of other University Circle higher education institutions (e.g., Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
Institute of Music) may participate as team members providing the predominant number of members of that team
are students currently enrolled at CWRU.
Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL. Request for Proposals
http://library.case.edu/media/firstfloorrfp.pdf
3
Timeframe and Deadlines. [Note: the following dates are tentative and subject to change]
o Pre‐proposal meetings: December 2, 2010 at 10:00 am January 12, 2011 at 10:00 January 20,
2011 at 2:00 pm. These sessions are to answer questions student teams may have. All
questions and answers will be summarized and made available to all teams that submit a
“Statement of Intent” [see below].
o Statement of Intent to Submit a Proposal: January 21, 2011 (due no later than noon). It is a
requirement that any team that plans to submit a proposal must submit this Statement of Intent
by the deadline. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification. The statement is simply to indicate
that the team plans to submit a proposal, and should include the names, college affiliation and
email addresses of each the expected team members. No pre‐proposal information is expected
from teams at this time, and the team is free to withdraw its proposal or change the names of
team members at a later date.
o Library staff group interview sessions. Note: the staff who attend each session may vary.
January 24 at 2:00 pm
February 8 at 10:30 am
February 14 at 2:00 pm
March 3 at 11:00 am
o Final written submission: March 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm. All proposal must be submitted
electronically to the Associate Provost and University Librarian (Arnold.hirshon@case.edu)
o Team Presentations to Evaluation Panel. Presentations will be open (as space permits) to all
members of the university community. The actual date of the presentations is to be
determined, but will likely occur between March 21 and March 31, 2011
o Awards announced: April 11, 2011
REQUIREMENTS
Team Composition. All final submissions must be the result of the work of a team collaborative that
includes two or more team members. Diversity among team members is desirable but not
required, e.g., representation with a team by different disciplines or colleges, inclusion of graduate
and undergraduate students, multiple generations, different cultural backgrounds, etc. Team
members must be currently enrolled students at CWRU2.
Health and Safety. Designs should comply with general university health and safety requirements,
as well as university rules and regulations for conducting social science research with human
subjects.
2 Students of other University Circle higher education institutions (e.g., Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
Institute of Music) may participate as team members providing the predominant number of members of that team
are students currently enrolled at CWRU.
