This
report presents a Master Plan for Wharton County Junior
College based on detailed analysis of existing college
facilities, likely growth scenarios, and the vision of
key college and community leaders. The Master Plan was
developed at the direction of College President Betty McCrohan
and the College Board of Trustees in the summer of 2005.
The team tasked with developing a Master Plan for
Wharton County Junior College comprised programming and
design architects and engineers. The resultant Master
Plan is intended to serve as a visionary blueprint for
the College‘s physical development for the next ten
years and beyond. One of the main goals was to provide
College leadership with an objective base of information
from which to intelligently set goals and priorities.
Accordingly, a great deal of the report reflects
concerns relating to demographic growth projections and
statistical analysis, and dollars and cents issues
relating to condition, maintenance, and operating costs
of the physical
plant.
This section of the report includes background
and an overview of the team’s
purpose, the processes used, and resulting general
conclusions. Following sections contain much of the
detailed analysis and planning design that forms the
basis of the Facility Master Plan. These three sections
form the core of the Master Plan Report, the space and
growth analysis and needs projections, the campus and
facility condition analysis, and the master plan design
and recommendations. More information is provided in
the following appendices as well as a separate volume
containing technical material for reference and use by
the campus Physical Plant Management.