h. Design Manuals.
The A/E, in collaboration with the VA central office and medical center staff, shall sketch various
possible alternatives and refine them based on continuing interaction with the VA project team.
The A/E will then complete and present alternative architectural solutions that are functionally
viable for consideration. The VA will select the final concept identify the approved scope to be
developed in the Schematics #2 review stage. These alternates shall be carefully evaluated to
ensure that the programmatic, functional and infrastructure changes proposed are the minimum
necessary to implement the seismic corrections.
2.
The VA considers originality and imaginative design an essential part of the A/E's
responsibility. The total environmental approach is a necessity to all planning. Site, structures,
vehicular and pedestrian circulation, open and screened areas, and their relationships to each
other shall be combined to produce a plan that is functional and aesthetically appropriate to the
type of medical service and patient profiles.
3.
Close consideration must be given for seismic requirements, site constraints and local
critical soil conditions. Evaluate the need for a site specific evaluation for seismic design.
4.
Complete conceptual alternatives must be displayed on the Schematic drawings. The
work may include the division of an alternative into distinct parts, each of which has an identified
priority. The Schematic design must, therefore, be developed so that further development shall
provide a well designed facility with respect to functional layout, construction phasing,
minimized disruption of existing facility operation, and coordination with structures and utilities.
B.
SCHEMATICS 1
[S1]
1.
ARCHITECTURAL
a. Analyze impact of seismic correction plan on existing functional layout. Determine
minimal acceptable changes necessary to implement seismic corrections.
b. Provide schematic block plans (floor plans) at a scale that will permit an entire floor plan
to be shown on one drawing. A neat freehand presentation drawn to scale is acceptable.
c. Show every floor of the building, including the penthouse, a typical interstitial plan, and
pipe basement, if included, and identify changes required because of seismic corrections.
Program Guide, PG-18-15, Volume F
Schematics
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June 2006
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