PREVIEW (Planning for Research and Education: Visioning Information Explorer WebApp) is a dynamic digital planning tool that is on the cutting edge for facilities evaluation in institutions of higher education. This tool will prove integral in helping campus leadership make the most meaningful and impactful infrastructure investment decisions in support of the campus mission and priorities emanating from Academic Futures.
PREVIEW is the final deliverable of the 15-month Strategic Facilities Visioning (SFV) process. SFV, informed by the other major campus strategic initiatives, drew collaborative input from more than 180 “visionaries” representing 30-plus colleges, schools, institutes and major support units across campus.
Tool overview
PREVIEW is utilized by CU Boulder's Office of Planning, Design and Construction to inform capital planning discussions and decisions. PREVIEW combines and visualizes university data to show how people, goals and operations affect current and future campus environments. The data used is native to the university, publicly available, and updated annually. To ensure tool data is up to date, Planning, Design and Construction's GIS team captures and updates the data sets in PREVIEW every December.
PREVIEW is composed of three modules:
- The Supply Dashboard: Understand the true capacity and condition of campus. “What does our campus have today?”
- The Demand Dashboard: Forecast facilities needs based on population and Scenario Planning process. “What are our requirements and opportunities?”
- The Options Tool: Anticipate and respond to a variety of future facilities requests. “How can we test priorities and assess initiatives?
Creating PREVIEW