IE-GY 6213 A “Facility Planning and Design”
Spring 2024
Course Description: A practical approach to facility planning and design with an emphasis on real world issues rather than solely theory and detailed analysis. The course is reasonably general to encompass a broad range of facilities including offices, hospitals, schools, industrial facilities etc, while leaning towards industrial facilities and master industrial site planning. See course objectives and lecture descriptions below.
Course Objectives:
1. Gain an understanding of the phasing of facility design work and its
importance in the engineering and construction field today
2. Learn how to layout an industrial plant from a practical point of view.
3. Understand the various engineering entities involved in planning and design, and the complexity of their interactions.
4. Understand how planning and design techniques involved in an industrial
plant apply to other facilities such as offices, hospitals, schools, etc.
5. Gain an understanding of the role that the legal component plays in the
planning, design and permitting process.
6. Understand how to develop a budget estimate for the capital investment
required for the design and construction of facilities and how different techniques apply to different design phases.
7. Gain an introductory understanding of project management and how it
impacts the planning and design process.
Course Structure: Lectures, class discussion, assignments and some assignment
presentations, Term Project and presentation, mid-term and final exams. Exams will be on-line via Brightspace but will be taken in-class at normal class time on the dates scheduled.
Text: “Facilities Planning and Design”
Alberto Garcia-Diaz and J. MacGregor Smith
Note: It is not necessary to purchase this textbook
Course Requirements: Reading of specific handouts, class participation, homework assignments (some with brief class presentations), mid-term exam, term project (working in teams with 15 - 20 min in-class presentation) and final exam. Reading of class lecture slides prior to the class is optional. Lecture slides are supplemented by and expanded upon by oral presentation by the professor each week. Simply reading and memorizing slides is not adequate preparation for exams….understanding of the material presented is required.
Course grades will be calculated per the weighting below:
Assignments: Minimum of five (5) assignments 15% of final grade
#1 Phases of Design (5 min class presentation required)
#2 Building Codes and FAR Calculation
#3 Reverse Cumulative Yield Calculation
#4 Footprint Calculation
#5 Material Handling Equipment Systems (5 min class presentation required – work can be done with same team as assigned for Term Project or individually)
Assignments are due the following week unless advised otherwise. All assignments are to be done without collaboration unless Prof Posner advises otherwise.
Mid-term Exam: 30% of final grade
Term Project (working in teams assigned by Prof): 20% of final grade
Term project is a Preliminary Phase Design of an industrial facility. In-class 20 min presentation required.
Final Exam (based on entire semester): 35% of final grade
Total 100%
Notes:
1. Course grades will be calculated as above. There are no opportunities for extra
credit at any time unless included in the exam itself. Nor are there opportunities for grade changes once grades for the course have been posted on Albert. Students are advised to please not ask for such a change.
2. AI – Students should not use AI tools in this course unless specifically noted as
allowed in the description of a specific assignment or exam/quiz