The Oregon State Engineering Playbook: A lighter, strategic, and more nimble approach to master planning

Over the last two decades, Oregon State University's College of Engineering (COE) has grown to almost 12,000 students, and with that growth, the academic master planning process has similarly undergone dramatic, positive changes. Session leaders illustrate how OSU's "Engineering Next" master plan for the College of Engineering provides a focused, clear, concise, and flexible framework for practical near-term facility improvements with outsized impact on mission resulting in planning that is faster, more affordable, and more impactful. They demonstrate how shorter process schedules can lead to more focused and impactful planning, and how the process increased research capacity by 25% within existing buildings while accelerating the schedule by three years.