Appendix F8: Facilities Requests
Audience: Facilities Committee, Administrators
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Facilities Committee.
Background: Following the completion of the 2012 Chabot College Facility Master Plan, the Facilities
Committee (FC) has begun the task of re-prioritizing Measure B Bond budgets to better align with current
needs. The FC has identified approximately $18M in budgets to be used to meet capital improvement
needs on the Chabot College campus. Discussion in the FC includes holding some funds for a year or two
to be used as match if and when the State again funds capital projects, and to fund smaller projects that
will directly assist our strategic goal. The FC has determined that although some of the college's greatest
needs involving new facilities cannot be met with this limited amount of funding, there are many smaller
pressing needs that could be addressed. The kinds of projects that can be legally funded with bond
dollars include the "repairing, constructing, acquiring, equipping of classrooms, labs, sites and facilities."
Do NOT use this form for equipment or supply requests.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests. If requesting more than one
facilities project, please rank order your requests.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name): Upgrade Classroom and Labs in Building 1600
Building/Location: 1600
Description of the facility project. Please be as specific as possible.
I would like to request that the classrooms and labs in this building be upgraded to industry and
technology standards. Furniture , chairs and desks are broken, stained and often unusable.
We need to upgrade the LCD and/or overhead projectors and audio equipment. Bulbs burn out quickly
in the projectors we have and they are expensive to replace. The only audio equipment we have is the
two standard speakers that are attached to the instructor’s computer. This will allow the students to
see interactive lessons and instructional video much better. Right now, students in the back of the
room cannot see or hear the lessons.
I would like to request that software be installed on the instructor’s computer and the student’s
computer that would allow the instructor to see what students are working on at their computer. This
way the instructor can help several students at one time. This software would allow:
 Instructors to see all student screens live on the instructor’s computer
 Instructors can view any desktop live in full screen mode
 Chat with students and share files
 Broadcast instructor’s screen to students
 Perform hands-on annotation of student screens
It would be beneficial to student learning if we have desks that had computers that could be raised and
lowered. This would allow the desks to serve two functions.
Upgrade the network in Bldg. 1600 so that students can easily access wireless and Ethernet
connections.
What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
This equipment would support more student interactivity and increase their use of technology. These
upgrades would give students better access to network and internet connectivity and would increase
interactivity between instructor and students. This type of software promotes interactive learning with
broadcasting and sharing features. The built-in chat allows teachers and students to have one-on-one
conversations without disrupting the rest of the class.
Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Strategic Plan Goal and to
enhancing student learning?
The Chabot Strategic Plan Goal is to
“Increase the number of students that achieve their educational goal within a reasonable time by
clarifying pathways and providing more information and support.”
Providing students with a learning environment that is more pleasant to be in with up to date
equipment that works, would be more engaging and would make learning more exciting. Providing
students with learning, skills, equipment and technology that they might have to use in their careers is
a main goal of CAS.