Future State Narrative A General Services Administration (GSA) Border Station Team The team model (Figure 1) was built to represent each entity’s respective influences on the project. Allwere selected from project documentation afforded the Stanford Research team and built upon byfederal project experiences shared by the members of the team. The teams are purposely represented ina weighted configuration with the Owners being at the top, from which the requirements are derivedand the ultimate decisions on scope and budget will default (GSA_Border_Station_Final.ppt). TheStakeholders are represented just below the Owners. The Stakeholders are comprised of the variousfacilities’ occupants whose operations dictate design considerations. The Designers group includes allthe disciplines that are currently involved at the conclusion of the concept design phase and areexpected to remain the same through the remaining design phases. Finally, the Gatekeepers arecomprised of entities that hold laws, codes, or other regulatory devices ranging from operational safetyto environmental responsibility and who have the power to halt or significantly alter the project course.CEE215 Autumn 2008 Page 1 of 14 Future State AnalysisFigure 1. GSA Border Station Project TeamsDiscovery: As the number of stakeholders increase, the varied goals and preferences would tend tobecome overwhelming and lower stakeholders’ weight of influence on the resulting decision. Shouldthis be detrimental to the decision analysis, the list can be scrubbed to eliminate those minimallyimpacted. Alternatively, stakeholder weighting may be appropriate if leverage is required to tilt theMACDADI output values. As the most desirable outcome is subjective for each project, weighting ofstakeholders requires careful consideration as to not jeopardize its perceived legitimacy. Weighting willbe discussed in greater detail in section F, but is mentioned here in relation to building the team model.B GSA Border Station GoalsThe GSA Border Station goals (Figure 2) were pulled from the “Final Concept Narrative” provided by theGSA design team. The triple-bottom-line is utilized as a framework of parent goals to categorize projectsub-goals. The Stanford Research team, in acknowledgment of the fact that many of these goals impactmore than one aspect of the triple-bottom-line, chose to categorize sub-goals by the primary impact onCEE215 Autumn 2008 Page 2 of 14 Future State Analysiseconomics, the environment, or social environment. Figure 2. GSA Border Station Goals and MetricsThe goals metrics in figure 2 were determined by establishing the baseline as business as usual (BAU).For our project business as usual was Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) because the GSA border patrol designguide currently dictates its use. Therefore, any viable options would be measured against CMH forminimizing first costs, lower maintenance and operations costs, and light pollution. The StanfordStudent team determined that since optimum light quality can be determined with respect towavelength, the optimum wavelength of 450-520nm is defined as +3. The point range to -3 (6 points intotal) would be populated with incremental acceptable wavelength shifts of +/- 60nm outside theoptimum wavelength range of 450-520nm. Discovery: Assigning metrics for goals that are not easily quantifiable, such as aesthetics, is difficult.Aesthetics is a popular qualitative example. MACDADI requires quantifiable input, and the key isassigning metrics that will result in stratification of the options. By breaking the goal into three discretequestions on separate aspects related to the goal, each option receives a point for each successfulCEE215 Autumn 2008 Page 3 of 14 Future State Analysisaspect, be decremented for negative aspects, and receive no points for neutral aspects. Three successfulaspects would thus result in a +3.C GSA Border Station PreferencesAs a result of the project timeline and limited interface with the GSA project team, Stakeholderpreferences were assigned by the Stanford Research team. They were assigned according to eachstakeholder’s perspective and would likely change should the stakeholders assign their own preferences.Figure 3. Aggregated PreferencesThe graph above shows the aggregate of all stakeholders into parent groups to determine what isimportant to owners, stakeholders, and designers. Two specific points of interest are the importance oftotal cost to the owners, and the importance of optimizing quality of light for the stakeholders. In figure4, preferences are shown with respect to each owner, stakeholder and designer. The importance of lightquality to the stakeholder’s in Figure 3 is better explained as being influenced by facility occupantsshown in Figure 4.CEE215 Autumn 2008 Page 4 of 14 Future State AnalysisFigure 4. Goal Preferences by StakeholderInsight: It is recommended that the next class request preferences be assigned by the project group toincrease the legitimacy of the MACDADI results from their perspective and receive stakeholder buy-in.D GSA Border Station Design OptionsFigure 5. Lighting Options: Phillips Metal Halide & LEDThe Stanford Research team was asked to explore two specific exterior lighting options for the BorderStation with respect to performance and energy consumption. The options provided were conventionalCeramic Metal Halide (CMH) lighting or Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting. Additionally, the GSA designCEE215 Autumn 2008 Page 5 of 14 Future State Analysisguide is under revision and specifically lowers the required exterior lighting levels for Border Patrolstations. As a result, two additional options were included at the proposed (lower) lighting levels. Intotal, the four options explored were 1) CMH at current design standards, 2) LED at current designstandards, 3) CMH at proposed design standards, and 4) LED at proposed design standards.Discovery: The light intensity of the LEDs would require multiple fixtures to equal the lumen output of asingle CMH fixture. As a result of this discovery, the Stanford Research team would build and analyze a3-dimensional model to meet the required illuminances,
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