Matrix Planning Associates: Needs Assessment

Profile People Clients Approach Services Recent Projects Experience Opportunities Contact		Needs Assessment Matrix assists in determining the demand for services and facilities. This market analysis can be extensive, involving statistical research, examination of existing programs, and resolution of fundamental policy issues. Other times, the need is clear and requires confirmation only. Needs assessment is generally the first step of a building project, but it can also be a stand-alone study. The product of Stage 1, often called a Role Statement, specifies key aspects of the service delivery system being planned. The degree of detail and emphasis in these reports varies, depending on client requirements. It typically focuses on such issues as level of service, options for centralized or decentralized services, and alternative approaches to integrated or specialized facilities. Building projects respond to many pressures: Existing buildings become overcrowded as organizations expand. Aging facilities are functionally obsolete and inefficient to operate. New facilities are required to serve a growing population, or extend services to particular geographic areas. Service levels are declining due to budget constraints or policy decisions, resulting in the need to limit and consolidate existing operations. Legislative or policy changes result in the need to restructure existing organizations, with associated changes in facilities requirements. Opportunities arise for joint developments with other organizations, or for the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. Projects Law Courts Needs Analysis Model, BC Capacities for Glen Lake and Royal Bay Secondary Schools, Sooke School District, BC Toronto Centre Criminal Courthouse, Ontario Update District Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC Project Identification, Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC Update and Extension, Forecasting Need for Court Facilities, Ontario Update for Northeast Coquitlam, Coquitlam School District, BC District Facilities Plan, Okanagan Similkameen School District, Oliver, BC District Facilities Review, Qualicum School District, Parksville, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Coquitlam School District, BC Update, Forecasting Need for Court Facilities, Ontario School Site Acquisition Charge Update, School District 23, Kelowna, BC Neighbourhoods of Learning, Southern Okanagan Secondary School, Oliver, BC Osgoode Justice Precinct Criminal and Family Courthouse, Toronto, Ontario Toronto East Criminal Courthouse, Ontario Masterplan for Criminal, Civil and Family Courts, Toronto, Ontario Project Identification, Argyle Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC Project Identification, Windsor Family of Elementary Schools, North Vancouver, BC Enrolment Forecast, Abbotsford Collegiate, Abbotsford, BC Capacities for Seismic Upgrading Projects, North Vancouver, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Prince Rupert School District, BC Kainai Peacemaking Centre, Blood Tribe, Standoff, Alberta Project Definition, Marie Sharpe Elementary School, Williams Lake, BC Needs Assessment, York Region Courthouse, Newmarket, Ontario Facilities Plan Update, Coquitlam School District, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Southeast Kootenay School District, Cranbrook, BC McKee Peak School Facilities Plan, Abbotsford, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, New Westminster School District, BC Update Long-Range Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC Facilities Plan Update, School District 68, Nanaimo, BC Forecasting Need for Court Facilities, Ontario Facilities Plan Update, North Vancouver School District, BC District Wide Facilities Plan, Cariboo-Chilcotin School District, Williams Lake, BC Toronto Criminal Courts, Ontario Enrolment Forecast and Capacity Utilization Review, School District 5, BC Needs Analysis, BC Corrections Waterloo Consolidated Courthouse, Kitchener, Ontario Enrolment Forecast, South Okanagan Secondary School, Oliver, BC Dufferin Elementary School, Nanaimo, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Comox Valley School District, BC Education Facilities Plan, Ladysmith and South Nanaimo, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Vernon School District, BC Enrolment Forecast, Abbotsford Middle School, Abbotsford Enrolment Forecast, Ridgeway Elementary School, North Vancouver Educational Facilities Plan, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Long-Range Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC Framework for Facilities Planning, Coquitlam School District, BC Happy Valley Elementary School, Langford, BC Alternatives to a New Secondary School, Nanaimo, BC Lonsdale School Area Study, North Vancouver, BC Masterplan for Courthouse Facilities, Halifax, Nova Scotia Enrolment Trends and Facilities Plan, North Vancouver School District, BC Capital Regional District Headquarters, Victoria, BC School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 23, Kelowna, BC Kitsap County Masterplan, Port Orchard, Washington École Régionale Victor Brodeur, Victoria, BC School Site Acquisition Charge, Big White Ski Resort, BC Service Delivery Plan, Law Courts, Lower Mainland, BC Aberdeen Jail, Aberdeen, Washington Long Term School Facilities Plan, Powell River, BC Long-Range Facilities Plan, Delta School District, BC School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 48, Squamish, BC School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 62, Colwood, BC School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 69, Parksville, BC School Facilities Studies, Creston, Crawford Bay and Salmo, BC Kittitas County Detention Facility, Ellensburg, Washington Gallatin County Detention Facilities, Bozeman, Montana Kitsap County Jail, Port Orchard, Washington Development Strategy, Highway Maintenance Yards, BC Aurora College, Inuvik, Northwest Territories Yellowknife Courthouse, Northwest Territories Municipal Courts and Jail, Kennewick/Richland, Washington Fraser Valley Regional Justice Centre, Chilliwack/Abbotsford, BC Qualicum Beach Middle and Secondary Schools, BC Bench Elementary Area Study, Cowichan Bay, BC Chemainus Area Schools Study, BC Elementary Attendance Areas, Qualicum School District, BC Youth Detention Facilities, Roseburg, Oregon Long Term Facilities Plan, Trail School District, BC Rural Yukon Schools Facilities Study Campbellton Elementary School, Campbell River, BC Highway Maintenance Yards Facilities Study, BC Qualicum Enrolment Study, 1995, BC Colquitz Secondary School, Victoria, BC Cowichan and Chemainus Secondary Schools, Duncan and Chemainus, BC North Rutland Schools, Kelowna, BC Qualicum Enrolment Study, 1994, BC Qualicum Beach Elementary School, BC Silver Creek Elementary School, Hope, BC Capital Regional District Headquarters, Victoria, BC Metropolitan Toronto Law Courts Study, Ontario Willow Point Elementary School, Campbell River, BC Law Courts Development Plan, Victoria Region, BC Northeast School Redevelopment Plan, Burnaby, BC Mount Baker Senior Secondary School, Cranbrook, BC South Delta Senior Secondary School, BC Marian High School Assessment, Burnaby, BC Long Term Care Facility Plan, Victoria, BC Malaspina College, Nanaimo, BC Pemberton Secondary School, BC Parksville Middle and Secondary Schools, BC Greater Victoria Arts Facilities Study, BC School District Facilities Plan, Port Alberni, BC Penticton Regional Hospital, BC School District Facilities Plan, Powell River, BC Nunatta Campus, Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut Thomas Haney Centre, Maple Ridge, BC Keewatin Boarding Home, Winnipeg, Manitoba North Island College, Port Alberni, BC Court Facilities, Needs Assessment Study, Yukon Maximum Security Young Offender Facility, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Eastern Arctic Young Offender Secure Custody Facility, Iqaluit, Nunavut Young Offender Secure Custody Facilities Study, Northwest Territories Law Court Facilities Planning Study, BC Canadian Centre for Toxicology, Guelph and Toronto, Ontario Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon Yukon Justice Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta Family and Youth Court, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta Southern Alberta Youth Development Centre, Strathmore, Alberta Government Computing Centre, Calgary, Alberta Michener Centre, Red Deer, Alberta Medicine Hat Courthouse, Alberta Law Courts and Remand Facilities, Calgary, Alberta Redevelopment, Whitehorse Correctional Centre, Yukon Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta Student Housing, Red Deer College, Alberta Law Court Facilities, Saint John's, Newfoundland Court of Appeal, Calgary, Alberta Calgary Remand Centre, Alberta Lindsay Park Athletic Centre, Calgary, Alberta Alberta Transportation Headquarters, Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Vocational Centre, Lac La Biche, Alberta Child Welfare Residential Facilities, Northern Alberta Medical Examiner Facilities, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta Edmonton Area Courthouses, Alberta Hinton Courthouse, Alberta Correctional Services, Lower Mainland, BC Edmonton Remand Centre, Alberta Justice Research Services, BC Task Force on Correctional Services and Facilities, BC Vancouver Remand Centre, BC \| System Planning and Policy Development \| Needs Assessment \| \| Strategic Planning \| Facilities Programming \| Project Evaluation \|
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