College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado Denver

Technical Assistance Program

• Assist local community in decision-making processes
• Direct toward sustainable uses for all parts of the project
• Offer options for potential uses that can fit community needs
• Put form to the vision of what is possible for the project
• Assist in evaluation of potential uses
• Direction on protection

Levels of interaction  

• Inventory, coordinate, and identify all stakeholders.
• Review, comment and advise with community and stakeholders
• Planning and Design alternatives and identify opportunities and constraints
• Review with community and stakeholders
• Adjust designs to something everyone can live with
• Assistance with grant applications, cost estimates, later design

Process of a project: Precedent study/place making/character of place/Design development  

• Multiple alternatives presented for review
• Revisions from draft review to final draft
• Cost estimates
• Phasing and/or action plans
• Final design information on: design intent, LEED's and energy alternatives, and Xeric landscaping.
• Construction Vendor information as available.