Approach to Educational Services
ARC uses a strategic asset management planning approach which recognizes that facilities are assets with long-term value. Services are geared to help our clients:

• understand current and future institutional needs
• communicate needs to staff and community
• identify available resources, and
• manage them in the most cost-effective and equitable ways to maximize scarce capital and operational dollars to meet educational needs.

ARC is available to help you in the following ways:

• Forecasting enrollments including socioeconomic analysis of your municipality, county or enrollment area: ARC planners can help you anticipate the amount your institution will grow and where growth is most likely to occur. Projection methodology can be adjusted to fit local demographic and socioeconomic trends as well as elements unique to your district. We can then identify where growth is most likely to affect district programs and facilities. We can also recommend strategies to meet enrollment growth and change including boundary adjustments.
• Preparing Facility and Campus Plans. ARC can help you make the best use of scarce resources by coordinating development of facility information data bases, developing facility standards and guidelines, conducting building evaluations, determining how your instructional space can be better utilized, preparing capital programs and projections, and assist in setting your priorities.

ARC can also provide building evaluations and needs assessments for ADA regulations. Plans will meet all State reporting requirements.

• Communicating capital needs for capital outlay requests, bond issue and mill levy elections: We can assist you to effectively communicate your capital needs to your staff, your community, and governmental bodies to help secure funding resources.
• Planning your facilities program. ARC will identify facility requirements responsive to current and projected activity needs.
• Managing facility assets through preventive maintenance and energy conservation programs: ARC can help you save operational dollars by assisting you with creating programs to standardize equipment and efficiently maintain your facilities by utilizing both energy conservation and preventive maintenance methods.
• Providing GIS mapping and data base computer services and training: ARC can provide sophisticated computer support such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assist in forecasting, facilities management, transportation planning, analysis of enrollment trends. We can help you design appropriate data bases, and can also train staff in how to use software and hardware that can help your district manage information and resources. Provide on-line access: ARC can directly communicate with institutions via modem to decrease travel expenses and provide efficient access to information. Call us for information and demonstrations.

Institutions of Higher Learning on ARC's Client List:

• University of New Mexico
• New Mexico State University and Doña Ana, Carlsbad and Grants Branch Campuses
• Albuquerque T-VI
• Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
• Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus
• Haskell Indian Junior College
• University of California, Davis Campus Medical Center

ARC's School District Clients:

• Albuquerque Public Schools
• Santa Fe Public Schools
• Las Cruces Public Schools
• Taos Municipal Schools
• Grants-Cibola County Schools
• Moriarty Municipal Schools
• Jemez Valley Public Schools
• Roswell Public Schools
• Socorro Consolidated Schools
• Carlsbad Municipal Schools
• Nye County Schools, Nevada
• Ganado Public Schools, Arizona
• Bayfield Public Schools, Colorado
• New Mexico School for the Deaf
• Ramah-Pinehill Schools
• Dunseith Day School, North Dakota
• St. Pius High School, Albuquerque
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (various locations nationwide)

Facilities master planning is a process for making timely decisions about institutional assets to meet institutional needs. Planning of institutional assets identifies how those physical assets can be developed, maintained and enhanced to meet institutional goals. It answers the following questions:

• What is the asset base?
• What are the physical conditions of the facilities?
• Are land/facilities adequate for existing functions? projected functions and growth? Do they meet ADA regulations?
• What capital improvements are required to meet needs?
  Should land be purchased/sold to meet institutional needs?
• What needs are most important?
• What are funding sources?
• How should needs be communicated in a manner useful for securing funds?
• How should assets be maintained to retain their value and functionality?