Innovation & Design Process: Exemplary Performance in Materials & Resources - Planning Chassis Intent Extend the life cycle of existing building materials, finishes, and furniture, conserve resources, reduce waste, and reduce environmental impacts of interior construction and renovation as they relate to materials manufacturing and transport. Requirements To receive an innovation point, the project team will demonstrate that a comprehensive planning chassis design is in place with clear performance goals, including: 1. A statement of purpose describing what the planning chassis design is trying to achieve from a health and environmental standpoint, focusing on reduced material consumption, waste, time, and cost related to "churn". 2. Retention of interior non-structural components, including furniture, through various phases of projected renovation, re-configuration, and churn. 3. A clear set of acceptable performance metrics by which to measure progress or achievement, including plans illustrating extreme variety in terms of configuration, density, function, and work style without the demolition of walls or significant modification of the architecture or finishes. 4. Documentation demonstrating that the planning chassis design results in improved environmental impact, and meets the criteria set forth in #2 above. Submittals 1. Current floor plan showing architectural and furniture elements (standard planning module) that will remain constant, even as the workplace evolves. 2. Projected variations on current floor plan, showing what impacts (demolition, construction, waste, inventory) would be required to achieve each variation. 3. Calculations (similar to MR 1.2 and 1.3) illustrating that each variation would result in compliance with guidelines. Design Approach Based on the program requirements of diverse lines of business within Bank of America, and the projected rate and nature of change within those lines of business, the design team proposed an interior infrastructure, or chassis, that will remain constant from floor to floor, among various lines of business, over time and with an inherent flexibility that allows each line of business to absorb the impact of change and to meet new demands through streamlined modifications. This infrastructure consists of a zoned space plan, modularity of all products, systems and materials, moveable walls, limited hard construction, and a systems and loose furniture "kit of parts". Much like an automobile chassis, the proposed planning concept meets diverse programmatic and work-style requirements, while allowing evolving future work environments to occur with speed and at a minimum cost over a long life cycle. The intent, in addition to meeting the above aesthetic and change management goals, is designed to meet environmental impact objectives, through reduced demolition and construction related to "churn". This strategy is comprehensive in that it will be implemented on all 23 associate floors being renovated in the Bank of America Corporate Center. We request a ruling on whether implementation of this design would achieve an Innovation & Design credit.