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River place improvement committee. Report to the owners association board January 2013. Project scope. Increase EC usability and appeal Determine what improvements to the EC are important to residents Update: Floor coverings Paint Equipment Layout Furniture Implement maintenance plan
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River place improvement committee Report to the owners association board January 2013
Project scope • Increase EC usability and appeal • Determine what improvements to the EC are important to residents • Update: • Floor coverings • Paint • Equipment • Layout • Furniture • Implement maintenance plan • Improve communication / signage
Original Design Envisioned: • Less equipment • More expensive machines and minimal inexpensive free weights • Open plan – no built in benches or shelves __________________________ With minimal updates, the EC layout supports: • Duplication of the most popular equipment • Additional equipment that residents have requested
Data collection • Staff recorded usage in various areas for 30 days • Staff provided multi-purpose room rental history for several months • Suggestions solicited in writing at the EC water cooler for several months • Online survey conducted among North building residents and owners
MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM USAGE by reservation Reservations by Time of Day • 16 reservations over 10 months • Reservations increased after price was decreased • Averaging 2 reservations per month
Overall EC usage on a Friday when the multi-purpose room (Movie Theater) was reserved
EC usage – multipurpose room reserved Overall EC usage on a Monday when the multi-purpose room (Movie Theater) was not reserved
Survey results 1. How often do you use the River Place Entertainment Center (gym, billiards, ping pong, foosball, steam room, sauna, locker rooms, and the multi-purpose room)? 52% Regular users 30% Casual users 18% Non-users
Survey results 2. Overall, are you satisfied with your experience using the Entertainment Center, neither satisfied or dissatisfied with it, or dissatisfied with it? 59% Satisfied 32% Neutral 9% Dissatisfied
Survey results 3. Please tell us about your experience with wait times at the Entertainment Center. More wait times reported than anticipated
Survey results 4. What features of the Entertainment Center are important to you? Everything is important Highest importance correlates with highest wait times reported
Floors and walls • Update floor coverings • Use gym floor on lower level • Replace carpet on upper level • Patch and paint • Add mirrors along entire free weight area
Update layout and equipment • Move ping pong and foosball to multi-purpose room • Remove: • Bookcase • Built-in benches • Wall between men’s locker room and sauna • Add: • Elliptical machines, bikes, and rowing machine • Updated/additional resistance machines • Additional free weights • Mats, medicine balls, pull-up bar • Furniture in multi-purpose room and foyer
Equipment list • 2 new cross-trainers, iPod compatible • Cable cross-over station • Power cage • Kettlebell set • Medicine balls • Wireless FM transmitters and receivers • Chin-up and dip bars • Mats for stretching • More
PROJECT SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS • 2012 Data Collection • January 2013 Design • February 2013 Quotes • March 2013 Construction • April 2013 Develop Maintenance Plan and make post-implementation adjustments • May 2013 Project complete
Maintenance plan • Equipment numbered and labeled • User feedback mechanism with accountability • Usage monitoring (machines do this automatically) • Machine rotations • Regular maintenance
Potential future improvements • New programming in multi-purpose room: • Classes • Redskins games • Partition multi-purpose room • Re-design foyer to enable social usage • Swimming pool updates in resort spa style • Improve website so content does not become stale • Make pedestrian area in center of property into Main Street River Place with streetscape improvements: planters, lighting, seating…