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SPACE Surgeons find better ways to treat nerve compression disorder that can sideline athletes Gut microbes at root of severe malnutrition in kids WUSTL leaders urge action on sequester threat Doctor wins NIH prize for ideas to restore vision . New User Training Space Survey 2014
Space Survey – 2014Overview • Purpose • The Survey Process • WebSpace • Specific Issues • Reporting • Schedule • Resources/Contacts
Space Survey – 2014Purpose • A Space use survey is the process of assigning functional use categories, such as instruction and organized research, to each room the University owns or leases • Space survey (how) vs space inventory (what) • The information used for • Rent calculations • Clinical Space Charge • Space Co-op • Productivity & utilization metrics • MTDC ($s) / NASF (department & investigator) • NASF / headcount (department & investigator) • Financial statement allocations • Back up data for emergency planning • Determine room usage for F&A proposal to the federal government – next base year is FY 16 • Medicare cost reporting (BJC)
Space Survey – 2014Purpose • Space productivity & utilization metric example
Space Survey – 2014Basic Considerations • Room specific • Functional use percentages must reflect the specific activities performed in each room • Arbitrary percentages, such as averages or repeating percentages, are not acceptable • Room “clusters” are acceptable • Knowledge of activities in the room • The person completing the survey for a specific room should “walk the space” and must have first-hand knowledge about: • Who occupies the room • The funding sources of the occupants • The activities conducted in the room
Space Survey – 2014Basic Considerations • Survey period • Activities in the room for the entire fiscal year, not a point in time • Survey starts before the end of the fiscal year, so consideration should be given to anticipated activity for the remainder of the year • Documentation • Facilitates the review process-how & why a room was coded • Management of time & effort • Functional use levels that are accurate, material, & supportable • Some space is easier to code than others • Minimize time spent analyzing less complex space • Allow time for review process
Space Survey – 2014Basic Considerations • Verify accuracy of the space inventory • Contact Keith Van Booven if there have been renovations that have not been reported • Room number, square footage, department, room type • Consider the type of room to determine the approach • Analyze the activities in the room to determine how the room should be coded
Space Survey – 2014Survey Process – Lab Space • Determine occupants • Faculty/staff • Students • Include those not paid by the university • Visiting faculty, hospital staff, unpaid students – code as instruction, other institutional activity (OIA), clinical, or external activity as appropriate • Determine funding sources of the occupants • Relationship between funding sources and activities • Determine how the occupants use the room • A person can work in multiple rooms and be doing different activities in each room • For example, a faculty member may use a research lab for organized research & a classroom for instruction • Proportionate use of space • Amount of time • Working full time (1.0 FTE) vs part time (FTE less than 1.0) • Working the entire year vs part of the year
Space Survey – 2014Survey Process – Other Rooms • Support rooms • Average functional use of the rooms supported • Service Room feature in WebSpace • Conference rooms • Code as joint use • Offices • Code according to the specific functional use of the room • Identify occupants, funding sources, and activities in the room • Instructional space • Classrooms & class labs are normally coded 100% instruction
Space Survey – 2014WebSpace • Roles • Department Coordinator (DC) • Sub Department Coordinator (Sub DC) • Inventory Coordinator (IC) • Surveyor • Audit DC – reporting only • Audit Sub DC – reporting only
Space Survey – 2014WebSpace • Inventory • PI/PO (Principal Investigator/Principal Occupant) • Occupants • Edit Room • Survey • Reporting • Clustering Rooms • Service Rooms
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • WebSpace Reporting
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • Space Datamart (VERSA/RAPS) Reporting • DCs and SubDCs in FY12 were given access • New DCs and SubDCs, and any other WebSpace user (Inventory Coordinator, Surveyor, Audit) must request access • DCs and SubDCs do not have to specify departments when they submit the form, they are given access based on WebSpace departments • Other WebSpace users must specify the department when they submit the form, as do others that are not WebSpace users. • Department on the request form means the WebSpace department or sub department • Request form available in WebSpace Training Documents and Space Utilization web site • https://repsvcs-prod.wustl.edu/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • Space Datamart (VERSA/RAPS) Reporting
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • Space Datamart (VERSA/RAPS) Reporting • Current Space/Inventory Only Folder • IDC Function Reports Folder
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • Space Datamart (VERSA/RAPS) Reporting • Multiple Year Reports folder • Occupant Reports folder
Space Survey – 2014Reporting • Space Datamart (VERSA/RAPS) Reporting • WebFocus Reports folder
Space Survey – 2014SSF/Recharge Center • Specialized service facilities/recharge centers • Mark room as recharge on edit screen • Payroll funds will be assigned function code 85 • Rooms will need to be split if the recharge center/SSF activity is not the only activity in the room (also if not the only recharge center in the room) • The business manager or center manager should be assigned as PI/PO, not a faculty member • Survey will be based on billing data - Cost Analysis will complete the survey • Examples of Recharge Centers included in appendix C • Animal facilities • Space used by departments that is not SSF space will not be assigned to the departments • Will be split by PI but not department • Departments will not be responsible for inventory or survey • Survey will be based on billings
Space Survey – 2014Split Rooms • Splitting / Un-splitting a room • Rooms can be un-split only during the inventory process in WebSpace • If any of the splits on a room have been surveyed, the survey(s) must be dropped for the entire room in order to un-split. • Complete room splits by May 16 • Contact Keith VanBooven or Carrie Slamafor assistance
Space Survey – 2014Split Rooms • What Space Belongs to a PI: • Office Space • Faculty Office • Administrative Office/Workstations • Staff/ Student / Computational workstations • Lab Space • Wet Lab Space: • Multiple labs / Multiple occupants / Multiple activities • Dry Lab Space • % of Service Rooms (research common rooms)- split by Dept / PI based on equipment or headcount or usage • Tissue Culture Room • Cold Room • Dark Room • Glass Washing Room • Equipment Room • Microscope Room • Other Lab Service Rooms Note: Do not include conference rooms, collaborative spaces or break rooms unless assigned 100% to an individual investigator
Space Survey – 2014Service Rooms • WebSpace will automatically calculate the survey percentages of a service room by applying a weighted average to all benefiting rooms that have been surveyed. • Service Rooms are those rooms that provide support or service to other regular rooms (benefiting room) • Rooms will be noted within WebSpace • Room Types 254 - Dark Room 315 - Office Service (new this year) 255 - Non-Class Lab Service 325 - Admin Office Service (new this year) 256 - Glass Wash 335 - Faculty Office Service (new this year) 257 - Warm Room 345 - Office Service Corridor Space (new this year) 258 - Cold Room 355 - Conference Room Service (new this year) 259 - Electron Microscope 260 - Cold Room
Space Survey – 2014Service Rooms • Benefiting Rooms are those rooms that benefit or use the services of a service room • Examples • 250 Non Class Wet Lab • 251 Non Class Dry Lab • 252 Non Class Electronic Data Processing Laboratory • 270 BSL3 Laboratory • 271 BSL3 – Ag Laboratory • You can attach additional benefiting rooms to a service room at any time and the survey for the service room will be updated. • You can remove benefiting rooms at any time and the survey for the service room will be updated. • Contact Carrie Slama for assistance with adding or removing rooms.
Space Survey – 2014Service Rooms • Split Service Rooms by Department/PI • Service rooms should be split by Dept or PI based on their % of usage in the room • For Example - 4 Departments / PI share the Glass Washing Room on the floor, room should be split 4 ways • Service rooms should be split by PI based on their % of usage in the room • PI/PO for each split should be identified. • For Example - 4 PI share the Glass Washing Room on the floor, room should be split 4 ways • Occupants are not necessary in Service Rooms • Do not include service rooms in clusters • A cluster can be a benefiting room for a service room
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • FTE • Source is the FTE in HRMS • Adjusted FTEs • If the FTE is 0 in HRMS and the individual was paid, an adjusted FTE will be calculated • The FTE will be adjusted for any employee that did not work the entire year using the start and/or end date to calculate an adjusted FTE • Occupant with 0 FTE & No payroll in HRMS will now have 1.0 FTE with 84-No Account Function. • % Time (in room) • 1.0 FTE x 50% time in room = .50 • 0.5 FTE x 100% time in room = .50 • Cumulative Time % • % Time does not automatically equal % of payroll - do not automatically use copy function
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • “Assignee” Department/”Occupant” Department • A room can be ASSIGNED to only ONE department or unit • The assignments have loosened over the years and should be checked and cleaned up. If space is ASSIGNED to one department but OCCUPIED by another, it may be prudent to implement a memo of understanding (MOU) to document the loan terms, discuss with your business manager. • Spreadsheet distributed with assignee department and occupant department information • VERSA/RAPS report – Building – By Room – Occupant Dept & Assignee Dept • A room can be OCCUPIED by MULTIPLE departments and investigators • If the room is in the laboratory setting (room type 200 series) and shared by multiple investigators, split the room according to the investigator usage • If a portion of the split is unoccupied/unused for the entire year, assign this split to the unit business manager and identify as inactive (IDC 93) and check the End of Year status box (EOY) as ‘N’ if anticipated as inactive for next FY.
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • Current occupant flag in WebSpace • The default is • Uncheck the box if the occupant is not using the space at the end of the year • This information is used: • For the HEADCOUNT data included in the annual bench research analysis • To load occupants for the FY 15 space survey • Occupants are not required for all rooms • Rooms that are not used as permanent work areas (exam rooms, classrooms, etc) • Conference Rooms / Lounge • Common Support/Service Rooms (ie: Glass Wash/Dark Room)
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • What activities/funding sources are going on in this space? • An occupant can be working on multiple activities (funding sources) in a given space • For example, a faculty member may use a research lab for organized research & a classroom for instruction • Make sure to identify the funding source for the activities in the room (correct fund numbers) • Split the room if the occupant’s activities in that room are from multiple funding sources and those funding sources are from either different department, different PI or associated with a recharge center • Split by department • Split by PI – using funding source of occupants • Split recharge center space by % of use
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • OSA (other sponsored) activity (function code 83) normally takes place in an office or clinical setting • If a wet lab (room type 250) is coded with this function code, verify that OSA activity is in fact occurring in this setting. • Verify that the account profile is correct. Contact the Med School Finance Office with any questions.
Space Survey – 2014Specific Issues • Vacant space • Should only be coded as inactive (function code 93) if it was vacant the entire year • Assign the business manager as PI/PO • Note in the comments section if space is being held for a recruit in FY 15 • Do not split rooms for space inactive for part of the year • If the space is expected to be inactive in FY 15, place an ‘N’ in the EOY status field. • EOY status flag on the edit screen • Default is Y
Space Survey – 2014Schedule • Room Splits & Room Inventory - complete by Friday, May 16 • Survey - complete by Monday, June 16 • Central Review and Department clean up - complete by mid July • Final data for financial reports and space analysis – late July • Hands on sessions • Thursday, April 17 • Tuesday, April 29 • Thursday, May 15
Space Survey – 2014Workload Planning • Research areas (Dry & Wet) / MAIN FOCUS – • Investigator Lab Suite (dedicated & % of shared rooms) • Occupants (retrospective FY & point in time June 30th, 2014) • Funding Sources tied to rooms or Lab Suite • IDC % as appropriate to activities • Clinical areas – Renewed Effort to provide backup information for Emergency Preparedness • PO (manager for space) • Occupants (identify if their permanent/only home is in the clinical area) • Academic/Administrative areas – Renewed Effort to provide backup information for Emergency Preparedness & Space Planning • PO (manager for space) • Occupants
Space Survey – 2014Contact Information • Rebecca Waltman, 286-1057, waltmanr@wustl.edu • Keith Van Booven, 362-8146, vanboovk@wustl.edu • Carrie Slama, 935-5726, cslama@wustl.edu • Chuck Wuensch, 935-5713, charles_wuensch@wustl.edu
Space Survey – 2014 • Appendix A – Service Rooms • Appendix B – Survey Instructions • Appendix C – Recharge Center List • Appendix D - Sources • Room Type codes: http://space.wustl.edu/defs.html • IDC codes: http://space.wustl.edu/costcodes.html
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms BENEFITING ROOMS Inventory / Survey SERVICE ROOMS Inventory and Attached Room to the appropriate Benefiting Room * Lab Space can only be clustered if the same occupants and same funding activity is occurring in all the space
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms • Step 1: Service Rooms should be inventoried in the same manner as any other room. • If multiple PIs use the service room, the room should be split by PI • No occupants are required for a Service Room, however, you can certainly add them if you wish.
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms • Step 2: Inventory must be complete for any benefiting room(s) prior to assigning these rooms to a service room. • In the example below, the inventory is complete on the 250 Wet Lab & the 257 Warm Room. Also, the warm room is a split room by PI/PO
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Room - Access • Step 3: Accessing Service Rooms & assigning the benefiting rooms • Only the DC & Sub DC roles will have access to assign the benefiting rooms to a service room. If you only have the Inventory / Surveyor role you will need to contact your Sub DC for your department.
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms - Assigning • Step 4: Assigning Benefiting Rooms to Service Rooms after inventory completed • Click on the Service Module on the left side of the Home Page of WebSpace. A list of Service rooms will appear. • Select the service room or rooms you will be assigning benefiting rooms; click proceed. • The Service Room (room# 6620) has been split by PI. Only select the PI split you wish to attach the benefiting rooms (Lab Space) to.
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms - Assigning • Step 4: Assigning Benefiting Rooms to Service Rooms after inventory completed • A list of benefiting rooms will appear. Select the benefiting rooms you wish to attached to the service room • Room# 6619 (250-Non Class Wet Lab) was selected as a Benefiting Room. Note, the PI listed is Sharon Tomiser, which is the same as the Service Room – Room# 6620^01 Select Room
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms - Assigning • Step 4: Assigning Benefiting Rooms to Service Rooms after inventory completed • The Service Rooms – Room# 6611^01 & 6620^01 will automatically be surveyed when the benefiting room(s)’ survey is completed. Note, the survey status is now complete The #1 listed under the Service Column is the number of benefiting rooms attached to the service room. The Benefiting Room is Room# 06619 – Non Class Wet Lab
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms Room# 06611^01 Service Room; 255 – Non Class Lab Service Room# 06619 Benefiting Room; 250 – Non Class Wet Lab
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms Room# 06620^01 Service Room; 257 – Warm Room Room# 06619 Benefiting Room; 250 – Non Class Wet Lab
Space Survey – 2014Appendix A: Service Rooms • Do I have to use the service room feature of attaching a benefiting room? • It is highly recommended that you use the Service Room feature in WebSpace. • Accuracy of the survey. • By not using this feature, the system will direct the user straight to the Survey Screen, where functionality can be specified, bypassing the payroll process. If the room is surveyed with the functionality of Organized Research, you will be required to enter the Organized Research account(s) associated with the service room
Space Survey – 2014Appendix B: Survey Process • The survey process is specific for each room and involves the following steps: • Step#1: Viewing payroll distribution for each occupant & identifying which accounts/projects are taking place in each room
Space Survey – 2014Appendix B: Survey Process Occupant #1 has his own funding If all activities were taking place in this room, split by PI
Space Survey – 2014Appendix B: Survey Process • Step#2: Specifying the % of time each occupant expends in each room on each activity during the fiscal year • What do we know about Occupant #1? • Multiple payroll sourcing from 3 different PIs • Payroll associated with Principal #1 is only 3%
Space Survey – 2014Appendix B: Survey Process • Principal #1 only spent 10% of his time in this room working on organized research activities, even though 66% of the pay is on organized research sources. The remaining time spent on organized research activities could be going on in an office or another lab.