Keith Fentress
Keith Fentress is the founder and president of Fentress Incorporated, bringing a wealth of expertise in assessment, planning, and space programming projects. His professional strengths encompass change management, program evaluation, and business process improvement, reflecting his commitment to delivering innovative and effective solutions. Outside of his professional endeavors, he is passionate about adventure travel and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking with his dogs, canoeing, and snorkeling.
Today, I will talk about how important it is to perform a needs assessment, focusing on how proper planning from a courthouse improvement project's beginning phase can avoid wasted time and extra expenses as the project progresses through its subsequent phases.
Architectural firms and court planning consultants have both unique and overlapping skill sets. If you are concerned that your courthouse is overcrowded and out of space, which should you hire to plan for future space needs and courthouse planning?
After years of
courthouse planning, it is still painful to go into a courthouse where the operations, security, and image of the court are suffering due to the need for more space. In my experience, ten common symptoms indicate that a courthouse has inadequate space for all the court components.
Courtroom sharing is a controversial issue considered by courts all over the country. Most of the courts I work with have one courtroom per judge. However, in an effort to save space and associated costs, the possibility of courtroom sharing frequently arises during
courtroom planning.
For many years, I assessed courthouses, and additional file storage has been a common need for court and related components. The introduction of electronic filing and imaging has now reduced storage in many courts, and I find more courts with reduced filing needs and even vacant file rooms. This...
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