LCA Craft and Design case studies
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The LCA Craft and Design specialty examination is aimed at court administrators and facility professionals who shape how a courthouse actually works: how space is programmed, how courtrooms are laid out, how people move safely through the building, and how the physical plant is paid for and maintained over decades. The content is practical rather than abstract. The LCA Craft and Design case studies are 5 cases and about 3,079 words.
1Five Courtrooms for Seven Judges: Capacity, Peaks, and the Jury Assembly Trade-off
A county is planning a courthouse expansion for seven judges but currently has five courtrooms, each available 220 court days per year for seven hours. The planning team projects 4,200 new filings annually, an average of 2.0 hearings per filing, and 35 minutes per hearing.
603 words, about 3 min2Historic Courtroom Renovation: Column, Sightlines, and Secure Circulation
A 1920s courthouse courtroom is 11 m by 8 m with a 4.2 m ceiling. The judge's bench sits on a 750 mm dais against the east wall.
641 words, about 3 min3Screening Bottleneck and Evacuation Across a Six-Lane Road
A four-storey urban courthouse handles 700 visitors and 350 staff daily. The only public entrance has two screening lanes, each nominally processing 150 persons per hour, but baggage and medical devices reduce that to about 110 in practice.
568 words, about 3 min4Accessibility Retrofit in a Historic Courthouse: Participation Before Entry
A 1920s courthouse is being renovated with a limited accessibility budget. The main public counter is 1,100 mm high with a 900 mm-wide section.
561 words, about 3 min5Basement Records Center and Evidence Room After a Mold Event
A courthouse records center in a basement stores 12,000 linear feet of paper case files and an adjacent evidence room. Temperature ranges from 24°C to 27°C and relative humidity from 65% to 75%, with summer spikes.
706 words, about 4 min