Utah Code Title 63A. Utah Government Operations Code § 63A-5b-502. Programming

(i) researching criteria applicable to the scope and purpose of an anticipated project;

(ii) identifying the scale of the project and the type of facilities and the level of specialized functions that will be required;

(iii) identifying and prioritizing values and goals that will impact the project, including institutional purposes, growth objectives, and cultural, technological, temporal, aesthetic, symbolic, economic, environmental, safety, sustainability, and other relevant criteria;

(iv) evaluating functional efficiency, user comfort, building economics, environmental sustainability, and visual quality;

(v) identifying objectives for the project, including such elements as image, efficiencies, functionality, cost, and schedule;

(vi) identifying and evaluating the constraints that will have an impact on the project such as legal requirements, financial constraints, location, access, visibility, and building services;

(vii) developing standards such as area allowances, space allocation, travel distances, and furniture and equipment requirements;

(viii) establishing general space quality standards related to such elements as lighting levels, equipment performance, acoustical requirements, security, and aesthetics;

(ix) identifying required spaces;

(x) establishing sizes and relationships;

(xi) establishing space efficiency factors or the ratio of net square footage to gross square footage;  and

(xii) documenting particular space requirements such as special HVAC, plumbing, power, lighting, acoustical, furnishings, equipment, or security needs.

(i) an executive summary;

(ii) documentation of the methodology used to develop the programming;

(iii) value and goal statements;

(iv) relevant facts upon which the programming was based;

(v) conclusions derived from data analysis;

(vi) relationship diagrams;

(vii) flow diagrams;

(viii) matrices identifying space allocations and relationships;

(ix) space listings by function and size;  and

(x) space program sheets, including standard requirements and special HVAC, plumbing, power, lighting, acoustical, furnishings, equipment, or security needs.