University of Southern California

The Office of Planning and Design provides assistance to the academic units with programming and space planning for design and construction projects. The department also assist with facilities coordination such as hot/cold calls, lights, etc., move coordination including furniture reconfiguration, new furniture planning, and phone & data moves, adds, changes, and key coordination.

Provost Planning & Design is part of Provost Shared Services, a group of five business units within the Office of the Provost which provide strategic expertise on a wide range of business, technology and personnel functions.

As a part of Provost Shared Services, we are your committed business partner to deliver the highest standard of operational and administrative services. We seek to do this by engaging with you through our Guiding Principles.

We are here to listen to you.
You can be assured that your interests will be fully considered. We strive to handle all issues effectively and responsively, and within a reasonable time frame.

We are committed to you.
You can expect us to work with you with integrity, transparency, and open communication. We seek to understand the unique nature of each of your areas and work to support your mission and vision.

We value your collaboration.
We appreciate working together to creatively and innovatively solve shared problems. Our commitment to you is reflected in our values as we seek to foster a mutually respectful working collaboration.

We look to grow our partnership.
We seek to work with you on continuously growing and improving our partnership. As needed, we will reevaluate our work together to ensure it continues to be aligned with our shared mission and values.

Mandeep Bhari, Associate Provost, Planning and Design
mbhari@provost.usc.edu
(213) 740-3049

Ian McCully, Facilities Manager
mccully@usc.edu
(213) 821-0707

Dr. Felicia Pratt, Facilities Manager
DC Central Office
701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 540
Washington DC 20004
fpratt@usc.edu
(202) 824-5881

Office of the Provost, Planning and Design
837 Downey Way, STO 309A
213-821-4577