An interview with the president of a construction management firm reveals how time and money can be saved through value engineering, scheduling, and cost control. (Author)

College planners turned to the use of systems building, fast-track planning, and construction management to produce a 1,000-student, first-phase campus in 20 months. (Author)

Information is presented regarding costs of inexpensive types of clear-span structures that enclose areas used for recreational and athletic activities. The costs of seven distinct types of readily available structures, and several variations of two of them, are analyzed and compared. These costs, including the charges for financing, operation,…

This review presents an analysis of the literature concerning the growth of systems building programs in education and reports on the conclusions of numerous architects and educators that the systems-built school may well be the only cost-effective answer available to today's educational facilities needs. The terms "building systems" and "systems…

The Construction Systems Program (CSP) is the management process utilized in the construction of additions to four schools in the Detroit School District. The objectives of CSP were (1) to reduce the time required to plan and construct new buildings and additions, (2) to reduce the cost of new buildings and additions, and (3) to maintain or…

This brochure provides statistical bid breakdown for Programs 1A and 2 of the Florida Schoolhouse Systems Project. Tabular information is provided on bidders, compatible building subsystems, bid tabulation by compatibility, "per school" building subsystems, nominated bidders and lump sums, and a comparison of programs 1A and 2 bids. Data…

In this system the most efficient and appropriate technology was applied to the development and assembly of building components. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

A truss fabricated from structural tubes cut costs of a multifunction recreation hall at the University of California's Davis campus. (Author/MLF)

As more and more districts scurry to remodel outdated buildings and individual rooms, the detailed how-to-do-it sometimes gets lost in the overall planning. This article furnishes specific help in ways to remodel economically. (Author/JN)

There have recently been a number of new concepts introduced into the building industry to reduce building costs. In this speech, the author illustrates how three of these new concepts -- construction management, building systems, and value engineering -- can be combined to effect significant reduction in both the initial and the ownership costs…

Building systems can be traced back to a 1516 A.D. project by Leonardo da Vinci and to a variety of prefabrication projects in every succeeding century. When integrated into large and repetitive spatial units through careful design, building systems can produce an architecture of the first order, as evidenced in the award winning design of…

An architect tells how cost monitoring affects the design and building process. Following are case histories of eight schools shown chronologically to reflect the growing design sophistication of his firm. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

This report, the second in a series which present the results of a systems analysis of the problem of providing science and engineering buildings at the university level, is a detailed analysis of California and Indiana buildings. It relates construction costs to performance and includes studies of alteration costs and different space types in…

This report summarizes the results of a program initiated in July of 1967 that was based on the findings and recommendations of the First Phase Report, which was completed in June of 1967. Seventeen different school districts participated in systems programs, and 20 new schools and additions were completed during the 1968-69 school year.…