To help ensure that projects are successfully completed, many architectural firms have gone to a project manager. The project manager is responsible for pulling together a team of individuals to complete the project and is given total control of the entire project. (Author)

Management planning consultants recommended procedural changes to improve the Baltimore school building program. (Author)

One of the newer management systems used in school construction is design build bidding. It is most useful where no conflict exists, where the only goal is to get the least expensive building, and where no user input is desirable. It is not desirable if the building needs flexibility for future needs, or if there is concern for life-cycle cost.…