Most UK universities can trace their current management information systems back to significant investments made in the 1990s, largely fuelled by concerns about the millenium bug and a change from character interfaces to graphical user interfaces following the introduction of the personal computer. It was during this period that institutions also…

Innovative planning and performance specifications cut New Jersey's costs by a third. (Author)

Efficient management and construction techniques enabled the district to economically complete ten schools that have different exteriors. (MLF)

Systems building worked well for Boston's ambitious program, but the project manager tells why he thinks it won't work elsewhere. (Author)

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)

New developments in the building industry meet the cost-time-quality challenge. (Author)

The New York City Prototype Schools Program was initiated in 1987 as one of the strategies to design and build new facilities more quickly and at a reasonable cost. The prototype school building features five different blocks that can be configured in a variety of ways to meet individual site requirements. (MLF)