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Manderville, L. E. – Building Research, 1974
Today's 868 foundries are designed around the equipment necessary for maximum production and safety. It follows that any change in the product manufactured has a definite effect on the building that houses it. Therefore, it is necessary that development of metrication in the construction industry must be coordinated with its development in…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Facility Planning
Agostini, Edward J. – Building Research, 1972
Discusses the management process: (1) problem definition, (2) development of alternative solutions, and (3) decisionmaking and implementation in facilities planning. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements
Price, Cedric – Building Research, 1973
Conference papers presented by leading architects, engineers, and educators concerning the latest developments in air structures, particularly as related to education. BRI-EFL national technical conference. (Columbia, Maryland, May 22-24, 1973.) Discussions center on educational opportunities, economics, technological developments, and the…
Descriptors: Air Structures, Building Design, Conference Reports, Educational Facilities
Griffith, J. W. – Building Research, 1973
Resource optimization in building design is based on the total system over its expected useful life. Alternative environmental systems can be evaluated in terms of resource costs and goal effectiveness. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Energy Conservation
Arnold, Christopher – Building Research, 1972
Presents the history of the URBS program and discusses the convertibility factor of the building system. (MF)
Descriptors: Building Systems, College Housing, Facility Planning, Flexible Facilities
Bahar, Hushang – Building Research, 1972
Predicts that unless space is designed to fit the dynamics and fluctuating educational needs of our century, newly built campuses will become obsolescent even before their dedication date. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Facility Planning, Futures (of Society)
Blake, Robert – Building Research, 1973
Within an accepted process and measures framework, total program cost over the life of the program, including the life of facility(ies) that house the program, provides a rational decisionmaking environment for the accountable managers. (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements, Facility Utilization Research