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Peer reviewedPlanning for Higher Education, 1972
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)
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Construction Costs, Construction Management, Cost Effectiveness
Ehrenkrantz, Ezra D.; Eckstut, Stanton – American School Board Journal, 1994
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)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Innovation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Design
Sch Manage, 1969
Descriptors: Building Systems, Construction Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Design
Download full textBaas, Alan M. – 1972
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…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Needs
American School and University, 1977
Life-cycle costing helped design a modernization program at four elementary schools in Fairfax County, Virginia. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Systems, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Education
Modern Schools, 1976
Examples of educational facilities using metal buildings to lower construction costs and increase flexibility. (MLF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Climate Control, Cost Effectiveness, Electrical Systems
California Univ., Berkeley. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Systems, College Buildings, Construction Costs
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. – 1972
The major special feature of a planned college building is the application of Academic Building System (ABS) planning concepts to the building design and construction. The primary feature of this approach is total future flexibility of general academic space by use of movable and compatible subsystems. These subsystems appear in the form of…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, College Buildings, College Planning
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1967
This bulletin describes a facility designed to meet the needs of those students who desire to stay in school beyond the minimum leaving age and to satisfy the greater demand for higher education. Part I describes the findings of a planning group from a series of visits to schools and explains how the general conclusions were modified to the…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Building Systems, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Classroom Furniture
Whitworth, Fred E. – 1976
This report is concerned with suggestions for translating changing educational requirements and community needs into appropriate school facilities that are designed, or changed, to be cost beneficial and to conserve energy. Planning guides are offered for the construction and the improvement of elementary and secondary schools. Some preventative…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
