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

In the design/build process, an owner asks an architect to team up with a builder to provide both design and construction services at a fixed price. Design/build procedures, used successfully in Jefferson County, Colorado, to provide facilities that satisfy school district needs in quality, cost, and fast delivery, are described. An editorial…

This report provides a survey of existing policies and procedures for Massachusetts school planning and construction processes; and explains systems building as a set of procedures, the most important of which procedures are market aggregation and component prebidding. The importance of systems building in reducing construction costs and improving…

The increasing complexity of school building requirements makes it important that educators clearly understand the nature of their role in the school planning process. This review surveys 21 documents and journal articles previously announced in RIE and CIJE that discuss the educator's role as it relates to the selection and duties of the…