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Download full textCrossey, R. E. – 1969
Building design, planning, and construction programing for modular decentralized mechanical building systems are outlined in terms of costs, performance, expansion and flexibility. Design strategy, approach, and guidelines for implementing such systems for buildings are suggested, with emphasis on mechanical equipment and building element…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Construction Needs, Costs
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1963
ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE BASICALLY SHELTER STRUCTURES. THEIR ELEMENTARY COMPONENTS ARE (1) STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, (2) WEATHER PROTECTION ELEMENTS, (3) MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS, (4) FINISHING ELEMENTS, AND (5) BUILT-IN EQUIPMENT. THE CHOICE OF BUILDING SYSTEMS IS DEPENDENT ON (1) SUBSOIL CONDITIONS, (2) SITE CONTOURS, AND (3) CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.…
Descriptors: Building Design, Construction Costs, Construction Needs, Educational Facilities Design
American Inst. of Steel Construction, Inc., New York, NY. – 1962
In view of the cost of structural framing for school buildings, ten steel-framed schools are examined to review the economical advantages of steel for school construction. These schools do not resemble each other in size, shape, arrangement or unit cost; some are original in concept and architecture, and others are conservative. Cost and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Materials
Clark, Donald H. – Studies in Management, 1972
Academic Building Systems (ABS) is an architectural planning and design method which allows the construction owner to respond to the need for less expensive structures, economically adaptable to the changing conditions of the academic world, by providing the owner with the maximum controls over the variable cost factors in educational facility…
Descriptors: Building Design, Construction Costs, Construction Industry, Cost Effectiveness
Callender, John H.; Aureli, Giles – 1960
An in-depth study of public housing in New York focuses almost exclusively upon the cost analysis aspect of decision. The costs of various construction techniques, design arrangements, and materials have been collected and analyzed. The stated aim of the report is to reduce cost as much as possible, with user comfort being a secondary…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Plans, Buildings
State Univ. Construction Fund, Albany, NY. – 1969
Performance criteria for the physical facilities of universities are reviewed to establish an understanding of the principles, policies and requirements that form the basis for an organized approach to building and site planning, development, design and construction. Guidelines are given emphasizing the designer's responsibility to analyze the…
Descriptors: Building Design, Campus Planning, Communications, Design
