Discusses the interaction necessary between architects and educators in the formulation of user requirements for school facilities. (JF)

Raises a number of questions to consider when planning a large group learning environment in which "the space developed will support rather than impede learning. (Author/LS)

A Colorado school district employs a professional consulting firm to give an unbiased opinion on the district's roofing needs. Built-up, single-ply, and modified asphalt roofing systems have all been utilized. Preventive maintenance keeps roofing bills to a minimum. (MLF)

Facility analysis, an examination of a higher education complex, its buildings, and their relations in the systematic self-appraisal of the present and future competence of the institution and its ability to perform its mission, is discussed. (MLW)

Carefully organized and effectively implemented predesign activities offer long-term benefits in planning or improving a science building. A number of the predesign studies described were used in planning the Center of Science and Technology at Iona College (New York). (Author/MLF)

A roof audit reveals both short- and long-term roof problems. A list of roofs that must be replaced, their cost, and a time schedule for replacement will prevent multiple simultaneous failures. (Author/MLF)

Educational specifications for a Columbus, Ohio, high school were realized in the designs for a library learning center, a performing arts center, and a system of ramps to handle the major circulation around the academic areas of the building. (MLF)

Describes requirements for existing educational facilities under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and addresses issues such as guidelines for children, wheelchair-accessible and ambulatory stalls, areas without their own section in the standards, assistive listening devices in auditoriums, ramp slope, emergency evacuation planning,…

Contends that preparation programs in educational administration usually do not directly cover facility planning or construction, or the assessment and maintenance of existing facilities. Suggests areas to be addressed in an educational facilities planning course. (12 references) (MLF)

New non-voice services (sometimes also called information services) and the possibilities of telecommunication networks to support them are described in this state-of-the-art review. It begins with a summary of the various data transmission techniques, which include several types of data transmission over the telephone network: general, telegraph…

Examines the ways in which different forms of interpreting can be practiced in the language laboratory, and implications for teaching strategies and laboratory design. (AM)