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American School and University, 1982
Spokane (Washington) School District No. 81 has replaced 12 obsolete elementary schools and enlarged a thirteenth. A design competition involving three consortia of 10 local architectural firms and the use of a prototype design for all 12 new schools saved the school district about $8 million from the original estimate. (MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, School Buildings
American School and University, 1979
A school building project in Spokane, Washington, will replace 12 inner-city elementary schools, expand a thirteenth, and construct a new high school. Substantial cost savings in both materials and design are expected to result from adapting a prototype design to existing sites. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMaryland State Interagency Committee on School Construction, Baltimore. – 1993
In October 1992, Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer established a 21-member task force to conduct an in-depth study and review 8 specific areas of the state's public school construction program. This report summarizes the committee's activities, findings, and recommendations. The first recommendation, to review project requests from the 24…
Descriptors: Committees, Construction Programs, Costs, Educational Facilities Planning
Mervis, Sybil Stern – Illinois Libraries, 1995
Describes the Danville Public Library's (Illinois) planning and implementation of a groundbreaking ceremony and provides guidelines for the process. Highlights include early planning, the planning staff, publicity, videotaping, selecting a convenient time, decorations, invitations, knowing individual responsibilities, commemorative items, and a…
Descriptors: Ceremonies, Construction Programs, Guidelines, Library Development
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. Center for Building Technology. – 1979
This document is a report of a U.S. team visit to France in 1977 to observe and study French educational facility design, construction, and utilization. The report is written by the individual team members and deals with elements of the educational program, particularly as it related to the building program. Some of the topics include educational…
Descriptors: Building Design, Community Involvement, Construction Programs, Educational Facilities
Peer reviewedPerlman, Daniel; Ortis, Arlette – Planning for Higher Education, 1993
Considerations in the planning and construction of overseas college campuses are discussed, and the process followed by Webster University (Missouri) in developing four European campuses is described. Special issues arising in the conversion of one location from leased facilities to an institution-owned site, including zoning and construction…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Planning, Construction Programs, Educational Facilities Planning
Washington State Library, Olympia. Library Development Div. – 1988
Prepared as a planning guide, this document presents goals, objectives, and proposed activities to improve library services in the state of Washington. The long range plan for 1989-1993 is designed to serve as a framework for the annual programs during the 5-year period which are supported, fully or partially, with Library Services and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Construction Programs, Federal Aid, Library Services
