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Download full textClark, 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
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. School Planning and Building Research Section. – 1969
This report contains speeches and notes of workshop participants meeting to discuss improvement of the design and construction of elementary and secondary school facilities. Participants included educators, architects, engineers, and contractors. Twenty-two selections cover such topics as planning coordination for school construction, cost control…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Systems
1977
This publication is the design development presentation for an energy-conserving elementary school building proposed for Alief, Texas. Some of the energy conservation features presented in this proposal include: (1) wind powered emergency electrical system; (2) complete insulation resulting in a building with an over-all U factor of .04; (3) air…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Building Systems, Climate Control
Davis, Albert J.; Schubert, Robert P. – 1977
This publication provides a discussion of various energy conserving building systems and design alternatives. The information presented here covers alternative space and water heating systems, and energy conserving building designs incorporating these systems and other energy conserving techniques. Besides water, wind, solar, and bio conversion…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Building Design, Building Systems, Climate
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. – 1967
A SET OF PROCEDURES, GUIDELINES, AND FORMS USED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR PLANNING SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS. THE SET RANGES FROM PROJECT APPLICATIONS TO FINAL COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS, AND INCLUDES ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, COMPONENT SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT EVALUATION, INSPECTIONS AND SITE SELECTION. (FO)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Costs, Educational Finance
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
McLeod, Ferrara, and Ensign, Washington, DC. – 1970
This report presents two proposed facility designs for the only regional community college in Maryland as well as the program objectives and the nature of the planned 2-year program. Recognizing the need for paraprofessional education at the junior college level, Chesapeake College proposes to embark on a major marine technicians training program.…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Building Systems, Campus Planning
California Univ., Berkeley. – 1971
This report, the third in a series which presents the results of a systems analysis of the problem of providing science and engineering buildings at the university level, is a technical manual for using the Academic Building Systems (ABS) approach in programing, designing, and constructing such facilities. The document presents (1) planning…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Plans, Building Systems, College Buildings
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
Clarke, Robin A. – 1969
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a feasibility study of industrialized building method utilization in school construction. The 3-part format attempts to define the conditions necessary for the satisfactory operation of an industrialized building system for the benefit of the community; explain the conditions relevant to…
Descriptors: Architects, Bids, Building Design, Building Obsolescence
Berendt, Raymond D.; And Others – 1967
The control of noise on buildings is discussed extensively in this document, incorporating a broad range of criteria appropriate for isolating air borne, impact, and structure-borne noise associated with residential construction. Subject areas include--(1) noise types, sources, and transmission, (2) general principles of noise control, (3)…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Air Conditioning, Building Design
Sinnamon, Ian T. – 1976
This study presents an overview of collected literature relevant to school buildings, or building in general, in disaster-prone areas, together with some discussion of the role that school buildings, as a universally present community asset, may play in situations of crisis. The natural disasters referred to in this study include cyclones and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Annotated Bibliographies, Building Design, Climate
Sharkey, Jeff – 1989
This competency-based module uses the Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools curriculum-infused model for infusing basic skills instruction into vocational education. The model demonstrates the relationship of vocational skills to communication, mathematics, and science. The document begins with a philosophy statement; preface; a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Building Design, Building Plans, Building Systems
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
Davis, Ronald; Yancey, Bruce – 1982
Designed to be used as a supplement to a two-book course in basic drafting, these instructional materials consisting of 14 units cover the process of drawing all working drawings necessary for residential buildings. The following topics are covered in the individual units: introduction to architectural drafting, lettering and tools, site…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Architectural Drafting, Behavioral Objectives, Building Design
