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Ansah, Samuel Kwame; Awere, Eric; Edu-Buandoh, Kobina Badu Micah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Understandably, clients in both the public and the private sectors in Ghanaian construction industry have become increasingly dissatisfied. What they see is unpredictability and under-performance. What they receive is too often of poor quality, late and over-priced. More often contractors enter the construction project focusing on achieving their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Industry, Cooperation, Program Administration
Galvin, Hoyt R.; Asbury, Barbara N. – Library Journal, 1978
A statistical report on 218 public library building projects completed in the USA during the year ending June 30, 1978. Data details on 218 projects are listed in the two tables; nine libraries occupying newly leased space during the year are listed in a third table, but data totals for the leased space are not included in the summary…
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Expenditures, Facility Improvement
Casey, Joseph; And Others – 1981
This study presents a detailed evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), a federal program designed to assist state efforts to develop and improve public libraries, and examines the policy implications of these results as they relate to the future of federal involvement in public…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Decision Making, Federal Programs, Grants
Hood, Diane M. – 1973
A previous report, Independent Schools Building Research Project (December 1972), on the current methods of building independent school facilities is summarized in this booklet. The summary is intended to increase the level of awareness of school administrators who are involved with building programs. Since survey results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
Ministry of Education, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1990
In 1987, a project was initiated in Thailand to develop a prototype to be used as a standard design for the construction of rural secondary schools in all areas of the country. The project had three objectives: (1) to derive architectural designs for classroom and auxiliary buildings that could be constructed within available budgets and would be…
Descriptors: Building Design, Construction Programs, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Planning
Butts, Porter – 1971
In this speech, the author provides some guidelines covering student union construction for those administrators contemplating the construction of such a facility. The recommendations and information presented cover (1) the organization and functions of an official "union planning committee;" (2) a survey of local needs regarding facilities to be…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, College Buildings, Community Centers