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Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1964
Increasing pressure on the building industry and competition for its resources has caused many authorities to make more extensive use of factory-made components for their school building projects in both conventional and system building. A common dimensional controlling discipline has been developed to aid architects and administrators in school…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Systems, Construction Industry, Educational Facilities Design
PDF pending restorationBuilding Systems Information Clearinghouse, Menlo Park, CA. – 1972
To qualify for inclusion in this listing, a building must have been constructed with two or more compatible building subsystems, one of which is structure. It is estimated that at least 400 schools that satisfy this definition have been constructed in the U. S. and Canada, about one quarter of which appear in this listing. Beginning with this…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Databases
Download full textBennett, Philip M., Ed. – 1968
Twenty-five representatives active in research for architecture made major contributions to the profession by presenting their findings to conferees at the AIA Architect-Researcher's Conference. The final papers that were made available for this publication contain the essential contents of the original presentation. Special consideration was…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Programing, Architectural Research, Building Design
Featherstone, Richard L. – 1972
The Construction Systems Program (CSP) is the management process utilized in the construction of additions to four schools in the Detroit School District. The objectives of CSP were (1) to reduce the time required to plan and construct new buildings and additions, (2) to reduce the cost of new buildings and additions, and (3) to maintain or…
Descriptors: Architects, Bids, Building Systems, Construction Costs
Building Research, 1966
Comprehensive building systems are the result of industry's search for markets, clients' desire for shorter hours and lower costs, and the growing complexity of building technology which requires the architect to depend on industry for research and development. Certain questions are raised by this trend. Will industry dominate architecture? Can…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Programing, Building Design, Building Systems
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1970
The specifications cover the construction of additions to four schools in the Detroit School District. The Construction Systems Program (CSP) was utilized in an attempt to (1) reduce the cost of school construction and provide improved value for the building dollar in terms of function, environment, first cost, and maintenance cost; (2) accelerate…
Descriptors: Architects, Bids, Building Systems, Construction Management
