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Download full textConnecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1963
ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE BASICALLY SHELTER STRUCTURES. THEIR ELEMENTARY COMPONENTS ARE (1) STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, (2) WEATHER PROTECTION ELEMENTS, (3) MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS, (4) FINISHING ELEMENTS, AND (5) BUILT-IN EQUIPMENT. THE CHOICE OF BUILDING SYSTEMS IS DEPENDENT ON (1) SUBSOIL CONDITIONS, (2) SITE CONTOURS, AND (3) CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.…
Descriptors: Building Design, Construction Costs, Construction Needs, Educational Facilities Design
TOLLERUD, GUY D. – 1966
A DETAILED GUIDE FOR PLANNING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES IN MINNESOTA. PART ONE DEALS WITH PROCEDURES IN SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING IN TERMS OF STATE AND LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES. PART TWO DISCUSSES PLANNING AND DEVELOPING OF SCHOOL PLANT FACILITIES IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SITE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, SECONDARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Schools, Facility Guidelines, Health
Allied Masonry Council, McLean, VA. – 1968
The compact school, generally defined as a brick structure with a flexible interior and natural light admission of skylights, domes, clearstories and interior courtyards, emerged from the new educational programs. Evaluation of the compact school design includes--(1) appraisals and reactions to the physical environment, (2) explanations of the…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Construction Costs, Construction Materials, Design Requirements
Hawkins, Harold L. – 1973
Written to answer a long-felt need for a comprehensive, up-to-date planning instrument to measure the quality of school facilities, this appraisal guide serves as a road map for school administrators and boards involved in any type of building program. The guide attempts to evaluate school facilities in terms of their general condition as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Evaluation Methods, Facility Planning
McKinney, Stephen A. – American Vocational Journal, 1978
The author, who assisted in developing Kentucky's 115 modules for carpentry instruction, describes his competency-based carpentry program in which students use sectional construction methods to build a house on school grounds which is later sold, dismantled, moved, and reassembled on the buyer's lot. (MF)
Descriptors: Carpentry, Competency Based Education, Construction (Process), Program Descriptions
University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA. – 1966
THE DESIGN OF THIS FACILITY FOR A PROPOSED SCIENCE CENTER BEGAN WITH AN ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATIVE NETWORKS AND OTHER RELATED CONCEPTUAL IMPLEMENTS. EMPHASIZED WERE--(1) FUNCTIONAL RESOURCE LOCATION, (2) INFORMATION EXCHANGE, (3) COMPLIMENTARY FACILITIES, (4) ADAPTATION TO ACTIVITY, (5) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND SPACE, AND (6) ADAPTIVE…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Audiovisual Communications, Conferences, Continuing Education Centers
Fenves, Steven J.; And Others – 1976
This paper provides a scientific basis for the formulation and expression of performance standards and specifications and for explicit attention to performance in procedural and prescriptive standards and specifications. The provisions of "Interim Performance Criteria for Solar Heating and Combined Heating/Cooling Systems and Dwellings," a…
Descriptors: Buildings, Classification, Computer Programs, Definitions
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1970
This report summarizes the results of a program initiated in July of 1967 that was based on the findings and recommendations of the First Phase Report, which was completed in June of 1967. Seventeen different school districts participated in systems programs, and 20 new schools and additions were completed during the 1968-69 school year.…
Descriptors: Bids, Construction Costs, Construction Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Building Officials Conference of America, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1967
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS FOR THE EVALUATION OF MINIMUM SAFE PRACTICE OR FOR DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS OR SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN COMPILED AS AN AID TO DESIGNERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE CODE PRESENTS REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF MEASURED PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN IN RIGID SPECIFICATION OF MATERIALS OR METHODS. THE AREAS…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Operation, Codification, Construction Materials
Clark, 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
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1960
Publication of conference paper texts include --(1) history and development of masonry cavity walls, (2) recent research related to determination of thermal and moisture resistance, (3) wall design and detailing, (4) design for crack prevention, (5) mortar specification characteristics, (6) performance experience with low-rise buildings, (7)…
Descriptors: Bricklaying, Building Innovation, Building Trades, Cement Industry
BRUBAKER, CHARLES WILLIAM – 1968
TRENDS IN CAMPUS PLANNING ARE DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF CHANGING EDUCATIONAL METHODS AND SOCIAL DEMANDS. MAJOR TOPICS COVERED ARE--(1) RE-EVALUATING THE NATURE OF LEARNING, (2) THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY, (3) THE CAMPUS AS A COMMUNITY CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL CENTER, (4) THE COLLEGE AND THE URBAN CRISIS, (5) THE MULTI-LOCATION COLLEGE, AND (6) EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Building Innovation, Campus Planning, Community Colleges
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1974
The curriculum guide outlines a course designed to provide instruction in planning, laying out, and building various types of roofs. The course is 135 hours in length and contains seven blocks of instruction (introduction to roofs, commercial buildings, residential buildings, hip roofs, intersecting roofs, applied mathematics, and a quinmester…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry, Construction (Process)
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1974
The curriculum guide outlines a course designed to help the student become proficient in the skills of planning, layout, and building foundations. The course to be presented in grades 11 and 12 contains six blocks of study (introduction to foundations, forming concrete, piling, marine foundations, applied mathematics, and a quinmester post-test)…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry
Murphy, Levy and Wurman, Architects, Philadelphia, PA. – 1968
The Philadelphia Board of Education has begun to consider the purchase and conversion of commercial and industrial structures for use as teaching facilities. One such building, a six-story fireproof loft building, has been purchased for this purpose. This study investigates the possibilities and limitations of conversion and points up the…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Plans, Construction Costs, Design Requirements
