Assembly Bill (AB) 1402 authorized California's school districts to enter into design-build contracts for projects with design and construction costs exceeding $10 million. These guidelines are intended to accomplish the following purposes: (1) inform school districts of the design-build process under AB 1402; (2) help school districts to…

This video illustrates one of the key components of the Environmental Protection Agency's "Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools" (IAQ TfS) process--the school walkthrough. Videotaped at a North Carolina school built in 1999, hosts Keith Flippen and Debra Terry describe what schools in Nebraska, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa found…

Describes ways to cut back on fuel consumption in schools. (DN)

The repair of approximately 100 hurricane-damaged homes had several benefits: homes of hardship'' cases were repaired for the cost of materials; students from area vocational-technical schools received on-the-job training, apprentice training credit, and experience in a work group; and labor saw the value of vocational programs. (AG)

The new Freedom High School at Morganton, North Carolina, is a flowing, curvilinear building that houses both general and occupational education curriculums. (For more information on this facility see American School & University, vol. 46, no. 6, pp22-24 February 1974, and CEFP Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, pp4-6 January-February 1974.) (Author/MF)

Describes a dropout prevention program in which students gain vocational technical experience by renovating old buildings to be used as modern living quarters for disadvantaged families. (JF)

Examines a systems approach to school remodeling; provides arguments for changing bidding procedures to eliminate the low bid. (Author/MF)

Stockton State College in New Jersey shows thoughtful planning with respect to ecology and effective use of the systems approach. (Author/MLF)

An award-winning facility that is a superior expression of the latest in construction techniques -- techniques that are paring away at wastes in construction time and money, while maintaining structural quality. A related article is EA 504 766 (American School and University; v46 n7 Mar '74.) (Author)

In an old, wood frame school building, a day care facility, based on a modular, movable, and highly flexible series of components, permits active use and almost constant change in a learning situation. (Author)

Discussed are issues in the provision of suitable housing for the physically disabled. (DB)

Discusses various ways in which the demand for energy could be decreased, focusing not so much on discouraging demand by increasing prices, as on reducing energy consumption by improving efficiency of energy utilization in buildings and in industry. (JR)

Author finds that children understand architectural concepts more readily when he refers to familiar non-architectural examples of them such as goal posts, chairs, tables, and playground equipment. (GB)