A COMPARISON OF FIRE INSURANCE COSTS OF WOOD, MASONRY, STEEL AND CONCRETE STRUCTURES SHOWS FIRE INSURANCE PREMIMUMS ON WOOD STRUCTURES TEND TO BE HIGHER THAN PREMIUMS ON MASONRY, STEEL AND CONCRETE BUILDINGS, HOWEVER, THE INITIAL COST OF THE WOOD BUILDINGS IS LOWER. DATA SHOW THAT THE SAVINGS ACHIEVED IN THE INITIAL COST OF WOOD STRUCTURES OFFSET…

Phase 1A updates the original study of January 1965 and contains the sevenmost recent schools which in their development stages were bid for both gas and electric heating systems. In all cases the bids were for first cost, not for ultimate operating expense. Although the differences were relatively minor, six out of the seven gas bids were lower…

The problem of old and obsolete school facilities is acute, particularly in large cities. A maintenance or rehabilitation oriented approach is not a realistic answer to continued facility usage. Guidelines show that if the cost of modernization for an additional life of 20 to 30 years approaches 50 percent of the estimated cost of replacement,…

The procedure described herein entails the use of an educational planning consultant, statements of educational and service problems to be solved by proposed construction, a site plan, and architect selection. Also included in the outline of procedures is a tentative statement of specifications, tentative cost estimates and matrices for conducting…

The Committee on Capital Financing of the Council of Ontario Universities set up the Task Force on Building Costs in June 1971 to analyze in detail comparative building cost data. The first phase of the study involved describing and comparing in detail the initial costs and design requirements of a group of university and non-university buildings.…

Describes how Tennessee put together a team that created a design system for building 122 vocational technical schools in four years. (Author/MLF)

A fast-tracked technical school in Chicago is another tribute to this method of construction. Related articles are EA 504 766 (American School and University; v46 n7 Mar 74) and EA 504 854 (American School and University; v46 n8 Apr '74). Illustrated. (Author/MLF)

Describes Knight Campus Rhode Island Junior College which was designed as a megastructure -- a monolithic building, open-ended, additive, modular, and plugged into a service transportation network. It consists of classrooms, labs, and faculty offices wrapped around a central court or commons'' that is 200 feet long and four stories high.…

The Fuji Group's inflated structure (20 large circular pipes of rubberized canvas spanning a circular concrete base) may be the message for future school building. (Author/MB)

Presents guidelines to determine if renovation is feasible and provides steps for actual renovation. (JF)

A new civic center houses school administration offices and the juvenile court. (Author)

A double entry system of school key accounting is explained. (MF)

Discusses the possible functions and value of a well designed courtyard in a school building. (JF)