Intended for use by employers for assessing how "job-ready" their particular business environment may be, the booklet provides information illustrating what physical changes could be made to allow persons with mobility limitations to enter and conduct business independently in a particular building. Illustrations along with brief explanations are…

Over the past decade capacity building in schools has emerged as one of the most promising school improvement strategies to help all students meet more challenging standards. The press for accountability in public education, most notably anchored in No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2001) has spawned a wide variety of educational initiatives aimed at…

Author described ways in which acoustics can be adjusted to suit the needs of the performing ensemble and the style of the music. (Editor/RK)

The central element of this teaching museum is an open sculpture gallery on the third-floor level, beyond the reach of vandals. (Author/MLF)

Specifications for making adaptable dwelling units, minimally accessible designs which can later be inexpensively remodeled for the disabled, are presented. Advantages to providing many adaptable units rather than a few accessible ones are outlined, including eliminating the marketing problem, providing a disabled person with a wider choice of…

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES VARIOUS INTERIM CAMPUSES FOR USE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THE DEMAND FOR CLASSROOM FACILITIES IS TOO URGENT TO WAIT FOR FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT BUILDINGS. AMONG STRUCTURES SERVING AS TEMPORARY QUARTERS ARE FARM BUILDINGS, AIR BASES, DEPARTMENT STORES, HIGH SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, ARMORIES, HOUSING PROJECTS, ETC. IF…

The manual is intended to provide guidelines for the planning and development of parks and recreation facilities which are accessbile to everyone. Separate chapters present guidelines for the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): general information (space relationships and wheelchair functions); general site conditions (soil…

Heating a school electrically is compared with the cost of heating a school by gas or oil. Energy comparisons are shown by actual meters for a full year's operation for 73 schools (20 heated electrically and 53 heated by gas or oil). Metered "unburned" gas per square foot for a year in fuel-fired schools was about 100,000 B.T.U. while the metered…

In order to serve college administrators, architects and physics educators, a collection was made of material reflecting the state-of-the-art of physics building design. This body of material, including drawings, diagrams, and photographs, resulted largely from extensive interviews with about 50 institutions who had recently built such facilities.…

Development of a design for a new elementary school facility is traced through evaluation of various innovative facilities. Significant features include--(1) the spiral plan form, (2) centralized core levels including teacher work center, "perception" core, and interior stream aquariam, (3) the learning laboratory classroom suites, (4) a unique…

This paper describes the new facilities which the University of Georgia College of Education will move into on January 1, 1971. The two buildings now under construction are described in detail: 1) a seven story building containing teaching and administrative space for all programs of the College of Education except health and physical education,…

America's $100 billion construction industry with its 3 million workers does not need harassment, unwarranted interference, or political denounciation; it does need better access to mortgage money, less costly materials at more stable prices, an end to archaic regulations that hamper productivity, more dynamic management, and--most of all--more…

This report provides factual information on the adequacy in terms of number of schoolrooms in the nation's school facilities and the physical condition of schoolrooms. Data are presented regarding--(1) building and site deficiencies, (2) ratio of pupils to instructional rooms, and (3) new facilities needed to achieve desirable pupil-room ratios. A…

A broad description is presented of both the simulation and formula methods of projecting future space requirements for Tennessee higher education. The report then focuses on a detailed analysis of the use of the formula method. Four institutions are described both quantitatively and qualitatively and are used to illustrate the formula-based…

Legal principles of the law governing school property and school building construction are considered in the first section of this casebook. From the legal principles mentioned, the most significant are selected and illustrated with appropriate court decisions in the second section. Many of the cases selected illustrate more than one legal…