Balancing Permanent and Portable Building Programs.

Fickes, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ545845

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Balancing Permanent and Portable Building Programs.

Fickes, Michael

School Planning and Management, v36 n3 p21-22 Mar 1997

A Long Island, New York, school district has used portable classrooms to deal with the space problems caused by temporary spikes in student enrollment. The overall cost of using portable classrooms to solve long-term problems eventually surpasses the overall cost of building permanent structures. Lists guidelines for determining when to use modular or portable buildings. (MLF)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Modular Building Design, Public Schools, Relocatable Facilities, School Construction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Administrators

Language: English

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