Among recent creative financing arrangements for public sector construction in Florida are the Duval County Central Administration Building, constructed with a lease purchase arrangement, and state legislation that provides for the leasing or sale of air space by local school boards or boards of regents. (MLF)

Drafting insurance requirements in educational construction bid documents is a momentous task. Basic areas that must be addressed include worker's compensation, employers' liability, property insurance, motor vehicle liability, and public liability. Other coverages may be indicated for specific projects or locations. (MLF)

A summary of a report evaluating four schools designed and constructed following precise systems performance specifications and systems concepts. (Author)

A national survey of departments of education attempted to discover the amount of construction underway in the various states, as well as anything unique in funding, construction, or planning facilities. (Author/MLF)

Specifies the importance of advanced planning, institutional cooperation, utilization of indigenous natural resources, and labor-intensive production methods. (MLF)

Relates how community involvement actually helped in the process of planning for the rebuilding of a specific school. (Author)

Construction management accelerates school construction, increases quality and labor productivity, lowers costs, and offers developing nations an opportunity to improve their own management capabilities. (MLF)

The volume of school construction has steadily declined since 1965 while school construction expenditures have remained relatively steady. Specifics on these and other school housing trends are discussed in an overview of the education market. (Author/MLF)

School boards and other educational governing bodies will be better served if they: (1) appoint their architects based on recommendations of a qualified review panel, and via a process that is specific, open, and accountable; and (2) employ, for special consultative assignments, architects and engineers who are totally independent. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the construction phase of the school planning process. Presents an overview of the different contractual relationships between an owner and contractors. (Author/MLF)

Lists the advantages and disadvantages to school districts of having contractors take part in financing a school construction project when a school district has reached its full limit of borrowing capacity and necessary projected cash flow in order to complete the project. (MLF)

A capital funding plan was introduced in Alberta in 1979 to more effectively control school construction and ensure that provincial priorities were being achieved. The formula includes factors to adjust for financial equity, district utilization of space, approved areas, and changes in construction costs. (MLF)

Describes the history, rules and regulations, organizational chart, and accomplishments of Maryland's full state funding of school construction. Recommendations are made for other states. (MLF)

A comparison of unit building costs for primary and secondary schools in Cameroon indicates that the government spends more money on school building than religious agencies, and the cost of a secondary school is higher than that of a primary schoiol, be it public or private. (MLF)

The school district of Greenville County, South Carolina, needed two new schools, yet had reached the legal limit of its borrowing capacity. By financing the project through the contractor, financing costs were offset by savings from building the schools a year earlier than would otherwise have been possible. (MLF)