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Abramson, Paul – College Planning & Management, 2007
This report, and the accompanying tables represents the findings of the 12th Annual Survey of College Construction prepared for "College Planning & Management" magazine. Representatives of Market Data Retrieval (MDR) sent survey forms and made follow-up telephone calls to every college in the U. S. seeking information on their…
Descriptors: Colleges, School Construction, School Buildings, Costs
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2007
Construction spending by education institutions topped $36 billion in 2006. While strong by historical standards, it represents the third consecutive year that total spending on construction dropped from the year before. According to the "American School & University" 33rd annual Official Education Construction Report, total spending on new,…
Descriptors: School Construction, School Districts, Student Costs, Higher Education
Abramson, Paul – School Planning & Management, 2009
School construction remains high, but not as high as it has been over the last eight years. Projections for the future (projects expected to be completed and/or started in 2009) show a significant decline. Capital budgets may be in place, but the economic hard times and forced cuts in many local school programs are having an effect on construction…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Buildings, School Construction, Surveys
Abramson, Paul – School Planning & Management, 2008
School construction completed in 2007--including new buildings, additions to existing buildings, and major retrofit of existing buildings--totaled almost $20.8B, a signifi cant increase over the $20.1B spent on construction completed in 2006. This marks the seventh year in the last eight that annual construction exceeded $20B. During the eight…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Buildings, School Construction, Surveys
Abramson, Paul – College Planning & Management, 2006
This report, and the accompanying tables represents the findings of the 11th Annual Survey of College Construction prepared for "College Planning & Management" magazine. Representatives of Market Data Retrieval (MDR) sent survey forms and made follow-up telephone calls to every college in the U.S. seeking information on their…
Descriptors: Colleges, School Construction, School Buildings, Costs
Cort, Cliff – American School & University, 2006
Education administrators face the dual dilemma of crowded, aging facilities and tightening capital budgets. The challenge is to build the necessary classroom, laboratory and activity space while minimizing the length and expense of the construction process. One solution that offers an affordable alternative is modular construction, a method that…
Descriptors: School Buildings, School Construction, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
Furno, Orlando – Sch Manage, 1969
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Costs, Interest, Investment
Pettit, Michelle A. – School Business Affairs, 2002
Advocates the use of an Interdisciplinary Plan Review (IPR)--construction plan scrutiny by an independent agency--to contain district school construction costs. (PKP)
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, School Construction
Wallace, Peter J.; Kling, Michael W. – American School & University, 2006
Those who work in the multi-billion-dollar construction industry routinely face uncertainty and risks related to cost, schedule and safety. One of the most common problems is failing to complete a project on time and within budget. This seems to be magnified for school and university projects--education institutions often limited budgets, and…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, School Construction, Time Management, Budgets
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2006
Many schools and universities thought they were getting a good deal when they were building education facilities in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the K-12 and higher-education spaces constructed to accommodate the millions of baby-boomer students no longer look like the quick-fix bargain they did years ago. Low-quality materials and construction,…
Descriptors: Costs, Life Cycle Costing, Energy, Structural Elements (Construction)
US Department of Energy, 2007
The U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America EnergySmart Schools program provides school boards, administrators, and design staff with guidance to help make informed decisions about energy and environmental issues important to school systems and communities. "The National Best Practices Manual for Building High Performance Schools" is a part of…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Educational Facilities Design, Energy Conservation, School Construction
Abramson, Paul – School Planning & Management, 2007
School construction completed in 2006 totaled just more than $20 billion, a drop of seven percent from the record $21.6 billion put in place in 2005. Even so, it was the sixth year in the last seven that annual construction exceeded $20 billion. During the seven years of the present century, school districts have completed construction projects…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Buildings, School Construction, Surveys
O'BRIEN, RICHARD J. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COST SUBMODEL OF AN URBAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THIS MODEL REQUIRES THAT PUPIL POPULATION AND PROPOSED SCHOOL BUILDING ARE KNOWN. THE COST ELEMENTS ARE--(1) CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF NEW PLANTS, (2) ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF BUILDING SITES, (3) CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL, (4) PUPIL…
Descriptors: Capital, Costs, Equipment, Expenditures
PURCELL, FRANK X. – 1963
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…
Descriptors: Buildings, Costs, Fire Insurance, Planning
Abramson, Paul – College Planning & Management, 2005
This report, and the accompanying tables present the findings of the tenth Annual Survey of college construction prepared College Construction prepared for "College Planning & Management" magazine. Representatives of Market Data Retrieval sent survey forms and made follow-up telephone calls to every college in the U. S. seeking…
Descriptors: Colleges, School Construction, School Buildings, Costs