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Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy: Arizona's Innovative Blueprint for Capital Funding. Education, Equity, and the Law. No. 3
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Hunter, Molly A. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2010
For over ten years, the State of Arizona has implemented an innovative statewide process for financing and building school facilities and purchasing other capital items for its schools. Spawned by an education quality lawsuit, the 1998 Students FIRST Act established the School Facilities Board, which succeeded in helping rural, suburban, and urban…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Construction, State Courts, Court Litigation
How to Select a Project Delivery Method for School Facilities
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Kalina, David – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2007
In this article, the author discusses and explains three project delivery methods that are commonly used today in the United States. The first project delivery method mentioned is the design-bid-build, which is still the predominant method of project delivery for public works and school construction in the United States. The second is the…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Construction Management, School Construction, Building Design
Avoid Legal Snares In Your Building Program
Webb, L. Dean – School Business Affairs, 1976
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Contracts, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Teaming Up for Functional Facilities
Stillwell, James D. – American Vocational Journal, 1975
A Washington, D. C. architect outlines the five phases of school construction, (Architectural-functional program and budget review, schematic planning, design development, construction documents, bidding and construction), explaining in detail what is involved in each phase and stating the role of the architect, school administration, planning…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Bids, Construction (Process), Design Requirements
Reducing School Construction Costs: An Architect's View
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Johnson, Ed Jordan; Owenby, D. Jack – Journal of Education Finance, 1976
Offers guidelines to aid school officials in planning school construction projects and choosing an architect. (JG)
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Construction Costs, Educational Facilities
Manual of Planning Standards for School Buildings.
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1996
This book presents New York State planning standards for school buildings. The standards offer advice and counsel to school districts, architects, and engineers to help them resolve their school building problems while considering educational and planning efficiency, conservation of natural resources, and initial and long-range economy within the…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
Guidelines for Selecting a Construction Approach for Education Building Programs.
Barton Malow Co., Southfield, MI. – 1998
This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the two most common construction planning methods utilized for educational facilities: general contracting and construction management. Diagrams are provided that illustrate the chain of command and communication within each approach, and highlight considerations that every school district…
Descriptors: Construction Management, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Facilities
The Relocation Plan.
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Heyl, Harry – Schoolhouse (EFL Newsletter), 1974
School modernization projects must deal with the problem of what to do with students who may be displaced during the construction. This report is based on information provided by some 50 school districts that had experienced relocation problems. Each of the major relocation strategies is examined, and its advantages, disadvantages, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Building Conversion, Double Sessions, Educational Facilities