School facility appraisal will provide a basis for a careful analysis of the anatomy of a school plant. (Author)

Present school plant problems of the Monroe County School system in Florida are reported in this document. The survey which revealed these problems also stimulated projection of building needs through 1970-71. Factors taken into consideration were school size, temporary buildings, portable buildings, pupil stations, desirable pupil capacity,…

This report represents the first component of a 3-year comprehensive planning study of longrange facilities needs of institutions of higher education, mandated by Congress in the "Higher Education Amendments of 1966." A manual provided institutions with a common method of defining and measuring space. Each room of every campus building…

One way to make the most of existing facilities and limited resources is an assessment of program usage in addition to facilities usage. Cites a comprehensive facility and programming inventory for the Boston Public Schools that produced very detailed, high quality data for facilities and programs. (MLF)

This instrument designed to evaluate trade and industrial education laboratories was developed to implement the Vocational Education Act of 1963 related to the evaluation of facilities. An alternative suggestion for the use of the instrument is as a guide for facility planning. The format of the data sheets of the instrument enables it to be used…

Presents a six-part facilities-management strategy to assess the condition of facilities to develop realistic budgets for operations, maintenance, code and access upgrades, and capacity expansion. (MLF)

Results are presented from a study of classroom and class laboratory space utilization at the University of Washington. The report is limited to space used for direct instruction in regularly scheduled classes in all disciplines except medicine, dentistry, and nursing; classes given during the day and evening are included. It does not include…

Eighty-one percent of Tennessee's public school principals responded to a survey of the physical conditions of their schools. Two sets of 12 criteria were developed, based on the responses, to distinguish adequate and substandard school plants. City systems had more adequate plants than county systems. Secondary and middle schools had more…

This questionnaire, contained in booklet form, was to be completed by Oklahoma school districts to enable the department of education to determine space needs and priorities. A list of definitions is followed by questions dealing with general information, the site, building characteristics, and structural characteristics. Items regarding…

Possible procedures and statistical analyses which may be employed in carrying out utilization studies are suggested. All types of facilities are grouped into two categories, instructional and non-instructional. Inventory, analysis, and planning are suggested as phases for a facilities utilization study. Facilities survey forms are included for…

The references included were drawn from the documents received and processed to date by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities, and are organized into the following sections--(1) procedures for making facilities and space utilization studies, (2) uses of the computer for facility and space requirements, (3) facilities inventory…

Resource and demand characteristics of the public and private institutions of higher education in Indiana are reviewed. A summary and utilization study of the physical facilities available are presented, as is a profile of the instructional activity for these colleges and universities during the fall term, 1967. Space inventory summaries are…

Included in this comprehensive study of physical facilities is an inventory and utilization study and the projected physical facility needs for the years 1975 and 1980 for twenty-two of the twenty-four colleges and universities in Arkansas. In order to insure uniformity in the data collected, a physical facilities procedure manual was utilized…

The data collection system used in this evaluation was developed in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Education. The inventory data included data in the categories of building information, room information, classroom-laboratory utilization, office assignments, and enrollment. A summary of the data is charted and described for each of the…

The 14 tables presented in this fact book provide information about the physical facilities at Texas public universities and colleges based on data gathered during 1995. Overall, the data show a deficit of space at public universities and health-related institutions; a ratio of deferred maintenance to facilities replacement value of 2 percent for…