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Kelin, Howard L. – 2003
This publication recommends that school districts include a legal plan in every school construction project. The author discusses negotiating agreements with the project architect and construction manager early on; exercising due diligence in selecting the project team; determining proper levels of professional liability insurance; clarifying…
Descriptors: Bids, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Piele, Philip – Yearbook of School Law, 1972
Reviews 1972 State and Federal court cases dealing with (1) acquisition, use and control of school property; and (2) construction of school buildings. (JF)
Descriptors: Architects, Bids, Bond Issues, Court Litigation
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
Schools in North Carolina are governed by numerous laws pertaining to construction and repair. A selection of these laws is presented. Financial concerns constitute the bulk of these statutes, covering areas such as bids (financial outlay, advertisement, rejecting bids, and withdrawing bids); sources of state funds; the selling or buying of school…
Descriptors: Bids, Capital, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Aldrich, Nelson W. – 1971
This report provides a survey of existing policies and procedures for Massachusetts school planning and construction processes; and explains systems building as a set of procedures, the most important of which procedures are market aggregation and component prebidding. The importance of systems building in reducing construction costs and improving…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Bids, Construction Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Sturm, H. Pepper – 1997
Public schools in the United States will face significant infrastructure needs within the next few years. Some of the numerous issues surrounding these needs, as they affect Nevada's schools, are detailed in this report. Current practices in Nevada have followed those of other quickly growing school systems in which funds are being diverted from…
Descriptors: Bids, Capital, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Piele, Philip K.; Johnson, Margaret M. – 1982
This chapter deals with 1981 cases involving disputes over property. Cases involving the detachment and attachment of land continue to dominate the property chapter with 11 cases reported, the same number summarized in last year's chapter. One case involving school board referenda raised the interesting question of whether or not a state could…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Bids, Board of Education Role, Court Litigation
Viles, N. E. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
This bulletin is designed as an outline to direct the attention of local officials to various features and steps meriting attention in planning and carrying out a school-plant construction program. Planning, administration, and construction practices and procedures may vary with buildings of different sizes or types of construction or with those…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, School Buildings, School Construction