The characteristics of educational specifications are outlined; reasons for developing them stated; and several diagrams illustrate the organizational linkage of educational specifications in the decision-making process of constructing new school facilities. A suggested outline for educational specifications is also offered. (MLF)

The various tasks that have to be undertaken before the construction of a new school can begin are complex. In Great Britain, the Local Government Operational Research Unit was asked by Northumberland County Council to examine how delays in the preconstruction period might be reduced. A detailed analysis was made of nine school building projects…

The goal of the doctoral dissertation summarized here was to develop a set of recommended guidelines to be used in developing standards and procedures for elementary and secondary public school facility construction in Arizona. The study focuses on determining the essential elements of these guidelines and on determining which of these elements…

This report is concerned with suggestions for translating changing educational requirements and community needs into appropriate school facilities that are designed, or changed, to be cost beneficial and to conserve energy. Planning guides are offered for the construction and the improvement of elementary and secondary schools. Some preventative…

This report concerns the capital building programs and their costs. Comments and recommendations are made concerning enrollment projections and their bearing on the need for additional school accommodation, utilization of existing accommodation, procedures for approval of capital building projects, and financing capital building programs.…

Voter approval of two elementary schools that would replace four existing structures in four inner-city communities in the Des Moines school system was the impetus of an intensive effort at involving inner city residents in the planning and decision-making regarding the design of the new educational program and facilities. The charrette technique…

This document summarizes the findings and recommendations made in the study of alternatives to current provincial policies and procedures relating to school construction and its funding. Major areas of attention were construction policies, planning structures, alternatives to construction, and funding formulas. (Author/MLF)