Describes the array of contractual features between the project owner and the main contractor that can lead individually or in permutations to expediting the construction process and reducing the financial risks and expenditures of the project owner. (MLF)

Questionnaires were sent to 534 contractors in Pennsylvania asking which construction courses best prepare students for careers in construction engineering. Results (based on a response rate of 38 percent, N=104) of the contractors attitudes toward seven subjects and their background are presented and discussed. Implications for the curriculum are…

Making puppet heads out of papier mache and staging a puppet show. (CB)

Describes types of molecular models (ball-and-stick, framework, and space-filling) and evaluates commercially available kits. Gives instructions for constructive models from polystyrene balls and pipe-cleaners. Models are useful for class demonstrations although not sufficiently accurate for research use. Illustrations show biologically important…

By concentrating expertise on costs, value engineering benefits the building as well as the budget. (Editor)

Students make constructive use of all kinds of junk. (Editor)

Like the industrial production they simulate shop activities should begin with detailed construction procedure. (Editor)

Condensation of AIA President Rex Allen's address and a panel session of eight construction industry professionals at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Producer's Council, September, 1969. (RG)

A survey of 182 graduating seniors from the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University was conducted to identify why they chose the company they went to work with upon graduation. More value was placed on the company's culture, the potential for advancement, and type of work. Less value was placed on entry-level position and…