January 08, 2009


Construction & Facilities

Interested in information about school building construction and facilities, including accessibility, signage, residence halls, facility planning and school building design? Read about these topics and more in the latest articles from American School & University magazine.

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The Leading-Edge Library 

By Nick Willars, Phil Thomas and Mary Hunt

Meeting IT and facility planning challenges for academic and research libraries....

Know-How: Roofing 

by Mike Kennedy

Schools can choose from various types of products to cover their buildings....

Tech Talk: Getting What You Paid For 

By C. William Day

Should your systems be commissioned?...

Equity and Adequacy 

By Mike Kennedy

School districts and education advocates seeking better funding from their states have had success in courts, but often have to endure a lengthy process before seeing additional funding....

Know-How: Accessibility 

by Mike Kennedy

Schools need to design play areas that can accommodate children with disabilities....

Mixed Results: 31st Annual Official Education Construction Report 

By Joe Agron

As construction spending by school districts reached an all-time high in 2004, colleges reined in their aggressive pace....

Tech Talk: Deter and Detect 

By C. William Day

Video surveillance in schools: who, what, when, where and why?...

Solutions Center: Food Courts 

by Larry Huber

Q&A about school food courts...

Facility Planning: The Ideal Classroom 

By James E. Rydeen

Essential classroom components are consistent from yesterday to today and tomorrow....

New Life 

By Mike Kennedy

Many older school facilities are being revived to better serve the needs of today's students and benefit their communities....

A Good LEED-er 

By Steve Gourley

Effective strategies for achieving LEED certification....

Unwanted Visitors 

By Zia Siddiqi

Simple facility upgrades can reduce pests and discourage infestations....

Can You Hear Me Now? 

By Jeff Sterner

The science of sound can be a challenge to schools--and their designers and architects....

Technology Tools 

By Mike Kennedy

Technological advancements help schools and universities become 21st-century education facilities....

Inside: Construction 

Billions for Big Apple; "Green" contest; Progress in New Jersey...

Spending Paradox 

By Mike Kennedy

Facility costs continue for th elife of a building, and education administrators that account for those costs as they plan new facilities can make wiser decisions....

Tech Talk: Extending Trust 

By C. William Day

Consultants: Who needs them?...

Savvy Planning 

By C. William Day

Considerations for administrators when purchasing and installing technology systems....

Evolving Design 

By Lee Dellicker and Christopher Hill, AIA

A more selective student body, economic conditions and safety awareness are affecting building patterns on college campuses....

Shared Vision 

By Mike Kennedy

By seeking out partners to help provide facilities, schools and universities show fiscal responsibility and concern for the community....

Know-How: Acoustics 

by Mike Kennedy

Schools can improve how children hear in a classroom....

Solutions Center: Historical ceilings 

Q&A from our readers...

Making the Most of It 

By Mike Kennedy

10 ways education administrators can get more out of their already-tight budgets....

Novel Approaches 

by Mike Kennedy

10 concepts schools and universities can use to build and maintain effective facilities....

Guaranteed Savings 

By Wesley McDaniel

Performance contracting allows education institutions to improve facilities and immediately make use of new equipment....

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The Subtle Stuff

Vikas Nagardeolekar and Edwin Merritt

It's hard to win passage of a school construction bond — whether through a citizen referendum or the vote of a town council or general town meeting.

Hear and Now

Michael McKeon and Lincoln Berry

When acoustics are mentioned with regard to schools, many people first think of performing arts.

Making it Readable

Peter Gisolfi

When my daughter was 10 years old, she left the comfort of her elementary school for the unfamiliar territory of the middle/high school building — a crazy quilt of pieces from the 1910s, 1930s, 1960s and 1970s.

Echo Boom Impact

Phillipe Dordai and Joseph Rizzo

Like their baby-boomer parents, the echo-boom generation is reshaping the college and university landscape.

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