The management contracting (MC) method applied to building a residence hall. (Editor)

A construction management firm and the architects working with the firm provided San Diego with ten elementary schools that were delivered on schedule, within cost, and met or exceeded the basic design criteria. (Author/MLF)

The different components of air monitoring networks, the status of air monitoring in the United States, and the services and activities of the three major American network builders are detailed. International air monitoring networks and alert systems are identified, with emphasis on the Dutch air monitoring network. (BT)

Describes the stages of capital project planning and development: (1) individual capital project submission; (2) capital project proposal assessment; (3) executive committee; and (4) capital project execution. (EV)

Describes how, with thorough planning, focus, teamwork, and discipline, school systems in Houston and San Diego have proven that they can manage massive and complicated construction programs without becoming mired in financial and bureaucratic difficulties. (EV)

The world's largest single educational construction project, the State University of New York at Amherst, is rapidly transforming a 1,200 acre site into a learning center with more than four million square feet of facilities for some 30,000 students and faculty members. (Author/PG)

Reports on the convention of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators, including highlights of the presentations: efficiency in management of administrator's time, construction management, and plant employees. (PG)

With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling, and with the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization of available campus space often serves as the answer to meet space needs. (Author/DN)

THIS REPORT IS THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MONTANA AND IS A RESULT OF THE STUDIES CONDUCTED FOR THE MONTANA COMMISSION FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 1963. EACH INSTITUTION IS REPRESENTED IN A SECTION OF THE REPORT WHICH INCLUDES THE TITLE OF THE FACILITY, ITS CONSTRUCTION PRIORITY, THE COST…

Planning and the responsibility for planning lies with the administrative official responsible for construction, operation and maintenance of the plant. Qualities which planning directors should possess are enumerated. Specific suggestions for more efficient planning and construction of higher education facilities are given as follows--(1) the…

Brief descriptions are presented of a number of Office of Education federal funding programs directly supporting educational facilities planning and construction. Programs now in operation and several currently under consideration are pointed out. Consideration is also given to several programs in federal agencies other than the Office of…

Major considerations and findings are presented in regard to the updating of a long range campus plan for the development of buildings, parking areas, drives and sidewalks at Daytona Beach Junior College. Following a consideration of the background and program of the college, a site analysis is presented. Plans and recommendations are offered…

Information is presented regarding the various methods that may be employed by Pennsylvania school districts to finance building construction. Consideration is given to the following methods--(1) pay-as-you-go, (2) temporary loans, (3) general obligation bonds, (4) employment of municipality authorities, (5) employment of the State Public School…