May 11, 2008

Ready and Able 

By John E. Osborn

Effective advanced planning and focused decision making can help determine successful school project delivery....

Science Matters 

By Bill Odell

Today's facilities should be designed to encourage interaction, collaboration and innovation....

At the Drawing Board 

By Julie Hall

Architects are responding to changing needs in education design....

Special Places 

by Mike Kennedy

Schools and universities are building specialized facilities to address the particular needs of students....

This New School 

By Mike Kennedy

The path from a proposal to a finished facility is an arduous but rewarding journey for education administrators....

Balancing Territories 

By F. James McDonough

A data-driven approach to understanding a high school's capacity and calculating its needs....

A Plan in Place 

By Dave Burr

Studying parking needs and behaviors, and developing parking resources, can help campus planners develop programs that will serve for many years....

Good Sports 

By Robin Traum

When specifying flooring for athletic facilities, think long-term--not short-term....

The Big Fix 

By Mike Kennedy

In an effort to provide students and staff the facilities they need, schools and universities are renovating and adding on to thousands of buildings....

Small Wonders 

By Mike Kennedy

Districts embrace schools-within-a-school to bring the benefits of smallness to large campuses....

Facility Planning: Summertime Projects 

By James E. Rydeen

Plan ahead, or the remodeling might not get finished....

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....

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....

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....

Facility Planning: The Ideal Classroom 

By James E. Rydeen

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

Solutions Center: Food Courts 

by Larry Huber

Q&A about school food courts...

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....

Solutions Center: Historical ceilings 

Q&A from our readers...

Shared Vision 

By Mike Kennedy

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

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....

Solutions Center: Site Design 

Q&A from our readers...

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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