Developing a comprehensive, locally tailored, and realistic strategy of interlocking techniques focused on prevention can dramatically reduce the chances of a weapons assault at any school.
Proper lighting enhances the students' learning experience and can save districts nearly one-fifth of their budget.
We say that educational facilities is not a one-size-fits-all business. Neither is the choice of a project delivery method.
Making the Grade With High Performance Flooring for K-12 Facilities
New Haven's $1.5 billion school construction program is using advanced technology tools to design a new generation of school buildings that districts can afford to maintain.
Each year, school leaders throughout the country continue to strive towards meeting more aggressive efficiency goals, increasing facility upgrades, and setting higher goals for education about energy conservation.
Cohort survival projections suggest that what has happened in the recent past will continue. But if the community and its economics are changing, cohort survival can give a false reading. A much more thorough investigation of the community should be under
Make the best use of the time of every presenter — and, more importantly, every attendee — by paying attention to detail when organizing training sessions. At the end of the session, you will be glad you did.
Cool roofing is gaining in popularity due to its ability to reduce cooling and heating energy usage
A television broadcast of your school's announcements, news and events makes for a more effective communications tool than the old-fashioned PA system.
Thoughtful consideration of both current and future uses will yield effective spaces furnished with serviceable furniture that can be reconfigured for multiple uses
The future of our way of life will be determined in American classrooms. Should safety, order, and discipline be lacking, we will clearly not fare as well.
Before calling an architect, a school district should have its own educational long-range plan focused on the numbers of students to be served, the district's educational program and the way instruction will take place.
We are now in a third period of school design, which is closely related to changing ideas of how children learn, and the role of new cognitive techniques and revolutionary technologies available to educators.
Securing appropriate funding can take many forms, but cooperation is critical in virtually all cases.
Unfortunately, many district and state standards, guidelines, allowable square footages and funding formulas are still based on past history — defining capacity for what was, not for what is. Like it or not, it is time to redo!
In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, community Nexus centers can be an important tool for engaging the community in neighborhood and community planning. But the need for a more collaborative approach to planning is also endemic to cities and n
States across the country use facilities guidelines to accomplish a number of goals.
Those of you who know me seldom, if ever, find me at a loss for words, but all I could say when I left her office was WOW!
It might seem that the designs for school restrooms and locker rooms would be a fairly straightforward, even generic, exercise, but these three architects say those rooms require a considerable amount of analysis and planning.