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Keeping the Roof on Building Costs. |
School construction overruns and other disappointments usually stem from inadequate planning, mismanagement, and inexperienced individuals. This article shows how to compute ballpark estimates based... |
05/31/1994 |
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Kitchen Construction Costs Are Still Rising. |
Discusses how costs for constructing culinary school kitchens has risen dramatically, largely due to a 50 percent rise in steel costs in the last six years. Recent slackening of demand for building... |
10/31/2008 |
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Lab Building Costs Plummet with Economy. |
Outlines reasons for declining square foot construction costs for research laboratories, as well as the availability of federal stimulus funds for the same. A table illustrating 2008 and 2009 costs... |
06/30/2009 |
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Lab Construction Costs up 6% for 2005. |
Details rising costs for laboratories due to higher construction costs, biocontainment requirements, escalation of equipment demand, and expansion of equipment-based science. Costs in most U.S.... |
08/31/2005 |
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Lab Rehab Costs Rising to Approach Those of New Construction. |
Reviews rising laboratory renovation costs internationally, with tables illustrating 2006 and 2007 figures according to laboratory type, cost increases for 22 metropolitan areas worldwide, and New... |
07/31/2007 |
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Lab Rehab Costs Rivaling Those of New Construction. |
Discusses costs for laboratory renovation and for new laboratories in international markets. 2007 cost increases for laboratories in 15 disciplines are included. |
07/31/2008 |
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Lab Renovation Costs Dip with Economic Doldrums. |
Discusses the decline in laboratory renovation costs, due to the weak economy. A chart accompanied by text details costs per square foot for laboratory renovations from 2007-2010. |
07/31/2010 |
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Lesson Plans Are Being Reworked To Stretch Construction Dollars. |
This article looks at the current school construction situation in Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Michigan, California, New York, and New Jersey. While school-related capital programs in many towns, cities... |
05/12/2002 |
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis Handbook. First Edition. |
The guidelines incorporated in this handbook have been developed to assist Alaskan school districts, their consultants, and communities in evaluating the life cycle cost of school construction... |
12/31/1998 |
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Life Cycle Cost Guidelines for Materials and Building Systems for Florida's Public Educational Facilities, 2010. |
Provides an evaluation of current and emerging materials, products, and systems for application to the construction of educational facilities in Florida, based on a wide range of cost and performance... |
06/29/2010 |
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Lifetime Costs of Real Capital Ownership. |
Advises serious consideration of life cycle costs when planning school construction and renovation, advocating tolerance of higher construction costs when life cycle cost savings justify it. Examples... |
11/30/2006 |
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Lois E. Borchardt Elementary School. |
Profiles this California school built on a hardship budget. Tilt-up construction yielded an economical solution that included generous windows to help daylight the interior. |
04/30/2007 |
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Look Before You Leap. |
Discusses the preconstruction planning process that can help reduce costs and minimize construction risks when building educational facilities. Factors for successful implementation of the planning... |
12/31/1994 |
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Looking Ahead |
This is an educated guess by the editor of American School & University magazine on what 2005 and beyond will hold for education construction: based on data, spending on education construction... |
12/31/2004 |
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Lowering the Overhead by Raising the Roof: and Other Rural Trust Strategies to Reduce the Costs of your Small School. |
This publication helps communities reduce the costs of maintaining, building, and renovating good, small schools. It includes specific strategies that rural communities have used to reduce the costs... |
12/31/2001 |
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Making Hay When It Rains: The Effect Prevailing Wage Regulations, Scale Economies, Seasonal, Cyclical and Local Business Patterns Have On School Construction Costs. |
Examines several alternative ways for school districts to reduce the construction costs of new facilities. Finds that spacing out the start of facility construction projects and building during... |
03/31/2002 |
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Making Sense of Hard and Soft Dollars: Some Basic Fundamentals for Project Budgeting. |
Offers advice for student union professionals facing preliminary budgeting for renovation or construction projects, including relevant industry terminology. |
12/31/2002 |
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Managing Excellence Delivering Success Awards. |
Shares effective management techniques in the planning, design, and construction of projects from inception to completion. The selected projects showcase methods and procedures used to control time,... |
09/30/2004 |
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Managing the Money. |
Explains how schools and universities that clearly define their construction projects will have greater success staying within budget. Examines some fundamentals of project definition and key cost-... |
10/31/2001 |
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Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities: A Planning Guide for Construction and Development. |
Provides guidance for federal environmental requirements in construction and development process, with advice on how to recognize the federal environmental requirements and factor in the associated... |
03/31/2005 |
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Many Schools Getting Less Bang for Bonds. |
Reports on construction cutbacks in 12 of the 19 Orange County, California, school districts that have passed bonds since 1990. Price increases, mismanagement, lack of oversight, overly ambitious... |
06/17/2006 |
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Material Efficiency. |
Presents an interview with architect Christopher Huckabee that highlights the virtues of total masonry construction, design and construction techniques that conform to standardized materials, and... |
10/31/2005 |
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Means Facilities Construction Cost Data 2005 Book, 20th Edition |
This book is devoted specifically to the needs of professionals responsible for the maintenance, construction and renovation of commercial, industrial, municipal, and institutional properties. This... |
12/31/2004 |
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Measuring the Cost of Project Labor Agreements on School Construction in California. |
Demonstrates how school construction in California costs 13 percent to 15 percent more when project labor agreements are implemented. The study examined 551 construction projects in 180 California... |
12/31/2009 |
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Metal Building Systems -- Today's Educated Choice. |
Discusses the benefits and options of using metal building systems to help college and university facility personnel find a cost- effective solution for constructing many building projects. |
04/30/2001 |
