Maintaining the Continuity of Supply
King Henderson, CPM, MBA, began working at the University of California at Riverside in 1978 as a buyer and is now director of materiel management, a department that includes purchasing…
December 2005
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Sensitive Issues
The windmill produces useable power. The familiar saying, “If you’re going to do something, do it right,” may sound old-fashioned, but its meaning is always relevant. To Dallas architects SHW…
Furnishing a High School for Collaborative, Project-based Learning
Collaboration and project-based learning are often listed as key objectives in the planning of a learning environment; these methods foster creative connections and synthesis, skills that students need to succeed….
Commemorating School Building Day
Students from five D.C. public schools participated in School Building Day. School facilities-an important but often overlooked part of education-were the focus of the 2nd annual School Building Day celebration,…
Acoustical Standards Begin to Reverberate
Hearing, speech, and acoustical consultants and scientists believe that as many as one-third of all school students are missing up to 33 percent of verbal communications in class. It is…
A Center for All
The southern façade of the Frist Campus Center is new construction that was filled into the "arms" of the existing, U-shaped Palmer Hall, circa 1909. The Princeton shield is fritted…
Lay of the Land
PROJECT DATA Architect: HMC Architects General Contractor: Lusardi Construction Co. Owner: San Pasqual Elementary School District Grades: K-8 Project Cost: $11.3 million Completion Date: August 2001 If you don’t know…
Staging Buildings Bring Permanence to Transition
The staging building’s first occupants-dancers-will use the roll-up doors to create a performance space that bridges indoors and outdoors. The roll-up doors will also be useful when bringing in equipment…
Fire Safety Should Not Suppress Design
The role of the fire protection engineer (FPE) is to assist project managers in the design of efficient and cost-effective fire protection and alarm systems that protect both people and…