June 2011
Paperless Solution Provides Project Tracking
What do time, money and trees all have in common? They’re all things school districts save by going paperless with BoardDocs, according to company officials.
Kids Fidget and Rock While Learning More
SAN FRANCISCO — When we think about learning and ergonomics in the classroom, we may not be picturing kids rocking on their chairs, or sitting backwards on them, but those movements are precisely what is needed to facilitate learning, sustain concentration and maintain healthy posture, according to Dieter Breithecker, a health and kinetics scientist, and head of the Federal Institute on the Development of Posture and Exercise in Germany, who was at the VS America booth at NS
Q+A: Bill Day, KBD Planning Group
Bill Day is senior analyst at KBD Planning Group, which has assisted clients in 38 states with school improvements projects. Day works with educational facilities and architectural firms on options for facilities and technology issues, as well as educational facility and technology planning. His work has reached 41 states with project costs totaling more than $2.5 billion dollars. Bill holds an Ed.D.
Read More VA Becomes Twelfth State to Adopt CHPS Criteria
SAN FRANCISCO — The Collaborative for High Performance Schools released a new high performance school building benchmark system for use in Virginia, making it the twelfth state in the country to adopt the system.
The program applies to the design and construction of new schools, major modernization and addition projects.
"As the largest school district in Virginia, and the eleventh largest school district in the U.S., Fairfax County Public Schools can have a hu
Read More Texas Tech Starts $45 Million Res. Hall Project
LUBBOCK, Texas — As a result of significant increases in enrollment, Texas Tech University recently broke ground on a new $45 million, 178,000-square-foot residence hall slated for completion before the fall 2012 semester.
The project was designed by Texas-based BOKA Powell LLC, a full-service architectural design, planning and interior design firm, with Austin Commercial serving as the contractor.
