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Budgets are tight in today’s tough economic climate and colleges and universities, like all institutions, are squeezed for funding. But the demand for new facilities — student housing and expanded student facilities — continues to grow. The challenge is to maximize every construction dollar spent.
NEW YORK — An unprecedented increase in interest in studying criminal justice prompted the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City to undergo a major expansion that more than doubled the size of its facilities.
By: Hon. John McCann, President, Board of Trustees and Dr. Edward M. Brand, Superintendent
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) presented two new awards, the CEFPI Fellowship Award and the Industry Partner Award, at its 88th Annual World Conference & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., at the Gaylord Opryland Resort.
NEW YORK — Expected enrollment growth in the New York City school district, where land to build schools is not easy to find, prompted officials to think outside the box — but inside a high rise.
PS/IS 342, also known as The Riverside Center School, is a new public school that will occupy the first four floors of a New York City skyscraper.
By: Tricia Hendrickson, FF&E Project Manager, Gafcon, Inc.
FARMINGTON, Conn. — Building information modeling (BIM) is no longer a new concept. The handy school-planning tool is fast becoming the norm in many school construction projects.
Economic conditions have resulted in new business coming more in the form of renovations than new construction, and the BIM process comes in handy when trying to fit new buildings into existing layouts, according to experts in the field.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Green Schoolhouse Series, a an effort to construct green schoolhouses across the country, kicked off with the groundbreaking of the Roadrunner Elementary School in the Washington Elementary School District — the first LEED Platinum schoolhouse built by volunteers.
By: Jim Luckey, AIA, LEED AP