BALTIMORE — A plan is in action to allocate $1 billion to Baltimore schools over the next seven years in order to renovate or replace the city’s rundown facilities.
The Maryland House approved the Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013 last week in a 107-30 vote. The bill, which would require the state to provide a block grant to the city’s school each year, is now heading to the Senate.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) 2013 World of Modular took place March 16-19 in Scottsdale. This year marked the 30th anniversary for the event.
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey voters approved $25.6 million in school construction last Tuesday, passing four of the eight bond referendums put forth by several New Jersey school boards.
Approximately $50.8 million in total school construction was brought to the ballot in Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Essex, Morris and Salem counties. The referendums presented will receive no state financial aid.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Planning for the new $135.6 million Jordan High School is underway with design plans revealed at a Feb. 28 community meeting.
This will be the largest project funded by the 2008 voter-approved Measure K bond, which allocated $1.2 billion to the Long Beach Unified School District.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Balfour Beatty Construction was recently honored with three Eagle Awards at the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 23rd Annual Excellence in Construction Awards in Fort Lauderdale.
The firm, headquartered in Dallas, was recognized for their excellence in the construction of the Florida Atlantic University Football Stadium, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) Research Laboratory Building II and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East.
FRISCO, Texas — School board trustees of the Frisco Independent School District (FISD) viewed preliminary designs for their newest high school scheduled to open in August 2015.
The general layout and exterior design was presented by Plano, Texas-based SHW Group along with examples of possible inspiration for design.
SARASOTA, Fla. — The 12th Education Facilities Management Forum, an educational networking event for senior education facilities executives, takes place in Atlanta April 29-30. The forum is part of Forum Networking Events long list of meetings that include, but are not limited to health care and education markets. The upcoming event is unlike any other “trade show” in comparison.
NEW YORK — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, and New York looks to lead the pack with a recent education plan on the table.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing to establish 10 new programs modeled on Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an IBM-backed school in Brooklyn that takes students through high school and two years of college with the goal of meeting the demand for workers with the right skills for high-tech jobs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governor John Kasich announced his Achievement Everywhere budget plans in January, with a surprise $1.2 billion going to education over the next two years. However, he plans on introducing a new way of funding that has left school administrators with questions.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — School of Architecture Dean Kenneth Schwartz and a team of colleagues at Tulane University in New Orleans partnered with Newark’s New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in an effort to start restoring parts of the coastal Seaside Heights community, several parts of which were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
