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Ensure On-time, On-budget Project Completion

Budgeting for the physical plant

National Conference of State Legislatures:

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/ed_finance/

Education Commission of the States:

http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueid=48&subIssueID=42

School Facilities: Construction Expenditures Have Grown Significantly in Recent Years:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/he00041.pdf

Construction Management

A Principal's Guide to On-Site School Construction:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/construction.pdf

Project Delivery Methods for School Construction
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/project_delivery.cfm

Project Management for School Construction
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/project_management.cfm

 

Facilities Development Plan

Montgomery County Public Schools Policies: Section F: Facilities Development:

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/policy/sect-f.shtm

CDE Capital Construction Program.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdefinance/download/pdf/WorkbookRevisedC7.pdf

2005 South Carolina School Facilities Planning and Construction Guide.
http://myscschools.com/offices/sf/2005_Planning_and_Construction_Guide.pdf

Guidance for Review of School Building Project Financing. [Indiana]
http://www.in.gov/dlgf/files/School_Guidance_2005.pdf

Major Capital School Construction Project Workbook.
http://www.state.me.us/education/const/pw000.html

Responsibility+Results+Renewal=the 3R's of School Construction: New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation 2004 Annual Report.
http://www.njsda.gov/RP/reports/SCC_AnnualReport2004.pdf

State Allocation Board, Office of Public School Construction, Annual Report 2004-2005.
http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/opsc/Publications/AnnualReports/AR_2004-05.pdf

State of Indiana School Construction Annual Report 2003-2004.
http://www.in.gov/dlgf/files

Planning and Programming for A Capital Project.
http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/capitalproject1/cphtml.html

School Building Programmes: Motivations, Consequences and Implications.
http://www.cfbt.com/PDF/91078.pdf

State Spending on Capital Outlay/Interest, 1998-1999.
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/52/25/5225.htm

The Abbott School Construction Program: Report on the NJ Department of Education Proposed Regulations on Long-Range Facilities Plans
http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/elcnews_040216_NJDOEProposedRules.pdf

The Abbott School Construction Program. NJ Department of Education Proposed Facilities Regulations: Analysis of Preschool Issues
http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/elcnews_040109_PreschoolFacilitiesReport.pdf

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Educational Facilities Planning and Standards. Design Criteria.
http://facilities.dadeschools.net/default.aspx?id=designcriteria2004

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Educational Facilities Planning and Standards. Master Specification Guidelines
http://facilities.dadeschools.net/default.aspx?id=masterspec2004

New Jersey School Construction Corporation Annual Report.
http://www.njsda.gov/RP/reports/SCC_AnnualReport2003.pdf

School Finance: School Building Issues
http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/sbuilding/

State Allocation Board, Office of Public School Construction, Annual Report 2003-2004.
http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/opsc/Publications/AnnualReports/AR_2003-04.pdf

Strategic Execution Plan, Los Angeles Unified School District.
http://www.laschools.org/sep/

Ten Ways to Help Avoid Legal Problems in School Construction.
http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/Avoid_Legal.pdf

Citizen Oversight of Public School Construction Programs: In Search of Promising Practices.
http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/Documents/CitizenOversight.pdf

Coalition for Our Children's Schools. Abbott School Construction Program Report Card.
http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/AbbottSchoolFacilities/

State Allocation Board, Office of Public School Construction, Annual Report 2002-2003.
http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/opsc/Publications/AnnualReports/AR_2002-03.pdf

Keys to Success: School Facilities Primer, Questions & Answers 101.
http://www.pspaec.com/pdf/School_Keys.pdf

Guide for Planning School Construction Projects in Minnesota.
http://education.state.mn.us/mdeprod/groups/Finance/documents/Publication/003979.pdf

Progress Report, Fiscal Years 1998-2003, School Construction Program.
http://www.cdb.state.il.us/schools/2003Progress.pdf

School Capital Funding: Supplementary State Profiles.
http://www.comptroller1.state.tn.us/repository/RE/schcapsupp.pdf

School Capital Funding: Tennessee in a National Context.
http://www.comptroller1.state.tn.us/repository/RE/capitaloutlay.pdf

Revitalization by Design: A Guide for Planning and Implementing School Improvement Projects through School-Community Partnerships.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Submittal Requirements for Review of Planning, Bidding and Construction Documents for Georgia Public Schools.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/schools/facilities/submittal.pdf

D.C. Public Schools' Modernization Program Faces Major Challenges. Testimony before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. Statement of David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02628t.pdf

Chicago Public Schools: State of the Buildings. The Capital Improvement Program.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060921212425

Portland Public Schools Long Range Facilities Plan.
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/news-c/long_range_facilities_plan.pdf

Title 7. Education Chapter 6. School Facilities Board Rules. [Arizona]
http://www.azsfb.gov/sfb/rules%20&%20policies/SFB_Rules%2006.pdf

State Allocation Board, Office of Public School Construction, Annual Report 2001-2002.
http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/opsc/Publications/AnnualReports

A Model Schedule for a Capital Improvement Program.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Update of School Construction Assistance Programs Survey for Wyoming State Legislature.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Land Acquisition Practices of the Miami-Dade County School District. A Special Review.
http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/reports/educ/r01-26s.html

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: An Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools' Capital Improvement Plan.
http://www.ncbg.org/documents/goodbadugly.pdf

Building Our Future: The Ohio School Facilities Commission Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Report.
http://osfc.ohio.gov/Library/Publications/tabid/79/Default.aspx

City School District of Albany Facilities Plan.
http://www.albanyschools.org/district/facilities/facilities.htm

Cost Containment Cookbook for Public School Construction.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/1a/eb/38.pdf

New Jersey State Department of Education, Administrative Code, Chapter 26: Educational Facilities.
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/code/current/title6a/chap26.pdf

State Allocation Board, Office of Public School Construction, Annual Report 2000-2001.
http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/opsc/Publications/AnnualReports/AR_2000-01.pdf

Managing the Construction Process. School Buildings Planning, Design, and Construction Series No. 6.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Guidelines for Successful Supervision of School District Capital Construction Projects.
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/facplan/publicat/supervision.pdf

Development of a Model for a School Facilities Construction Program: Congruence of Building Programs Under the Ohio School Building Assistance Program with the Model.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/

Funding

Can You Cut Budgets and Improve Programs?
http://www.peterli.com/archive/spm/422.shtm

School Facilities Funding Options -- Overview
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/financing_options.cfm

School Construction Costs
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/construction_costs.cfm

High Performance Schools Best Practices Manual:

http://www.chps.net

National Center for Education Statistics: Education Finance:

http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/

Financing School Facilities.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Build Smart: School Construction in Illinois.
http://www.cdb.state.il.us/buildsmart.shtml

School Concurrency: Lessons Learned from Broward County, Florida. Revised.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Utilization & Sharing of School Facilities.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Rules for School Construction Projects. [Maine]
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Lesson Plans Are Being Reworked To Stretch Construction Dollars.
http://enr.construction.com/features/education/archives/020513.asp

Construction Procurement Handbook for Texas School Districts and Institutions of Higher Education.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060930000020

Guidelines for Receiving State Capital Outlay Funds. [Georgia]
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Soft Sell, Hard Numbers. Where's the Money for K-12 Schools?
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/bom/mar01/mar01constructionb.shtml

Money Concerns Come First.
http://www.peterli.com/archive/spm/1278.shtm

Bonds

Bond Funding:

http://www.nsbn.org/case/bond/

Local Bond Issues for Schools Since 1995 [North Carolina]:

http://www.schoolclearinghouse.org/pubs/Bonds.PDF

Selecting Design Professionals

Selecting School Design Professionals
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/design_professionals.cfm

Request for Designer Services (RFS).
http://www.massschoolbuildings.org/uploadedFiles

Construction and Modernization: Information to Assist School Districts in Addressing Construction and Modernization Needs.
http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/Projects/8/construction.pdf

Building Schools for the Future: The Role of a Design Champion.
http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2173

Using Landscape Architects for Your Facility.
http://www.schoolfacilities.com/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID= 2179

Consumer’s Guide to Hiring an Architect.
http://www.cab.ca.gov/pdf/publications/consumers_guide.pdf

Selection Criteria of the Building Systems Functional Performance Assurance Engineer.
http://www.duvalschools.org/static/aboutdcps/departments/facilities

CEFPI Consultants Directory.
http://www.cefpi.org

Designing a Childcare Center: How to Choose an Architect.
http://www.spacesforchildren.com/architec.html

Building Schools for the Future: the Client Design Advisor.
http://www.cabe.org.uk/AssetLibrary/1254.pdf

Drafting the Right Architect.
http://www.schoolfacilities.com/cd_553.aspx

Ten Ways to Help Avoid Legal Problems in School Construction.
http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/Avoid_Legal.pdf

K-12 Construction/Facilities Vendors: Major Opportunities Exist for Architectural/Engineering/Construction Firms that Target Correctly.
http://www.edweek.org/media/infopages/construction_wp.pdf

Lump-Sum Agreement for Architectural and Engineering Services.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041126112023/

Selecting a Technology Designer.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010033252/

Selecting Professional Services.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010034355/

Architectural Fee Guidelines.
http://www.azsfb.gov/sfb/new%20construction/docs/

Reinvigorating Our Schools.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

ABC Unified School District Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services.
http://www.cashnet.org/resource-center/resourcefiles/278.pdf

Understanding the Design Process for Outdoor Play & Learning Environments
http://www.whitehutchinson.com/children/articles/

A School Administrators Guide to Selecting a Design Professional
http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery

Form of Agreement Between Client and Architect for School Building Projects.
http://www.cashnet.org/resource-center/resourcefiles/279.pdf

Obtaining Professional Services for Construction Projects.
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/facplan/articles/

Needed: Constructive Advice.
http://www.asbj.com/MainMenuCategory/Archive/2008/November/LegalIssuesofSchoolConstruction.aspx?DID=270227

Giants 300 Report: K-12 Schools Report.
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6576744.html

Giants 300 Report: University Report.
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6576750.html

Build It Right.
http://www.peterli.com/spm/resources/articles/archive.php?article_id=1824

The Consultant Connection.
http://www.schooldesigner.com/Articles/The-Consultant-Connection.asp

K-12 Schools Report.
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6459402.html

University Report.
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6459408.html

The Fine Art of Choosing an Architect.
http://www.edutopia.org/choosing-architect

Eight Keys to Building Long-term Architect/Client Relationships.
http://www.labdesignnews.com/LaboratoryDesign/LD0706FEAT_3.asp

Lab Design and the Expert: Experience Brings Benefits, Pitfalls.
http://www.labdesignnews.com/LaboratoryDesign/LD0612FEAT_2.asp

Negotiating Win-Win A/E Professional Services Agreements.
http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/article.cfm?ItemNumber=2600&parentid=2545

Why Construction Safety Is Important.
http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/article.cfm?ItemNumber=2599&parentid=2545

Architecture: A Process for Educational Excellence Within Budget
http://www.schoolfacilities.com/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2090

Becoming Partners.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_becoming_partners/

Misconceptions of a School Construction Budget
http://www.peterli.com/archive/cpm/933.shtm

The Non-Architects Guide to the Design Process.
http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/articleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=

Finding an Advocate in an Architect.
http://www.aasa.org/publications/

Touching Base.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_touching_base/

Reading Between the Lines.
http://www.peterli.com/archive/spm/694.shtm

How These Tech Managers Learned to Work with Architects & Contractors
http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p=451

Top 25 [Design Firms] in Education.
http://enr.construction.com/people/sourcebooks/top500Design/generalBld/education.asp

Choosing Wisely.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_choosing_wisely/

Hiring a Consultant.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_tech_talk_hiring/

A School Briefing Primer.
http://www.learningbydesign.biz/2001/inprint/primer.html

Invest Now Or Pay Later.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_invest_pay_later/

Architects as Educators.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_architects_educators/

Delivery Order Contracting: A Better Way To Build.
http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/

Making Smart Building Decisions.
http://www.peterli.com/archive/cpm/115.shtm

Performance Over Price.
http://asumag.com/mag/university_performance_price/

The Design Partner.
http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/

 

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