Building and Renovating Schools: Design, Construction Management, Cost Control

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Building and Renovating Schools: Design, Construction Management, Cost Control

David J. Lewek,Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc.,Brian C. Murphy,Joseph Macaluso

Description

This all-inclusive guide to building and renovating schools covers every step of the process – from initial planning, needs assessment and design, right through moving into the new facility. An essential resource for anyone concerned with new school construction or renovation, including architects and engineers, contractors and project managers, facility managers, school administrators and school board members, building committees, community leaders, and anyone else who wants to ensure that the project meets the schools’ needs in a cost-effective, timely manner.

The contributors to this book – architects, construction project managers, contractors, and estimators who specialize in school construction – provide start-to-finish, expert guidance on the process.

FEATURES:

Includes guidance on:

Planning and design
Selecting a design team
Green design standards and technologies
Integrating computer and building automation technology
Security equipment, design approaches and cost issues
Design considerations for specialty spaces like performing arts centers, library/media centers, computer labs, and science and art classrooms.

About the Author

About the Authors

Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc. (DRA), author of the planning and design section, is an award-winning, Boston-based architecture firm that has specialized in the design of educational facilities for over 80 years.

Joseph Macaluso, CCC, is a construction cost estimator with experience on numerous school construction projects for New York State's economic development agency.

David Lewek is president of a construction project management firm specializing in large public school projects in New England.

Brian C. Murphy, a development manager for the Beck Group in Florida, has overseen construction of a wide variety of educational facility projects.

The construction cost data was provided by RSMeans, North America's leading publisher of construction cost and reference data for more than 60 years.RSMeans is a product line of Reed Construction Data.

Series

RSMeans

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