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The main article in this newsletter concerns the adoption by an architectural firm of elements of a systems approach as a means of providing school buildings responsive spatially and environmentally to educational change, and how these activities were later instrumental in facilitating entry by the architectural firm into the construction management field. The pros and cons of construction management and building systems for client, contractors, and architect are cited. Included are photographs, building plans, and specifications of four schools completed or in progress. (Author/MLF)

This newsletter focuses primarily on the educational facility building systems of Boston and Detroit, and incorporates a brief progress report on the Montreal building project. In addition, the results of ten years of involvement by Educational Facilities Laboratories in exploring the feasibility of developing and applying building systems for schools are illustrated. A chart addresses itself to this task by showing the significant data concerning eight of the building systems programs that were given financial assistance by EFL. (Author/MLF)

The first evaluative study is a survey of user -- student and teacher -- response to the School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) schools and to elements of the SCSD building system. Results of the 3,000 person survey are presented both as comparative findings for the 11 SCSD schools involved and as response profiles for each of the schools. Survey data is summarized in graphical form for each school. The second study concerns an attempt to develop a model for an ongoing study of the intricate relationships between the physical environment and educational and behavioral objectives. The purpose of the program studied is to develop a method whereby the science teachers of Oak Grove High School, an SCSD school, may study and improve conditions within their department. Sample survey questionnaires for students and teachers are included at the end of the report. (Photographs may reproduce poorly.) (Author/DN)

The major systems development projects of the 1960's were concerned primarily with facility problems at the elementary and secondary levels. Rapidly increasing enrollments coupled with changes in both curriculum and in teaching methods created a demand for more flexible facilities that could be constructed rapidly and inexpensively. The success of systems procedures in dealing with the problems of time, cost, quality, and flexibility at the elementary and secondary school levels lead quite naturally to the extension of this approach to higher education. The four projects described in this issue are representative of the use of systems procedures to solve a variety of planning and design problems on community college, college, and university campuses. These projects have been deliberately selected to provide a wide geographic representation and include projects in New Jersey, Florida, and Oregon. The second part of this 2-part series on systems on the campus appears as EA 004 975. (Author)

This newsletter details the efforts of the University of Alaska to develop a systems approach that will provide facilities for higher education in a State with an area more than three and one half times that of New Jersey, Florida, and Oregon combined. The problem involved in providing appropriate facilities in a State such as Alaska are compounded by (1) climate, (2) distance, (3) labor and contractor shortages, and (4) inflation. Fast track scheduling, building systems technology, and management contracting, three innovative design and construction procedures, were devised by the University and its consultants to combat the effects of these factors and were applied to shorten construction time for the six University projects. The first part of this 2-part series on systems on the campus appears as EA 004 974. (Author/MLF)

This document attempts to provide a "state of the art" study of the application of building systems to construction with emphasis on educational facilities. Although directed primarily at the architect and the building team, this material can also be useful to those who contemplate using building systems. Building systems are considered part of a more comprehensive systems approach to design and construction emphasizing the importance of the procedures and techniques of application. The first section surveys means of learning about the use of building systems, and the second describes a generalized model of a project that utilizes building systems and includes discussions of programing, design, and multistage bidding. The text is supported by sample bidding sheets, drawings, letters of intent, and a 29-item annotated bibliography. (Author/MLF)

In the design/build process, an owner asks an architect to team up with a builder to provide both design and construction services at a fixed price. Design/build procedures, used successfully in Jefferson County, Colorado, to provide facilities that satisfy school district needs in quality, cost, and fast delivery, are described. An editorial comment also attempts to place the Jefferson County experience into the context of design/build throughout the country. (Building plans may reproduce poorly.) (Author/MLF)

BSIC has selected data for inclusion, and a method of presentation that-- (1) provides preliminary data, in comparable form, about all relevant systems building products, (2) surveys within the limits imposed, the problems of compatibility between subsystem components and to identify components which are compatible with one another, (3) identifies the manufacturer's representatives whom the users will wish to contact in order to go beyond the preliminary phase for which this catalog is intended, and (4) stimulates manufacturer, architect, and engineer thinking about the problem of component compatibility and details. The four component subsystems discussed are structure, lighting-ceiling, heating-ventilating -air conditioning, and demountable-movable partitions. (TC)

To qualify for inclusion in this listing, a building must have been constructed with two or more compatible building subsystems, one of which is structure. It is estimated that at least 400 schools that satisfy this definition have been constructed in the U. S. and Canada, about one quarter of which appear in this listing. Beginning with this edition, the listing is to be produced by computer from the information stored in BSIC's Systems Buildings Data Bank. With the exception of Canadian schools, the schools are listed by their U. S. Postal Service Zip Codes. Canadian schools have been assigned arbitrary "area numbers" to keep them all together and to keep all schools in the same area together. The information on each school includes (1) architects, (2) date completed, (3) building cost, and (4) building area. On some projects, a set of initials identifies the larger systems project of which the listed project was a part. All data is provided to BSIC by the architects or the owners of the listed buildings. (Author/MLF)

This document is a catalog of products available for use in an SCSD-type building system for educational facilities and related building types. Extensive information is presented about products in the four building subsystems of (1) structure, (2) heating/ventilating/cooling, (3) integrated lighting/ceiling, and (4) demountable and portable partitions. The presentation format consists of product performance data charts and lists of manufacturer addresses and contacts for product lines. The compatibility of these products is then presented graphically in three matrixes, one of which identifies 811 fully compatible building systems composed of products from the four subsystems. (Author)

A list of schools which have been either designed or constructed using the component building systems approach has been prepared by BSIC personnel. The information was obtained from three sources--(1) manufacturers' data about applications of their products, (2) published articles, lists , and materials of systems building projects, and (3) fortuitous discovery. Four selected subsystems (structure, lighting-ceiling, heating-ventilating-air conditioning, and demountable partitions) have been used to illustrate the extent of involvement of the systems approach. 113 buildings from 23 states are represented. (TC)