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FD 035 180 AUTHOR TTTLE TNSTTTUTTON PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM EDPS PRICE DESCPIPTORS IDENTTPTERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME EF 001 471 Eenet, James; And Others SCSD: The Project and the Schools. A Report from Educational Facilities Laboratories. Educational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, N.Y. may 67 qOp. Educational Facilities Laboratories, 477 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 EDRS Price IF-T0.50 HC-54.60 Building Equipment, Building Plans, *Component 9uildinq Systems, Construction (Process), Construction Costs, Coordination, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities, Environmental Criteria, Facility Expansion, Facility Requirements, Flexible Classrooms, *Flexible Facilities, High School Design, *Modular Building Design, *Performance Criteria, *School Design, Space Utilization Educational Facilities Laboratories, School Construction Systems Development SCSD, a structurally coordinated school building components system, is a highly automated method of building new schools that creatively meet the needs of the ever changing educational environment through functional and flexible planning. Examples of why SCSD high schools are efficient, flexible, and spatially planned, are cited. Environmental requirements are given for--(1) heating/ventilation, (2) air conditioning, (3) lighting/ceiling, (4) storage and equipment, and (5) partitions. Photographs and diagrams demonstrate the interaction of the subsystem components. The evaluation concludes that society needs both higher auality and larger quantities of school buildings to meet the complex learning facility requirements of the present and future. (TG)

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Page 1: DOCUMENT RESUME - ERICDOCUMENT RESUME EF 001 471 Benet, James; And Others SCSD: The Project and the Schools. A Report from 'Educational Facilities Laboratories. Educational Facilities

FD 035 180

AUTHORTTTLE

TNSTTTUTTONPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

EDPS PRICEDESCPIPTORS

IDENTTPTERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

EF 001 471

Eenet, James; And OthersSCSD: The Project and the Schools. A Report fromEducational Facilities Laboratories.Educational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, N.Y.may 67qOp.Educational Facilities Laboratories, 477 MadisonAvenue, New York, New York 10022

EDRS Price IF-T0.50 HC-54.60Building Equipment, Building Plans, *Component9uildinq Systems, Construction (Process),Construction Costs, Coordination, EducationalEquipment, Educational Facilities, EnvironmentalCriteria, Facility Expansion, Facility Requirements,Flexible Classrooms, *Flexible Facilities, HighSchool Design, *Modular Building Design,*Performance Criteria, *School Design, SpaceUtilizationEducational Facilities Laboratories, SchoolConstruction Systems Development

SCSD, a structurally coordinated school buildingcomponents system, is a highly automated method of building newschools that creatively meet the needs of the ever changingeducational environment through functional and flexible planning.Examples of why SCSD high schools are efficient, flexible, andspatially planned, are cited. Environmental requirements are givenfor--(1) heating/ventilation, (2) air conditioning, (3)lighting/ceiling, (4) storage and equipment, and (5) partitions.Photographs and diagrams demonstrate the interaction of the subsystemcomponents. The evaluation concludes that society needs both higherauality and larger quantities of school buildings to meet the complexlearning facility requirements of the present and future. (TG)

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ED 035 180

AUTHORTTTLE

TNSTTTUTTONPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIPTERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

EF 001 471

Benet, James; And OthersSCSD: The Project and the Schools. A Report from'Educational Facilities Laboratories.Educational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, N.Y.May 67qOD.

Educational Facilities Laboratories, 477 MadisonAvenue, New York, New York 10022

FOPS Price MP-ct0.50 HC-5z4.60Building Equipment, Building Plans, *ComponentBuilding Systems, Construction (Process),Construction Costs, Coordination, EducationalEquipment, Educational Facilities, EnvironmentalCriteria, Facility Expansion, Facility Requirements,Flexible Classrooms, *Flexible Facilities, HighSchool Design, *Modular Building Design,*performance Criteria, *School Design, SpaceUtilizationEducational Facilities Laboratories, SchoolConstruction Systems Development

SCSD, a structurally coordinated school buildingcomponents system, is a highly automated method of building newschools that creatively meet the needs of the ever changingeducational environment through functional and flexible planning.Examples of why SCSD high schools are efficient, flexible, andspatially planned, are cited. Environmental requirements are givenfor -- (1) heating/ventilation, (2) air conditioning, (3)lighting/ceiling, (4) storage and equipment, and (5) partitions.Photographs and diagrams demonstrate the interaction of the subsystemcomponents. The evaluation concludes that society needs both higherquality and larger quantities of school buildings to meet the complexlearning facility requirements of the present and future. (TG)

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tpr

ojec

t (SC

SD)

is a

pra

ctic

al te

st o

fa

met

hod

ofbu

ildin

g be

tter

scho

ols

mor

e ra

pidl

y an

dec

onom

-ic

ally

. In

the

proj

ect a

gro

up o

f C

alif

orni

a sc

hool

dist

rict

s bu

ilt s

ix s

choo

ls a

nd h

ad f

ive

othe

rs in

cons

truc

tion

at th

e en

d of

196

6, w

ith tw

o ot

her

proj

ects

sch

edul

ed to

go

to b

id in

1967

. Alto

geth

erth

e 11

sch

ools

bui

lt or

und

er c

onst

ruct

ion

incl

ude

abou

t 1.4

mill

ion

squa

re f

eet o

fsp

ace

and

have

an e

stim

ated

cos

t of

abou

t $25

mill

ion.

The

men

mos

t hea

vily

bur

dene

d,:t

3pc-

n-

sibi

lity

for

thes

e sc

hool

s, th

e sc

hool

dis

:zic

t stir

inte

nden

ts, a

re e

nthu

sias

tic. "

The

mos

t cre

ativ

eap

proa

ch to

sch

ool b

uild

ing

in 1

00 y

ears

,"on

eha

s ca

lled

the

proj

ect.

"Whe

n w

e lo

ok b

ack

onth

e pr

oble

ms

we

had

to w

ork

out,"

sai

d an

othe

r,"w

e w

onde

r if

we

wou

ld h

ave

trie

d it

ifw

e ha

dkn

own

abou

t the

m. B

ut w

hen

we

look

at t

hepr

oduc

t, w

e kn

ow it

was

wor

th a

ll th

e tr

oubl

e."

A th

ird

says

, "W

e ar

e ge

tting

fle

xibi

lity

in th

ese

scho

ols

that

we

neve

r dr

eam

ed o

f."

Ano

ther

sup

erin

tend

ent p

roud

ly d

ecla

res

that

his

new

hig

h sc

hool

"w

ill b

e on

e of

the

mos

tfa

mou

s in

Am

eric

a, w

ith p

eopl

e co

min

g fr

om a

llov

er th

e co

untr

y to

see

it."

Wha

t is

this

pro

ject

that

has

cal

led

fort

h su

ch p

rais

e? B

asic

ally

it is

a m

eans

of

usin

g th

e ef

fici

ency

of

mod

ern

indu

s-tr

ial m

ass

prod

uctio

n to

con

stru

ct s

choo

ls, w

hile

still

avo

idin

g st

anda

rdiz

ed p

lans

or

mon

oton

ous

repe

titio

n of

eith

er r

oom

s or

gen

eral

app

eara

nce.

It is

als

o a

way

of

intr

oduc

ing

spec

ific

edu

catio

nal

requ

irem

ents

into

the

man

ufac

ture

r's p

art i

n th

ebu

ildin

g pr

oces

s at

an

earl

ier

stag

e th

an u

sual

.A

nd it

is a

mut

ually

cha

lleng

ing

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

scho

ol p

eopl

e an

d th

e bu

ildin

g in

dust

rypr

oduc

ing

new

cre

ativ

e th

inki

ng o

n bo

th s

ides

.

The

SC

SD s

taff

, as

tech

nica

l adv

isor

s to

13

scho

ol d

istr

icts

gro

uped

toge

ther

as th

e Fi

rst

Cal

ifor

nia

Com

mis

sion

on

Scho

ol C

onst

ruct

ion

Syst

ems,

ana

lyze

d th

e bu

ildin

g ne

eds

pose

d by

new

sec

onda

ry s

choo

l pro

gram

s. T

hey

then

ask

edm

anuf

actu

rers

to d

evel

op n

ew p

rodu

cts

to m

eet

a ne

w ty

pe o

f sp

ecif

icat

ion.

The

spe

cifi

catio

nsem

phas

ized

the

need

for

com

patib

ility

of

the

var-

ious

bui

ldin

g co

mpo

nent

sin

shor

t the

"sy

stem

s"ap

proa

ch. T

he m

anuf

actu

rers

bid

com

petit

ivel

yto

the

Com

mis

sion

for

mul

timill

ion-

dolla

rco

n-tr

acts

to s

uppl

y an

d in

stal

l the

ir p

rodu

cts.

The

indi

vidu

al s

choo

l dis

tric

ts e

mpl

oyed

thei

row

n ar

chite

cts

for

the

desi

gn o

f th

eir

scho

ols.

The

se a

rchi

tect

s us

ed th

e ne

w S

CSD

com

pone

nts,

whi

ch c

ompr

ise

abou

t hal

f th

e co

st o

f th

ese

scho

ols,

in m

uch

the

sam

em

anne

r as

they

use

stan

dard

bui

ldin

g co

mpo

nent

s. L

ocal

gen

eral

con-

trac

tors

bid

on

each

sch

ool,

with

the

com

pone

ntm

anuf

actu

rers

bec

omin

g th

eir

subc

ontr

acto

rs to

deliv

er a

nd in

stal

l the

SC

SI)

com

pone

nts.

As

had

been

pla

nned

, the

new

sch

ools

vary

exte

nsiv

ely

even

thou

gh a

ll ar

e bu

ilt w

ith id

en-

tical

sys

tem

s of

ste

el s

truc

tura

l com

pone

nts,

cei

l-in

g an

d lig

htin

g co

mpo

nent

s, a

ir-c

ondi

tioni

ngun

its, i

nter

ior

part

ition

s, c

abin

ets,

and

lock

ers.

The

arc

hite

ct is

not

lim

ited

in p

lan

layo

ut a

ndha

s a

num

ber

of c

hoic

es w

ithin

the

com

pone

ntra

nges

. Ext

erio

r w

alls

are

not

a p

art o

f th

e sy

s-te

m, a

nd m

ater

ials

are

sel

ecte

d fo

r th

em a

t the

disc

retio

n of

indi

vidu

al a

rchi

tect

s.A

lthou

gh th

e SC

SD c

ompo

nent

s w

ere

desi

gned

for

build

ings

of

one

and

two

stor

ies,

one

of th

ene

w s

cl:o

ols

is to

hav

e a

thre

e-st

ory

build

inga

two-

stor

y SC

SD s

teel

-fra

me

build

ing

atop

a re

in-

forc

ed c

oncr

ete

firs

t sto

ry. P

roje

ct s

izes

rang

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less

than

30,

000

squa

re f

eet t

o m

ore

than

200,

000.

Ext

erio

rs in

clud

e br

ick,

pre

cast

con

cret

epa

nels

, pla

ster

, woo

d, c

oncr

ete

bloc

k, a

nd g

lass

.A

rchi

tect

s an

d en

gine

ers

are

accu

stom

ed to

pick

ing

man

y of

thei

r bu

ildin

g co

mpo

nent

s fr

omca

talo

gues

. Wha

t SC

SD h

as d

one

is to

giv

e th

ema

cata

logu

e of

new

, ing

enio

us, a

nd e

cono

mic

alco

mpo

nent

s, a

ll of

whi

ch a

re d

esig

ned

from

the

outs

et to

fit

toge

ther

. Som

e ha

ve f

elt c

hafe

d by

bein

g lim

ited

to th

e SC

SD c

atal

ogue

but

it is

doub

tful

that

SC

SD s

erio

usly

incr

ease

s th

ere

stri

ctio

ns o

n th

em. F

or in

all

build

ing,

and

espe

cial

ly in

bui

ldin

g sc

hool

s, th

ere

are

alre

ady

subs

tant

ial a

nd u

navo

idab

le r

estr

ictio

ns.

Firs

t of

all i

s th

e re

stri

ctio

n of

cos

t, an

d he

reSC

SD h

as in

crea

sed

the

arch

itect

's f

reed

omra

ther

than

lim

iting

it. T

o ta

ke o

ne e

xam

ple,

be-

fore

SC

SD n

o ar

chite

ct, e

ven

if h

e ha

d di

ligen

tlyse

arch

ed th

e gr

eat g

ener

al c

atal

ogue

of

build

ing

com

pone

nts

calle

d "S

wee

t's,"

cou

ld f

ind

dem

ount

-ab

le p

artit

ions

, tha

t a C

alif

orni

a sc

hool

cou

ldaf

ford

, with

the

qual

ity a

nd f

lexi

bilit

y pr

ovid

edby

the

SCSD

sys

tem

s. M

oreo

ver,

the

gene

ral s

av-

ings

of

usin

g th

e SC

SD s

yste

ms

quite

evi

dent

lyfr

ee a

n ar

chite

ct to

hav

e gr

eate

r ch

oice

of

the

othe

r el

emen

ts o

f hi

s pr

ojec

t.Fi

nally

, the

SC

SD s

yste

ms

wer

e ca

refu

lly s

pec-

ifie

d to

be

capa

ble

of m

eetin

g th

e ac

tual

nee

dsof

sch

ools

, so

that

thei

r lim

itatio

ns li

e ve

ry la

rgel

you

tsid

e th

e ed

ucat

iona

l req

uire

men

ts. T

hus,

an

arch

itect

will

fin

d th

at w

ith th

e SC

SD s

yste

ms

he c

anno

t bui

ld a

pitc

hed

roof

. But

this

is n

ot s

ig-

nifi

cant

for

sch

ool p

rogr

ams.

On

the

othe

r ha

ndSC

SD r

equi

rem

ents

cal

led

for

long

spa

ns a

nda

high

deg

ree

of f

lexi

bilit

y th

at a

re r

equi

red

byed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s.

Edu

cato

rs h

ave

wel

com

ed th

e pr

ojec

t bec

ause

it ha

s m

ade

a lo

ng s

trid

e to

war

d m

akin

g po

ssib

leth

e ne

w ty

pe o

f bu

ildin

g th

ey k

now

they

nee

d --

a ch

ange

able

bui

ldin

g fo

r to

day'

s ra

pidl

y ch

ang-

ing

educ

atio

n. T

he s

yste

ms

appr

oach

has

not

onl

ypr

ovid

ed f

or v

arie

ty in

ori

gina

l des

ign;

it h

asbr

ough

t the

cos

t of

mov

able

and

dem

ount

able

part

ition

s w

ithin

the

reac

h of

man

y di

stri

cts

that

coul

d no

t pre

viou

sly

affo

rd th

em, a

long

with

long

span

s of

col

umn-

free

inte

rior

spa

ce, a

nd r

ear-

rang

eabl

e ai

r co

nditi

onin

g."I

t will

allo

w m

e to

exp

erim

ent w

ith te

amte

achi

ng w

ithou

t bei

ng c

omm

itted

to it

for

40

year

s,"

said

one

edu

cato

r. A

noth

er c

omm

ente

dth

at h

is te

ache

rs c

an n

ow u

nder

take

to m

ix la

rge-

grou

p an

d sm

all-

grou

p in

stru

ctio

n ju

st a

s th

eych

oose

, and

to c

hang

e th

e m

ixtu

re f

rom

yea

r to

year

. "T

he p

ossi

bilit

y, f

or th

e fi

rst t

ime,

of

doin

gth

at is

lead

ing

us to

rec

onsi

der

our

who

le in

stru

c-tio

nal p

rogr

am,"

he

rem

arke

d. "

The

re a

re m

any

way

s to

enc

oura

ge te

ache

rs to

impr

ove

our

scho

ols,

and

this

is o

ne o

f th

em. A

bui

ldin

g op

ento

cha

nge

is o

peni

ng th

e ey

es o

f ou

r te

ache

rs."

Scho

ol tr

uste

es a

nd th

e vo

ters

who

put

them

into

off

ice

are

also

fin

ding

the

proj

ect a

ttrac

tive.

It s

eem

s to

man

y to

be

an a

ffir

mat

ive

answ

er to

the

cons

tant

app

eal f

or th

rift

in s

choo

l con

stru

c-tio

nso

met

imes

nai

vely

exp

ress

ed a

s a

desi

re f

orst

anda

rd p

lans

. Sch

ool t

rust

ees

wel

com

e th

e id

eaof

mas

s-pr

oduc

ed c

ompo

nent

s as

pro

of th

at th

eir

staf

f is

wor

king

for

max

imum

eco

nom

y, a

ndap

prov

e ex

pend

iture

s th

at th

ey f

orm

erly

blo

cked

."I

thin

k m

y bo

ard

mem

bers

hav

e sh

own

that

they

car

e w

hat h

appe

ns to

thei

r ta

xes,

" sa

id o

nesu

peri

nten

dent

. "T

hey

will

spe

nd th

e m

oney

whe

n th

ey a

re c

onvi

nced

that

they

are

get

ting

as

muc

h as

pos

sibl

e fo

r ev

ery

dolla

r. W

e w

ill n

otsp

end

less

on

our

scho

ol b

ecau

se o

f SC

SD, b

utw

e'll

get a

muc

h be

tter

scho

ol f

or th

e m

oney

.T

hat's

the

sort

of

thin

g th

at p

uts

over

bon

d is

sues

."

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The

Firs

t SC

SD

Sch

ool

Firs

t of

the

proj

ect's

sch

ools

to g

o in

to a

ctua

lco

nstr

uctio

n w

as F

ount

ain

Val

ley

for

the

Hun

t-in

gton

Bea

ch U

nion

Hig

h Sc

hool

Dis

tric

t,a

3,00

0 -

stud

ent s

choo

l whi

ch o

pene

d in

the

fall

of 1

966.

Foun

tain

Val

ley

offe

rs, a

s it

happ

ens,

anun

usua

l opp

ortu

nity

to c

ompa

re a

n SC

SD s

choo

lw

ith o

ne o

f co

nven

tiona

l con

stru

ctio

n. O

nly

thre

eye

ars

earl

ier

the

sam

e ar

chite

cts,

Nep

tune

and

Tho

mas

of

Pasa

dena

, com

plet

ed a

noth

erse

con-

dary

sch

ool o

f th

e sa

me

size

and

alm

ost i

dent

ical

plan

for

the

sam

e fa

st-g

row

ing

Los

Ang

eles

sub

-ur

b. I

t is

calle

d M

arin

a H

igh

Scho

ol.

The

gen

eral

pla

n, o

f on

e-st

ory

build

ings

grou

ped

arou

nd a

larg

e ce

ntra

l cou

rt w

hich

con-

tain

s an

out

door

am

phith

eate

r, w

as o

bvio

usly

not

at a

ll in

flue

nced

by

SCSD

con

stru

ctio

n m

etho

ds,

sinc

e it

was

fir

st d

evel

oped

for

the

earl

ier

scho

ol.

But

the

diff

eren

ces

in e

xecu

tion

som

e in

here

ntin

SC

SD a

nd s

ome

not i

nher

ent a

re s

uffi

cien

tlyno

tew

orth

y fo

r di

scus

sion

in s

ome

deta

il.Fi

rst o

f al

l, Fo

unta

in V

alle

y ha

s th

e bu

ilt-i

nfl

exib

ility

that

the

SCSD

sys

tem

s pr

ovid

e. M

ost

inte

rior

par

titio

ns a

re d

emou

ntab

le, s

o th

at c

lass

-ro

om s

izes

and

arr

ange

men

ts c

an b

e in

expe

nsiv

ely

alte

red,

and

the

light

ing

and

air-

cond

ition

ing

sys-

tem

s ca

n he

rea

dily

rea

rran

ged

to c

onfo

rm. C

abi-

nets

are

als

o ea

sily

rea

rran

ged,

and

thei

r sh

elve

s,dr

awer

s, a

nd d

oors

are

inte

rcha

ngea

ble.

Ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons,

of

whi

ch S

CSD

off

ers

both

fold

ing-

pane

l and

acc

ordi

on ty

pes,

are

als

ode

mou

ntab

le. F

ount

ain

Val

ley

mak

es a

n un

usua

lus

e of

the

pane

l typ

e in

a g

roup

of

four

dra

ma

clas

sroo

ms,

eac

h of

whi

ch h

as o

ne c

orne

ron

ahy

drau

lic li

ft, w

hich

ele

vate

s a

stag

e 10

fee

tsq

uare

. By

fold

ing

wal

ls b

ack,

teac

hers

can

com

-bi

ne th

ese

room

s in

to a

sin

gle

one

with

a ce

ntra

l

13

stag

e 20

fee

t squ

are,

or

mak

e ot

her

com

bina

tions

,si

nce

each

lift

and

eac

h pa

rtiti

on is

inde

pend

ent.

Thi

s is

not

pro

vide

d fo

r in

the

earl

ier

high

sch

ool.

As

anot

her

SCSD

fea

ture

, the

air

-con

ditio

ning

syst

em in

clud

es a

fiv

e-ye

ar m

aint

enan

ce c

ontr

act

valu

ed a

t abo

ut $

52,0

00. G

ener

ally

, mai

nten

ance

of S

CSD

com

pone

nts

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e lo

wer

inco

st th

an f

or c

onve

ntio

nal s

choo

ls.

Foun

tain

Val

ley

has

bric

k ex

teri

or w

alls

, bot

hm

ore

hand

som

e th

e sc

hool

is a

not

ably

goo

d-lo

okin

g on

e ov

er-a

lland

with

bet

ter

mai

nten

ance

char

acte

rist

ics

than

Mar

ina'

s til

t-sl

ab c

oncr

ete

wal

ls. D

urab

ility

is a

n im

port

ant r

equi

rem

ent f

orH

untin

gton

Bea

ch s

choo

ls, s

ince

they

are

near

the

ocea

n an

d th

ey m

ust w

ithst

and

the

corr

osiv

eef

fect

s of

sal

t air

.L

ight

ing

leve

ls h

ave

been

incr

ease

d co

nsid

erab

lyth

roug

hout

the

scho

ol. O

ther

impr

ovem

ents

in-

clud

e tin

ting

the

conc

rete

of

the

cent

ral c

ourt

yard

to r

educ

e gl

are,

a s

nack

bar

terr

ace

seat

ing

800

to 1

,000

stu

dent

s, a

pav

ed a

nd f

ence

d se

rvic

e ya

rd,

incr

ease

in s

ize

of o

ne o

f th

e tw

o sw

imm

ing

pool

san

d th

e au

dito

rium

sta

ge, s

epar

ate

build

ings

for

stud

ent l

ocke

rs a

way

fro

m th

e cl

assr

oom

s, a

ddi-

tiona

l ele

ctri

cal o

utle

ts in

eve

ry c

lass

room

, and

light

ing

for

four

tenn

is a

nd f

our

bask

etba

ll co

urts

.N

ever

thel

ess

Foun

tain

Val

ley

is b

eing

bui

lton

ly s

light

ly m

ore

expe

nsiv

ely

than

Mar

ina,

whi

ch h

as th

e tr

aditi

onal

fix

ed in

teri

or p

artit

ions

,an

d av

erag

e sp

ans

of o

nly

30 f

eet c

ompa

red

with

Foun

tain

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ley'

s av

erag

e sp

an o

f 70

fee

t.M

arin

a's

cost

was

6 p

er c

ent u

nder

the

max

imum

perm

itted

by

the

Cal

ifor

nia

stat

e au

thor

ities

for

a sc

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lt w

ith s

tate

aid

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ntai

n V

al-

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2.3

per

cen

t und

er th

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um.

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Hun

tingt

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How

the

Pro

ject

Gre

w

Alth

ough

SC

SD w

as e

stab

lishe

d la

te in

196

1, it

sbe

ginn

ings

go

back

to 1

954

whe

n ar

chite

ct E

zra

Ehr

enkr

antz

wen

t to

Eng

land

as

a Fu

lbri

ght

Fello

w to

wor

k at

the

Bui

ldin

g R

esea

rch

Stat

ion

in H

ertf

ords

hire

Cou

nty.

The

re a

sys

tem

of

pre-

fabr

icat

ed b

uild

ing

com

pone

nts

had

been

dev

el-

oped

by

the

Her

tfor

dshi

re C

ount

y Sc

hool

s as

earl

y as

194

6 an

d w

as in

suc

cess

ful u

se to

mee

tE

ngla

nd's

trem

endo

us p

ostw

ar n

eed

for

new

scho

ols.

Whi

le E

nglis

h co

nditi

ons

diff

er f

rom

thos

e in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, E

hren

kran

tz th

ough

tth

at th

e ap

proa

ch h

ad g

reat

pos

sibi

litie

s fo

r U

ni-

ted

Stat

es s

choo

ls, t

oo.

Aft

er h

is r

etur

n to

Am

eric

a, h

e co

mm

unic

ated

with

the

new

ly e

stab

lishe

d E

duca

tiona

l Fac

ilitie

sL

abor

ator

ies,

Inc

., a

nonp

rofi

t cor

pora

tion

esta

b-lis

hed

by th

e Fo

rd F

ound

atio

n, a

nd w

rote

a r

epor

tfo

r E

FL in

195

8 ab

out t

he B

ritis

h w

ork.

EFL

was

inte

rest

ed, b

ut ju

dged

that

the

time

was

not

rip

eto

pro

ceed

to a

tria

l.B

y 19

61, h

owev

er, w

ides

prea

d in

tere

st h

adde

velo

ped

in f

indi

ng w

ays

to c

ut th

e co

sts

of th

ehu

ge U

nite

d St

ates

sch

ool c

onst

ruct

ion

prog

ram

,w

hich

in C

alif

orni

a al

one,

at t

he a

nnua

l rat

e of

abou

t 15,

000

clas

sroo

ms,

cos

t nea

rly

$300

mill

ion.

As

usua

l, th

ere

wer

e nu

mer

ous

sugg

estio

nsth

at s

impl

e st

anda

rd p

lans

sho

uld

be d

evel

oped

,an

d, a

s us

ual,

both

arc

hite

cts

and

educ

ator

s w

ere

answ

erin

g th

at s

tand

ard

plan

s ha

d pr

oven

inad

e-qu

ate

to m

eet t

he v

arie

d co

nditi

ons

and

need

sbo

th p

hysi

cal a

nd e

duca

tiona

lof

the

natio

n's

scho

ol d

istr

icts

. Nor

had

they

eve

r pr

oduc

ed a

nyde

mon

stra

ble

econ

omie

s. "

But

," a

s on

e ed

ucat

orno

ted,

"w

hen

you

tell

scho

ol b

oard

s th

at y

ouop

pose

sta

ndar

d pl

ans,

they

ask

wha

t you

hav

e to

sugg

est a

s an

alte

rnat

ive.

"

The

Arc

hite

ctur

al F

orum

and

Edu

catio

nal

Faci

litie

s L

abor

ator

ies

spon

sore

d a

natio

nal c

on-

fere

nce

on th

e pr

oble

m in

Sep

tem

ber

of 1

961.

.[I

n at

tend

ance

wer

e C

harl

es D

. Gib

son,

chi

ef o

fth

e B

urea

u of

Sch

ool P

lann

ing,

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

tof

Edu

catio

n, S

acra

men

to, C

alif

orni

a; A

ntho

nyPa

rt, D

eput

y Se

cret

ary,

Min

istr

y of

Edu

catio

n,U

nite

d K

ingd

om; W

arre

n Sc

hmid

t, A

ssis

tant

Com

mis

sion

er, N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e E

duca

tion

Dep

artm

ent;

Ruf

us P

utna

m, S

uper

inte

nden

t of

Scho

ols,

Min

neap

olis

, Min

neso

ta; W

illia

m P

ena,

part

ner,

Cau

dill,

Row

lett,

Sco

tt, a

rchi

tect

s,H

oust

on, T

exas

; Ezr

a E

hren

kran

tz; J

. Sta

nley

Shar

p, p

artn

er, K

etch

um &

Sha

rp, a

rchi

tect

s,N

ew Y

ork

City

; Joh

n H

inch

liffe

, Dir

ecto

r, C

om-

mer

cial

Pro

duct

s, N

orth

rop

Cor

p.; W

. W. D

edon

,Pr

ojec

t Eng

inee

r, N

orth

rop

Cor

p.; G

eorg

e E

.M

artin

, Dir

ecto

r, M

arke

ting

Res

earc

h &

Dis

tri-

butio

n, K

awne

er C

o.; D

r. H

arol

d B

. Gor

es, P

resi

-de

nt, E

FL; J

onat

han

Kin

g, S

ecre

tary

-Tre

asur

er,

EFL

; Dou

glas

Has

kell,

Edi

tor,

Arc

hite

ctur

alFo

rum

; and

Wal

ter

McQ

uade

, Sen

ior

Edi

tor,

Arc

hite

ctur

al F

orum

.] A

t tha

t mee

ting

Ezr

aE

hren

kran

tz, H

arol

d G

ores

, and

Jon

atha

n K

ing

sugg

este

d th

at m

ass-

prod

uced

com

pone

nts

coul

dm

eet t

he d

eman

d fo

r st

anda

rdiz

atio

n, w

hile

stil

lpr

ovid

ing

the

broa

d va

riet

y of

sol

utio

ns o

n w

hich

the

arch

itect

s an

d ed

ucat

ors

wer

e in

sist

ing.

Cha

rles

Gib

son

gave

the

idea

imm

edia

te b

acki

ng.

And

Har

old

Gor

es a

nd J

onat

han

Kin

g ag

reed

that

, if

scho

ol d

istr

icts

cou

ld b

e fo

und

that

wou

ldac

tual

ly m

ake

use

of it

, EFL

sho

uld

supp

ort t

heid

ea's

dev

elop

men

t.K

ing

and

Ehr

enkr

antz

, who

was

now

pra

ctic

-in

g in

San

Fra

ncis

co, e

nlis

ted

the

help

of

Dr.

Jam

es D

. Mac

Con

nell,

Dir

ecto

r of

Sta

nfor

d U

ni-

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ity's

Sch

ool P

lann

ing

Lab

orat

ory,

EFL

'S W

est-

ern

Reg

iona

l Cen

ter.

Tog

ethe

r th

ey w

ent t

oFr

ank

Fisc

alin

i, Su

peri

nten

dent

of

the

Eas

t Sid

eU

nion

Hig

h Sc

hool

Dis

tric

t in

San

Jose

, Cal

i-fo

rnia

. Fis

calin

i, a

vigo

rous

and

imag

inat

ive

edu-

cato

r, w

as a

nd is

fac

ing

scho

ol b

uild

ing

need

sof

the

mos

t dif

ficu

lt ki

nd. H

is d

istr

ict i

s in

one

of th

e na

tion'

s fa

stes

t-gr

owin

g po

pula

tion

cen-

ters

in th

e bo

omin

g Sa

nta

Cla

ra v

alle

y, y

et it

cont

ains

littl

e of

the

valle

y's

flou

rish

ing

aero

spac

ein

dust

ry o

r ot

her

man

ufac

turi

ng, a

nd th

eref

ore

ispo

or in

its

tax

base

. To

add

to it

s fi

nanc

ial d

iffi

-cu

lties

, the

dis

tric

t has

a la

rge

shar

e of

San

Jos

e's

Mex

ican

-Am

eric

an p

opul

atio

n w

hich

nee

dsex

pens

ive

spec

ial e

duca

tiona

l atte

ntio

n to

dea

lw

ith la

ngua

ge h

andi

caps

and

cul

tura

l adj

ustm

ent.

Eas

t Sid

e w

as p

lann

ing

thre

e ne

w h

igh

scho

ols,

but t

hey

wou

ld h

ave

to b

e bu

ilt w

ithin

the

stri

ctbu

dget

lim

its th

at a

re im

pose

d w

hen

the

stat

ean

d no

t the

loca

l dis

tric

t is

payi

ng m

ost o

f th

eco

st. F

isca

lini b

elie

ves

stro

ngly

that

the

scho

olbu

ildin

g is

impo

rtan

t to

the

qual

ity o

f ed

ucat

ion.

"Thi

s of

fere

d us

a c

hanc

e fo

r th

e fi

rst t

ime

tobu

y qu

ality

sch

ools

at s

tate

aid

pri

ces,

" he

has

said

, "so

that

we

can

real

ly c

ompe

te w

ith d

is-

tric

ts th

at a

ren'

t rec

eivi

ng s

tate

aid

. The

bui

ldin

gis

par

t of

a su

rrou

ndin

g at

mos

pher

e th

at a

ffec

tsth

e le

arni

ng p

roce

ss. I

t oug

ht to

be

one

that

the

youn

gste

rs w

ant t

o co

me

to, a

nd n

ot o

ne th

atth

ey a

re r

epel

led

by."

Fisc

alin

i and

his

boa

rd, a

fter

ext

ensi

ve d

is-

cuss

ions

with

Ehr

enkr

antz

, Kin

g, a

nd M

acC

on-

nell,

agr

eed

that

if a

pre

fabr

icat

ed c

ompo

nent

syst

em c

ould

be

deve

lope

d, th

ey w

ould

use

it.

On

that

bas

is E

duca

tiona

l Fac

ilitie

s L

abor

a-to

ries

gra

nted

$50

,000

to S

tanf

ord

Uni

vers

ity

in D

ecem

ber,

196

1, to

ena

ble

the

Scho

ol P

lan-

ning

Lab

orat

ory

to d

o a

full-

dres

s fe

asib

ility

stud

y. S

choo

l Con

stru

ctio

n Sy

stem

s D

evel

op-

men

t was

org

aniz

ed. E

zra

Ehr

enkr

antz

was

appo

inte

d pr

ojec

t arc

hite

ct; h

e de

part

ed f

or E

ng-

land

to r

evie

w th

e la

test

dev

elop

men

ts th

ere

and

wri

te a

rep

ort o

n th

e B

ritis

h ex

peri

ence

to c

lari

fyits

mea

ning

for

the

Am

eric

an s

cene

.Fo

r E

FL, w

hich

wen

t on

to in

vest

mor

e th

an$6

00,0

00 in

the

prog

ram

, the

situ

atio

n w

asex

actly

the

sort

of

oppo

rtun

ity th

at f

ound

atio

nsus

ually

see

kone

whe

re th

ere

appe

ars

to b

e a

good

cha

nce

that

a "

seed

" in

vest

men

t will

put

into

mot

ion

a de

velo

pmen

t tha

t will

gat

her

itsow

n st

reng

th a

nd f

inal

ly b

ecom

e no

t onl

y se

lf-

supp

ortin

g bu

t sel

f-ex

pand

ing.

The

re s

eem

s to

be e

very

like

lihoo

d th

at th

is w

ill b

e th

e ca

se w

ithth

e SC

SD p

rogr

am.

On

his

retu

rn, E

hren

kran

tz b

egan

to e

xplo

reth

e pr

oble

ms

invo

lved

with

man

ufac

ture

rs, s

tate

offi

cial

s, b

uild

ing

trad

es u

nion

s, c

ontr

acto

rs,

arch

itect

s, a

nd o

ther

s. Q

uick

ly h

e di

scov

ered

that

Eas

t Sid

e's

thre

e sc

hool

s w

ould

not

pro

vide

a b

igen

ough

mar

ket t

o in

tere

st m

anuf

actu

rers

, and

with

the

help

of

Gib

son

and

Mac

Con

nell

heso

ught

out

mor

e sc

liot.1

list

rict

s in

who

se b

uild

-in

g pr

ogra

ms

the

proj

ect m

ight

be

help

ful.

In M

arch

, 196

2, th

e pr

ojec

t got

its

seco

ndst

aff

mem

ber

whe

n D

r. J

ames

D. L

auri

ts, f

or-

mer

ly p

rinc

ipal

of

the

Cub

berl

ey S

enio

r H

igh

Scho

ol in

Pal

o A

lto, j

oine

d th

e st

aff

as p

roje

ctco

ordi

nato

r. H

e be

gan

the

fund

amen

tal w

ork

ofst

udyi

ng th

e ac

tual

bui

ldin

g ne

eds

of c

onte

m-

pora

ry s

choo

ls, u

sing

pre

viou

s st

udie

s sp

onso

red

by E

FL a

nd o

ther

s, in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

esc

hool

dis

tric

ts a

s th

ey jo

ined

the

proj

ect.

Lat

er

17

Lau

rits

acc

epte

d an

app

oint

men

t as

Ass

ista

ntSc

hool

Sup

erin

tend

ent i

n N

ewto

n, M

assa

chu-

setts

, and

Joh

n R

. Boi

ce o

f th

e Sc

hool

Pla

nnin

gL

abor

ator

y of

Sta

nfor

d U

nive

rsity

rep

lace

d hi

mas

pro

ject

coo

rdin

ator

.M

eant

ime

an a

dvis

ory

com

mitt

ee h

ad b

een

form

ed in

whi

ch a

gro

up o

f di

stin

guis

hed

arch

i-te

ctsP

rof.

C. T

heod

ore

Lar

son

of th

e U

nive

r-si

ty o

f M

ichi

gan,

Cha

rles

Law

renc

e of

Cau

dill,

Row

lett,

Sco

tt; W

alte

r A

. Net

sch,

Jr.

, of

the

Chi

cago

off

ice

of S

kidm

ore,

Ow

ings

and

Mer

rill;

John

Lyo

n R

eid

of R

eid

and

Tar

icsa

nd e

duca

-tio

n pr

ofes

sor

Cyr

il G

. Sar

gent

, the

n of

Har

vard

Uni

vers

ity a

nd n

ow w

ith th

e C

ity U

nive

rsity

of

New

Yor

k, jo

ined

Fis

calin

i, G

ibso

n, K

ing,

and

Mac

Con

nell

to w

atch

ove

r th

e de

velo

ping

wor

k.B

y Ju

ly th

e fe

asib

ility

stu

dy w

as f

inis

hed,

and

its r

epor

t was

fav

orab

le. F

ive

scho

ol d

istr

icts

,w

ith b

uild

ing

prog

ram

s co

min

g to

abo

ut $

11 m

il-lio

n, w

ere

read

y to

par

ticip

ate,

and

ther

e se

emed

to b

e no

insu

pera

W o

bsta

cle

to e

nlis

ting

mor

eir

t ord

er to

atta

in th

e m

arke

t of

at le

ast $

30 m

il-lio

n re

quir

ed b

y th

e m

anuf

actu

rers

to ju

stif

y th

ere

sear

ch a

n -1

dev

elop

men

t exp

endi

ture

.E

duca

tiona

l Fac

ilitie

s L

abor

ator

ies

appr

oved

addi

tiona

l gra

nt f

unds

, and

the

proj

ect w

as u

nder

way

, to

be a

dmin

iste

red

by th

e St

anfo

rd U

nive

r-si

ty S

choo

l Pla

nnin

g L

abor

ator

y. A

sm

all s

taff

was

rec

ruite

d; f

irst

, arc

hite

cts

Chr

isto

pher

W.

Arn

old,

Ver

non

C. B

ryan

t Jr.

, and

Ber

t E. R

ay,

and

late

r, a

rchi

tect

Vis

sche

r B

oyd,

con

sulti

ngen

gine

er C

harl

es M

. Her

d, a

nd a

rchi

tect

ural

assi

stan

t Pet

er K

astl.

Pau

l Hoy

enga

of

the

Stat

eD

epar

tmen

t of

Fina

nce

beca

me

ais

ulta

nt to

help

with

pro

blem

s of

sta

te b

udge

ting

stan

dard

s.T

he g

roup

set

to w

ork

to c

ompl

ete

the

educ

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l ana

lysi

s of

the

scho

ols

and

to tr

ansl

ate

thes

e ed

ucat

iona

l spe

cifi

catio

ns in

to th

e so

rt o

fsp

ecif

icat

ions

fro

m w

hich

man

ufac

ture

rs c

ould

desi

gn c

ompo

nent

s an

d bi

d th

em L

arge

sch

ools

chie

fly

high

sch

ools

wer

e in

volv

edar

e am

ong

the

mor

e co

mpl

ex o

f ed

ucat

iona

l bui

ldin

gs.

Bes

ides

sim

ple

clas

sroo

ms,

they

are

like

ly to

incl

ude

prov

isio

ns f

or la

rge

asse

mbl

ies,

adm

inis

-tr

atio

n, c

ouns

elin

g, p

hysi

cal e

duca

tion,

indu

stri

alsh

op w

ork,

dra

mat

ics,

and

num

erou

s ot

her

spec

ial

uses

. In

addi

tion,

Am

eric

an e

duca

tion

is in

ape

riod

of

prof

ound

and

rap

id c

hang

e.A

t the

turn

of

the

cent

ury

the

trad

ition

alC

alif

orni

a cl

assr

oom

, the

sta

ff f

ound

, had

bee

n20

fee

t by

20 f

eet,

beca

use

this

was

a c

onve

nien

tsp

an f

or w

ood

fram

e co

nstr

uctio

n. G

radu

ally

the

long

dim

ensi

on h

ad b

een

push

ed u

p to

fro

m 3

0to

32

feet

, as

clas

sroo

ms

of 7

50 to

960

squ

are

feet

beca

me

the

norm

, by

the

use

of p

rem

ium

lum

ber,

light

ste

el, a

nd r

einf

orce

d co

ncre

te. B

ut s

choo

lsar

e no

w f

acin

g th

e ne

ed o

f ev

en la

rger

spa

ces,

scho

ol a

dmin

istr

ator

s to

ld S

CSD

. "W

hy s

houl

dn't

a go

od le

ctur

er b

e ab

le to

mee

t a c

lass

of

150

stud

ents

, ins

tead

of

havi

ng to

rep

eat h

is le

ctur

efo

ur ti

mes

?" o

ne a

sked

. Yet

at t

he s

ame

time

the

adm

inis

trat

ors

wer

e sa

ying

that

soc

ial s

tudi

esm

ay s

oon

be c

arri

ed o

n la

rgel

y in

sm

all g

roup

sof

10

to 2

0 st

uden

ts.

Cou

nsel

ing,

trad

ition

ally

don

e in

divi

dual

ly,

may

als

o be

don

e w

ith la

rger

gro

ups

in f

utur

e,th

e ed

ucat

ors

said

. We

are

teac

hing

mor

e la

n-gu

ages

, so

the

new

lang

uage

labo

rato

ry w

here

stud

ents

wor

k w

ith ta

pe r

ecor

ders

mus

t mak

epr

ovis

ion

for

smal

l gro

ups

as w

ell a

s la

rge

ones

.St

uden

t art

pro

ject

s to

day

"may

be

larg

e, h

eavy

,an

d di

rty,

" su

gges

ted

one

educ

ator

, and

so

ther

e

shou

ld b

e ou

tsid

e sp

ace

with

goo

d dr

aina

ge a

vail-

able

to th

e ar

t dep

artm

entb

ut it

sho

uld

bero

ofed

, to

prot

ect t

he w

ork

in b

ad w

eath

er.

From

thes

e di

scus

sion

s, th

e st

aff

wer

e ab

le to

reac

h ba

sic

conc

lusi

ons

abou

t the

con

stru

ctio

nsy

stem

. The

y de

cide

d th

at a

60-

foot

spa

n, o

rm

ore,

rat

her

than

the

trad

ition

al 3

0-fo

ot o

ne,

wou

ld b

e m

ost u

sefu

l, th

at m

any

inte

rior

par

ti-tio

ns s

houl

d be

dem

ount

able

, and

sim

ilar

fund

a-m

enta

l poi

nts.

At l

ast t

he s

taff

beg

an d

esig

ning

a hy

poth

etic

al m

odel

hig

h sc

hool

"Hyp

o H

igh,

"fo

r sh

ortw

hich

sho

uld

cont

ain

wha

t the

edu

-ca

tors

wer

e as

king

. Thi

s al

low

ed th

e st

aff

to e

sti-

mat

e ho

w m

uch

of e

ach

sort

of

com

pone

nt, f

orin

stan

ce, a

mov

able

wal

l, m

ight

go

into

it.

Thi

s an

alys

is, t

he p

artic

ipan

ts n

ow b

elie

ve,

is o

ne o

f th

e gr

eat s

tren

gths

of

the

proj

ect.

"Edu

-ca

tors

wer

e in

fro

m th

e be

ginn

ing,

" sa

ys S

uper

in-

tend

ent F

rank

Fis

calin

i. "A

nd s

o th

e co

mpo

nent

sw

e ar

e ge

tting

are

des

igne

d on

the

basi

s of

edu

-ca

tiona

l nee

ds, a

nd a

re n

ot m

akes

hift

s th

at w

ere

orig

inal

ly d

esig

ned

for

anot

her

type

of

build

ing.

"O

ut o

f th

e ed

ucat

iona

l spe

cifi

catio

ns s

tudy

grew

the

spec

ific

atio

ns f

or b

idde

rs. A

nd th

ey,

too,

wer

e un

usua

l, fo

r in

stea

d of

spe

cify

ing

the

com

pone

nt in

the

usua

l way

by

dim

ensi

ons,

mat

eria

ls, a

nd o

ther

qua

ntita

tive

aspe

cts,

they

mer

ely

spec

ifie

d th

e pr

oble

m to

be

solv

ed a

nd le

ftth

e so

lutio

n its

elf

to th

e m

anuf

actu

rer.

Thi

s, a

son

e m

anuf

actu

rer

com

men

ted,

was

"a

reve

rsal

of th

e pr

oces

s by

whi

ch in

dust

ry's

cus

tom

s an

dpr

actic

es h

ad g

row

n ov

er th

e ce

ntur

ies.

" It

is,

how

ever

, ana

logo

us to

app

roac

hes

deve

lope

d by

the

mili

tary

for

the

aero

spac

e in

dust

ries

.A

nd n

ow, d

iscu

ssin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

thes

e"p

erfo

rman

ce s

peci

fica

tions

" w

ith p

rosp

ectiv

e

bidd

ers,

the

SCSD

sta

ff b

egan

to f

ind

wha

t Ehr

en-

kran

tz r

ecal

ls a

s "a

n ex

citin

g re

actio

n."

"The

y be

gan

to tr

ump

our

card

s,"

he s

ays.

"For

inst

ance

, bid

s on

air

-con

ditio

ning

sys

tem

sha

ve c

usto

mar

ily b

een

on f

irst

cos

t onl

y. B

ut th

eai

r-co

nditi

onin

g m

anuf

actu

rers

poi

nted

out

tous

that

this

for

ces

them

to p

rovi

de o

nly

min

imum

dura

bilit

y, s

ince

the

cost

of

impr

ovin

g du

rabi

lity

wou

ld m

ake

thei

r bi

d to

o hi

gh. '

Why

not

incl

ude

five

yea

rs o

f m

aint

enan

ce in

the

orig

inal

bid

?'th

ey a

sked

. Tha

t's b

oth

a be

tter

and

chea

per

way

to b

uy d

urab

ility

than

pay

ing

for

repa

irs

afte

r th

efi

rst y

ear.

"Stu

dyin

g th

is, w

e fo

und

that

som

e di

stri

cts

have

pai

d as

muc

h as

40

per

cent

of

firs

t cos

t in

aye

ar f

or th

eir

mai

nten

ance

of

air

cond

ition

ing,

and

that

10

to 2

0 pe

r ce

nt is

not

unu

sual

. Sim

i-la

rly,

we

note

d th

at w

ith li

ghtin

g sy

stem

s it

isn'

t eno

ugh

to c

onsi

der

how

muc

h yo

u ar

e pa

ying

in f

irst

cos

t to

prov

ide

a ce

rtai

n am

ount

and

qua

l-ity

of

light

; you

als

o ne

ed to

con

side

r ho

w m

uch

pow

er y

ou w

ill h

ave

to b

uy e

very

yea

r to

del

iver

the

light

." E

duca

tors

say

that

sch

ools

rea

lly c

an't

affo

rd c

heap

bui

ldin

gs, b

ecau

se o

ver

thei

r lo

ngliv

es th

e co

st o

f m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

ring

the

tota

lco

st o

f th

e ch

eap

build

ing

to m

uch

mor

e th

anth

at o

f a

build

ing

of h

ighe

r fi

rst c

ost.

As

the

anal

ysis

pro

ceed

ed, t

he S

CSD

sta

ffse

ttled

on

a pl

an to

ask

bid

s on

fou

r in

itial

sub

-sy

stem

s, w

hich

the

perf

orm

ance

spe

cifi

catio

nsw

ould

req

uire

to f

it to

geth

er. T

his

mea

nt th

atst

ruct

ural

des

igne

rs, c

eilin

g an

d lig

htin

g m

anu-

fact

urer

s, th

e ai

r-co

nditi

onin

g co

mpa

nies

, and

part

ition

mak

ers

now

had

to w

ork

toge

ther

tobe

sur

e th

eir

prod

ucts

cou

ld b

e us

ed to

geth

era

sim

ple

idea

, to

be s

ure,

but

one

that

had

bee

n

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trie

d be

fore

on

proj

ects

the

size

of

scho

ols.

Ext

erio

r w

alls

, it w

as d

ecid

ed, w

ould

not

be

incl

uded

bec

ause

the

mar

ket S

CSD

was

off

erin

gw

as n

ot b

ig e

noug

h to

ena

ble

man

ufac

ture

rs to

deve

lop

the

vari

ety

need

ed. T

he S

CSD

sta

ff a

naly

-si

s sh

owed

that

at l

east

14

diff

eren

t ext

erio

r m

ate-

rial

s w

ould

be

need

ed to

sat

isfy

the

requ

irem

ents

of th

e pr

ojec

t. N

eith

er e

cono

my

nor

the

desi

res

ofth

e su

peri

nten

dent

s an

d pr

ojec

t arc

hite

cts

wou

ld h

ave

been

ser

ved

by in

clud

ing

exte

rior

wal

ls in

the

syst

em.

One

of

the

mos

t im

port

ant a

spec

ts o

f th

e pe

r-fo

rman

ce s

peci

fica

tions

was

that

the

stru

ctur

e,lig

htin

g-ce

iling

, and

mec

hani

cal s

ubsy

stem

s al

lha

d to

be

cont

aine

d in

a 3

6-in

ch s

pace

bet

wee

nth

e ro

of d

eck

and

the

ceili

ng. T

his

cam

e to

be

know

n as

the

"ser

vice

san

dwic

h."

Her

e w

irin

g,lig

htin

g, T

V c

ondu

its, a

ir d

ucts

, and

plu

mbi

ngw

ere

inte

rlac

ed, r

athe

r th

an e

ach

bein

g al

low

eda

sepa

rate

laye

r of

spa

ce.

Mos

t of

all,

to m

eet t

he c

hang

ing

need

s of

the

scho

ols,

the

new

spe

cifi

catio

ns e

mph

asiz

ed th

eab

ility

to c

hang

e. T

he s

truc

tura

l sys

tem

was

requ

ired

to o

ffer

a v

arie

ty o

f cl

ear

span

s fr

om30

to 7

5 fe

et in

the

acad

emic

are

as, o

n a

basi

cfi

ve-f

oot p

lann

ing

grid

or

"mod

ule.

" Sp

ans

of 9

0an

d 11

0 fe

et w

ere

to b

e pr

ovid

ed f

or g

yms.

The

seha

ve la

ter

been

use

d fo

r ac

adem

ic b

uild

ings

as

wel

l. T

he s

tiur:

ture

in th

e ac

adem

ic s

pans

was

tobe

not

mor

e th

an 3

6" d

eep,

the

stru

ctur

e in

gym

-na

sium

spa

ns, n

ot m

ore

than

60"

dee

p.W

ithin

thes

e sp

aces

the

inte

rior

par

titio

nsw

ere

to b

e de

mou

ntab

le s

o fa

r as

pos

sibl

e. B

ids

wou

ld a

lso

be r

ecei

ved

on o

pera

ble

wal

ls o

f tw

oty

pes:

acc

ordi

on p

artit

ions

, and

rig

id f

oldi

ng-

pane

l slid

ing

part

ition

s. T

his

gave

arc

hite

cts

max

imum

fle

xibi

lity

in p

rovi

ding

for

fut

ure

chan

ges

in s

choo

l nee

ds a

nd f

or u

nfor

esee

able

deve

lopm

ents

in s

choo

l pro

gram

.B

ut th

ere

is n

ot m

uch

use

in b

eing

abl

e to

chan

ge p

artit

ions

aro

und

if o

ne c

anno

t ais

ech

ange

the

light

ing

arra

ngem

ents

, as

wel

l as

the

air-

cond

ition

ing

syst

em a

nd it

s co

ntro

ls. S

o th

ese

wer

e re

quir

ed to

be

equa

lly a

dapt

able

. As

fina

llyde

sign

ed, t

he a

ir-c

ondi

tioni

ng o

utle

ts, w

ith f

lex-

ible

duc

ts, m

ay b

e m

oved

to a

lmos

t any

line

on

the

five

-foo

t gri

d, a

nd in

depe

nden

t con

trol

s m

aybe

pro

vide

d fo

r up

to e

ight

spa

ces

in e

ach

mod

ule

of 3

,600

squ

are

feet

. Lig

htso

f se

vera

l var

ietie

sar

e in

terc

hang

eabl

e w

ith c

eilin

g pa

nels

.L

ater

, to

thes

e fo

ur b

asic

sub

syst

ems

wer

ead

ded

cabi

nets

and

labo

rato

ry ta

bles

spe

cial

lyde

sign

ed to

fit

the

mod

ular

dim

ensi

ons.

The

cabi

nets

wer

e re

quir

ed to

be

inte

rcha

ngea

ble,

so

that

dra

wer

s of

var

ious

siz

es c

an b

e sw

appe

d he

refo

r sh

elvi

ng th

ere,

and

a d

oor

mov

ed f

rom

one

cabi

net t

o an

othe

r. F

inal

ly, l

ocke

rs r

equi

red

tobe

des

igne

d to

fit

the

obje

cts

norm

ally

sto

red

inth

em a

nd to

ope

rate

qui

etly

wer

e al

so b

id. S

ome

educ

ator

s sa

id th

at th

e ty

pica

l loc

ker

was

desi

gned

to b

reak

boo

ks, n

ot to

sto

re th

em.

Mea

ntim

e nu

mer

ous

othe

r pr

oble

ms

wer

e be

ing

wor

ked

out,

such

as

the

lega

l pro

cedu

re f

or th

eco

mbi

natio

n of

13

scho

ol s

yste

ms

in s

even

dif

fer-

ent c

ount

ies

to s

atis

fy a

ll se

ven

coun

ty a

ttorn

eys

that

the

lega

lly r

equi

red

bidd

ing

com

petit

ion

real

ly w

as o

ccur

ring

. Ulti

mat

ely

the

13 d

istr

icts

esta

blis

hed

the

Firs

t Cal

ifor

nia

Com

mis

sion

on

Scho

ol C

onst

ruct

ion

Syst

ems,

and

wer

e ab

le to

cond

uct t

he b

iddi

ng a

s th

at e

ntity

. No

new

legi

s-la

tion

was

req

uire

d.T

he C

omm

issi

on is

com

pose

d of

fiv

e C

alif

orni

a

scho

ol d

istr

ict s

uper

inte

nden

ts. F

erd

J. K

iese

l of

the

San

Juan

dis

tric

t is

Pres

iden

t; G

len

A. W

ilson

of L

a Pu

ente

, Sec

reta

ry; F

isca

lini,

Tre

asur

er; a

ndM

ax L

. For

ney

of H

untin

gton

Bea

ch a

nd D

avid

H. P

aynt

er o

f Si

mi V

alle

y, th

e ot

her

mem

bers

.E

rnes

tL

ake

of F

ulle

rton

was

the

secr

etar

yun

til h

e re

sign

ed in

the

fall

of 1

966

to jo

in th

est

aff

at C

alif

orni

a St

ate

Col

lege

.M

ore

than

a h

undr

ed m

anuf

actu

ring

fir

ms

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

untr

y re

spon

ded

whe

n th

e C

om-

mis

sion

cal

led

a pr

e-bi

ddin

g co

nfer

ence

at S

tan-

ford

in J

uly,

196

3. T

his

was

a s

peci

al e

ffor

t to

prod

uce

com

patib

ility

of

syst

ems,

for

the

staf

fkn

ew th

ey c

ould

just

mai

l the

spe

cifi

catio

ns, b

utth

ey f

eare

d th

at th

e m

aker

s of

var

ious

com

po-

nent

s w

ould

fai

l to

get i

n to

uch

with

eac

h ot

her.

"It w

as a

n at

tem

pt to

arr

ange

som

e m

arri

ages

,"sa

ys s

taff

mem

ber

Ver

non

C. B

ryan

t, Jr

.O

n Ja

nuar

y 3,

196

4, th

e si

x m

anuf

actu

rers

who

wer

e to

pro

vide

the

com

pone

nts

wer

e no

min

ated

by th

e C

omm

issi

on o

n th

e re

com

men

datio

n of

SCSD

. And

pro

mpt

ly th

e le

gal p

ropr

iety

of

per-

form

ance

spe

cifi

catio

n as

a m

etho

d of

bid

ding

was

test

ed b

y a

disa

ppoi

nted

bid

der,

aga

inst

who

mth

e C

omm

issi

on s

ucce

ssfu

lly d

efen

ded

a la

wsu

it.A

s a

cond

ition

of

bidd

ing,

the

Com

mis

sion

requ

ired

that

a tr

ial b

uild

ing

encl

osin

g 3,

600

squa

re f

eet t

he a

rea

serv

ed b

y a

sing

le a

ir-c

on-

ditio

ning

uni

t sho

uld

be e

rect

ed b

y th

e w

inne

rson

the

Stan

ford

cam

pus.

The

bui

ldin

g, d

esig

ned

by E

hren

kran

tz a

nd th

e SC

SD s

taff

, is

wal

led

entir

ely

with

gla

ss, a

nd it

imm

edia

tely

beg

an to

attr

act n

umer

ous

visi

tors

inte

rest

ed in

SC

SD.

Soon

aft

er it

s co

mpl

etio

n in

Nov

embe

r, 1

964,

the

build

ing

prov

ided

a d

ram

atic

dem

onst

ratio

nof

the

flex

ibili

ty f

or w

hich

its

com

pone

nts

wer

e

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gned

. Ove

rnig

ht, b

etw

een

two

days

of

a m

eet-

ing

of th

e B

oard

of

Edu

catio

nal F

acili

ties

Lab

o-ra

tori

es in

the

build

ing,

a n

ew r

oom

was

pro

duce

dby

rem

ovin

g 12

0 fe

et o

f in

teri

or p

artit

ion,

inst

all-

ing

25 f

eet,

and

chan

ging

the

surf

ace

of 8

0 fe

et o

fpa

rtiti

on. T

he li

ghtin

g w

as r

earr

ange

d by

mov

ing

300

squa

re f

eet o

f ce

iling

pan

els,

sev

en a

ir-c

ondi

-tio

ning

zon

es w

ere

redu

ced

to f

ive,

two

ther

mo-

stat

s w

ere

rem

oved

and

one

cha

nged

in p

ositi

on,

and

the

build

ing

was

tidi

ed u

p in

tim

e fo

r th

ene

xt m

orni

ng's

mee

ting.

Onl

y 59

man

-hou

rs o

fw

ork

wer

e re

quir

ed.

The

sel

f-ex

pand

ing

natu

re o

f th

e SC

SD id

eano

w b

egan

pro

mpt

ly to

ass

ert i

tsel

f. C

onst

ruct

ion

bega

n on

the

firs

t "sy

stem

s" s

choo

l, fo

r th

e C

lark

Cou

nty,

Nev

ada,

sch

ool d

istr

ict,

utili

zing

the

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m d

esig

ned

not b

y th

e w

inni

ngbi

dder

s bu

t by

the

But

ler

Man

ufac

turi

ng C

om-

pany

, whi

ch h

ad b

een

runn

er-u

p in

the

stru

ctur

albi

ddin

g to

Inl

and

Stee

l Pro

duct

s C

ompa

ny. B

ut-

ler

join

ed it

s st

ruct

ure

with

the

ceili

ng a

nd li

ght-

ing

syst

em d

esig

ned

by th

e H

ause

rman

Com

pany

,w

hich

won

the

SCSD

bid

ding

for

fix

ed a

nd d

e-m

ount

able

par

titio

ns, b

ut lo

st to

Inl

and

on th

ece

iling

. The

SC

SD-w

inni

ng a

ir-c

ondi

tioni

ng s

ys-

tem

of

Len

nox

Indu

stri

es a

lso

join

ed in

. And

toge

ther

they

ere

cted

an

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l in

Las

Veg

as, N

evad

a.So

on I

nlan

d St

eel P

rodu

cts

had

a pr

ojec

t und

erw

ay u

sing

its

syst

em in

Bar

ring

ton,

Illi

nois

, for

asc

hool

whi

ch w

as c

ompl

eted

ear

ly in

196

6. A

ndso

on a

fter

war

d In

land

und

erto

ok to

use

its

SCSD

-w

inni

ng s

truc

tura

l and

ligh

ting

syst

em to

ere

ct a

new

eng

inee

ring

bui

ldin

g fo

r th

e L

ockh

eed

Com

-pa

ny in

Mar

ietta

, Geo

rgia

, an

unus

ual t

rans

fer

ofsc

hool

build

ing

met

hods

to in

dust

rial

use

. The

Mar

ietta

pro

ject

pro

vide

d a

conv

inci

ng d

emon

-st

ratio

n of

the

spee

d in

ere

ctio

n w

hich

pre

fabr

ica-

tion

prov

ides

, for

the

firs

t sec

tion

of th

e bu

ildin

gso

me

180,

000

squa

re f

eetw

as b

egun

on

Oct

o-be

r 19

, 196

5, a

nd c

ompl

eted

on

Febr

uary

1, 1

966.

Inla

nd's

con

cent

ratio

n of

its

prod

uctio

n on

this

latte

r pr

ojec

t cau

sed

som

e de

lays

and

con

flic

tsw

ith th

e C

alif

orni

a sc

hool

s. B

ut th

ey d

id g

et u

nder

way

and

now

inqu

irie

s ab

out t

he p

roje

ct b

egan

to c

ome

in f

rom

man

y pa

rts

of th

e co

untr

y an

dev

en f

rom

ove

rsea

s. B

elle

vue,

Was

hing

ton,

and

aSt

. Lou

is, M

isso

uri,

subu

rb d

ecid

ed to

bui

ld "

sys-

tem

s" s

choo

ls. A

nd s

choo

lmen

in M

etro

polit

anT

oron

to, P

enns

ylva

nia,

Mas

sach

uset

ts, a

nd F

lor-

ida

bega

n ta

lkin

g ab

out t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

for

min

gde

velo

pmen

t gro

ups

like

the

Firs

t Cal

ifor

nia

Com

-m

issi

on, w

orki

ng o

ut th

eir

own

spec

ific

atio

ns, a

ndde

velo

ping

new

sys

tem

s of

thei

r ow

n. S

uch

proj

-ec

ts w

ere

in p

rogr

ess

in T

oron

to a

nd F

lori

da a

tth

e en

d of

196

6.N

umer

ous

prob

lem

s an

d di

ffic

ultie

s ha

d be

enov

erco

me

to g

et th

e SC

SD s

choo

ls u

nder

con

stru

c-tio

n an

d m

ore

prob

lem

s an

d di

ffic

ultie

s la

y ah

ead.

Lik

e an

y ot

her

proj

ect t

hat c

alls

for

fun

dam

enta

lch

ange

in th

e cu

stom

ary

way

s of

doi

ng th

ings

, the

SCSD

und

erta

king

exp

erie

nced

ful

ly th

e op

era-

tion

of "

Mur

phy'

s la

w"

as it

was

def

ined

by

the

rock

et e

xper

ts o

f C

ape

Ken

nedy

: "I

f an

ythi

ngca

n po

ssib

ly g

o w

rong

, it w

ill."

But

wha

t had

bee

non

ly a

n id

ea w

as b

egin

ning

to a

ssum

e re

ality

.

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SD

Sch

ools

The

tota

l of

13 p

roje

ctsb

uilt,

bui

ldin

g, a

nd p

ro-

ject

edth

at m

ade

up th

e SC

SD p

rogr

am a

t the

end

of 1

966

was

a s

harp

red

uctio

n fr

om th

e pr

o-gr

am o

f 22

sch

ools

for

13

diff

eren

t dis

tric

ts th

atha

d be

en c

onte

mpl

ated

whe

n th

e Fi

rst C

alif

orni

aC

omm

issi

on w

as f

orm

ed. H

owev

er, t

he C

omm

is-

sion

had

for

esee

n th

e po

ssib

ility

of

chan

ges,

know

ing

that

pop

ulat

ion

tren

ds in

fas

t-gr

owin

gsu

burb

an d

istr

icts

are

not

who

lly p

redi

ctab

le.

Thu

s, f

or in

stan

ce, t

he S

an J

uan

Scho

ol D

istr

ict

outs

ide

Sacr

amen

to c

ut b

ack

its b

uild

ing

prog

ram

whe

n a

larg

e ae

rosp

ace

man

ufac

ture

r in

the

area

cut b

ack

empl

oym

ent a

nd th

e su

burb

's g

row

thra

te d

ropp

ed s

harp

ly. T

he S

imi V

alle

y U

nifi

edSc

hool

Dis

tric

t in

Sout

hern

Cal

ifor

nia

also

cut

back

bec

ause

of

decl

inin

g gr

owth

, and

the

Eas

tSi

de U

nion

Hig

h Sc

hool

Dis

tric

t at S

an J

ose,

Cal

ifor

nia,

del

ayed

con

stru

ctio

n of

a p

revi

ousl

ysc

hedu

led

high

sch

ool f

or th

e sa

me

reas

on.

One

of

the

Com

mis

sion

's s

choo

l dis

tric

ts e

ven

vani

shed

, whe

n th

e st

ate

prog

ram

for

indu

cing

dist

rict

s to

com

bine

into

larg

er u

nits

res

ulte

d in

the

unif

icat

ion

of th

e E

xcel

sior

Uni

on H

igh

Scho

olD

istr

ict,

a C

omm

issi

on m

embe

r, in

to th

e A

BC

Uni

fied

Sch

ool D

istr

ict,

sout

heas

t of

Los

Ang

eles

.T

he n

ew u

nifi

ed d

istr

ict r

evis

ed th

e bu

ildin

g pr

o-gr

am th

at E

xcel

sior

had

pla

nned

.B

ut th

e C

omm

issi

on h

ad a

llow

ed f

or a

n ad

e-qu

ate

num

ber

of s

uch

drop

outs

, and

its

rem

aini

ngvo

lum

e of

con

stru

ctio

n w

as s

till s

uffi

cien

t to

carr

yth

roug

h th

e pr

ogra

m a

nd to

mak

e it

poss

ible

toes

timat

e if

it h

ad m

ade

prog

ress

tow

ard

build

ing

scho

ols

bette

r, f

aste

r, a

nd m

ore

econ

omic

ally

.T

he q

uest

ion

to b

e as

ked

is n

ot, i

t sho

uld

beem

phas

ized

, whe

ther

all

the

scho

ols

show

rem

ark-

able

arc

hite

ctur

al e

xcel

lenc

e, a

lthou

gh s

ome

of

them

app

ear

to b

e ex

celle

nt s

choo

ls in

deed

. Rat

h-er

, the

impo

rtan

t que

stio

n fo

r SC

SD is

whe

ther

its s

yste

ms

have

giv

en a

rchi

tect

s hi

gh-q

ualit

yec

onom

ical

com

pone

nts,

fre

edom

of

arch

itect

ural

trea

tmen

t, sc

ope

for

the

empl

oym

ent o

f in

divi

d-ua

l cre

ativ

ity, a

nd s

uffi

cien

t cho

ice

in p

lans

tom

eet t

he d

iffe

ring

nee

ds o

f sc

hool

sys

tem

s. N

otal

l arc

hite

cts

and

engi

neer

s w

ill p

rodu

ce b

rilli

ant

resu

lts w

ith s

uch

free

dom

, any

mor

e th

an a

ll pr

o-du

ce b

rilli

ant r

esul

ts w

ith c

onve

ntio

nal m

etho

ds.

The

SC

SD s

choo

ls c

erta

inly

dif

fer

very

wid

ely.

For

exam

ple,

in c

ontr

ast t

o th

e Fo

unta

in V

alle

yH

igh

Scho

ol a

lrea

dy d

escr

ibed

, whi

ch c

onsi

sts

ofse

para

te b

uild

ings

pla

ced

arou

nd a

larg

e ce

ntra

lop

en a

rea,

the

new

Son

ora

Hig

h Sc

hool

of

the

Fulle

rton

Uni

on H

igh

Scho

ol D

istr

;ct,

by a

rchi

-te

cts

Will

iam

E. B

luro

ck a

nd A

ssoc

iate

s, is

one

sing

le b

uild

ing

the

som

ewha

t con

trov

ersi

al "

loft

plan

." H

ere

the

inst

ruct

iona

l and

oth

er r

oom

s su

r-ro

und

a ce

ntra

l "gr

eat c

ourt

" w

hich

is r

oofe

d, li

keth

e m

all o

f an

eas

tern

sho

ppin

g ce

nter

.Y

et th

is p

lan,

so

diff

eren

t fro

m F

ount

ain

Val

-le

y's,

has

bee

n ca

rrie

d ou

t with

equ

al f

acili

ty u

sing

the

SCSD

sys

tem

. A p

robl

em o

f th

e "l

oft p

lan"

scho

ol h

as b

een

nois

e in

the

cent

ral a

rea

whe

nm

any

stud

ents

are

out

of

clas

ses.

To

help

com

bat

this

, the

Ful

lert

on a

rchi

tect

s ra

ised

the

cour

t'sce

iling

fro

m th

e 10

-foo

t hei

ght e

lsew

here

in th

esc

hool

to 2

0 fe

eta

poss

ibili

ty f

or w

hich

the

SCSD

sys

tem

had

pro

vide

d. (

In c

ontr

ast,

whe

na

12-f

oot c

eilin

g w

as w

ante

d in

par

ts o

f Fo

unta

inV

alle

y H

igh

Scho

ol, i

ts a

rchi

tect

s lo

wer

ed th

e fl

oor

slab

two

feet

to s

ave

expe

nse

and

to a

void

bre

ak-

ing

the

roof

line

.)In

ano

ther

illu

stra

tion

of th

e sy

stem

's r

ange

,ar

chite

cts

Lee

fe a

nd E

hren

kran

tz d

esig

ned

an

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24 "exp

anda

ble"

ele

men

tary

sch

ool w

ith it

for

the

Sant

a C

ruz

Scho

ol D

istr

ict,

even

thou

gh S

CSD

was

pri

mar

ily a

imed

at h

igh

scho

ol c

onst

ruct

ion.

The

De

Lav

eaga

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool a

t San

taC

ruz

has

11 te

achi

ng s

tatio

ns to

beg

in w

ith"O

ne m

ore

than

we

thou

ght w

e co

uld

sque

eze

out

of o

ur b

udge

t," c

omm

ents

Sup

erin

tend

ent D

enny

Mor

riss

eyan

d en

clos

es u

nfin

ishe

d sp

ace

for

12m

ore

clas

sroo

ms.

To

mee

t the

sch

ool d

istr

ict's

educ

atio

nal s

peci

fica

tions

, the

spa

ce is

arr

ange

dso

that

"cl

uste

rs"

of th

ree

clas

sroo

ms

each

can

be a

dded

in th

e fu

ture

as

they

are

nee

ded.

In e

xter

ior

trea

tmen

t, th

e ra

nge

of th

e sc

hool

sis

equ

ally

gre

at. F

ount

ain

Val

ley

expr

esse

s its

stru

ctur

e cl

earl

y; c

eram

ic ti

le c

over

ing

each

str

uc-

tura

l col

umn

mar

ks it

s oc

curr

ence

in th

e br

ick

oute

r w

all,

and

a bo

ldly

con

tras

ting

fasc

ia o

f bl

ack

and

whi

te e

nam

eled

alu

min

um p

anel

s dr

aws

atte

ntio

n to

the

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m's

dee

p ro

of-

ceili

ng "

sand

wic

h."

In c

ompl

ete

cont

rast

, mos

t of

the

El D

orad

o hi

gh s

choo

l bui

ldin

gs e

ntir

ely

con-

ceal

bot

h th

ese

stru

ctur

al f

eatu

res

behi

nd a

pain

ted

stuc

co w

all.

And

the

little

tria

l bui

ldin

gat

Sta

nfor

d ha

s al

l its

col

umns

sta

ndin

g fr

ee f

ive

feet

out

side

its

grey

gla

ss w

alls

.Ju

st a

s SC

SD c

an o

nly

allo

w, b

ut n

ot g

uara

n-te

e, a

rchi

tect

ural

exc

elle

nce,

it c

anno

t gua

rant

eefa

vora

ble

pric

es f

or a

who

le s

choo

l, si

nce

the

SCSD

com

pone

nts

norm

ally

acc

ount

for

abo

utha

lf th

e to

tal c

ost o

f th

e bu

ildin

g.E

ven

in th

e us

e of

the

com

pone

nts,

mor

eove

r,SC

SD's

ver

y fl

exib

ility

per

mits

var

iatio

n in

cos

t.If

a s

choo

l dis

tric

t sho

uld

requ

ire

an u

nusu

ally

high

pro

port

ion

of o

pera

ble

wal

ls, a

bove

the

usua

lne

eds

of s

choo

ls, t

hat w

ill o

bvio

usly

add

to c

ost.

Cer

tain

str

uctu

ral s

pans

are

mor

e ex

pens

ive

than

othe

rs, a

nd th

ere

are

othe

r co

st v

aria

tions

as

wel

l.A

pri

ncip

al f

acto

r w

hich

infl

uenc

es th

e fi

nal b

id-

ding

res

ults

is th

at, k

now

ing

that

the

SCSD

com

-po

nent

s w

ill p

rovi

de th

eir

part

of

the

scho

ol v

ery

econ

omic

ally

, sch

oolm

en a

nd a

rchi

tect

s or

dina

r-ily

util

ize

this

sav

ing

to p

rovi

de o

ther

thin

gs in

the

scho

ols

that

they

bel

ieve

are

nee

ded

but w

hich

they

cou

ld n

ot p

revi

ousl

y af

ford

. As

som

e of

the

supe

rint

ende

nts

invo

lved

in S

CSD

hav

e co

m-

men

ted,

"Y

ou d

on't

spen

d le

ss, b

ut y

ou g

et m

ore

for

wha

t you

spe

nd."

Hen

ce it

is to

be

expe

cted

that

bid

s fo

r so

me

ofth

e SC

SD s

choo

ls h

ave

com

e in

abo

ve p

ropo

sed

budg

ets,

ref

lect

ing

indi

vidu

al v

aria

tions

in p

lan-

ning

, est

imat

ing,

and

in b

iddi

ng c

ondi

tions

. The

cost

s of

the

SCSD

com

pone

nts,

how

ever

, hav

ing

been

fix

ed in

the

orig

inal

bid

ding

, hav

e be

en h

eld

to e

xpec

ted

leve

ls in

the

fina

l bid

s. T

here

can

be

no q

uest

ion

that

this

has

bee

n an

eco

nom

y fo

r th

esc

hool

s co

ncer

ned,

par

ticul

arly

in v

iew

of

rece

nttr

ends

in c

onst

ruct

ion

cost

s.Sp

eed

of c

onst

ruct

ion

has

also

met

exp

ecta

-tio

ns, a

lthou

gh a

ctua

l sch

edul

es w

ere

som

etim

esde

laye

d by

tard

y de

liver

ies

of th

e st

ruct

ural

com

-po

nent

s. O

ne e

xam

ple

will

suf

fice

: T

he e

ntir

e st

eel

stru

ctur

e fo

r C

asa

Rob

le H

igh

Scho

ol, d

esig

ned

by a

rchi

tect

N. A

. Tom

ich

for

the

San

Juan

Uni

-fi

ed S

choo

l Dis

tric

t nea

r Sa

cram

ento

, was

ere

cted

in a

ppro

xim

atel

y 12

wor

king

day

s by

fiv

e m

en a

ndon

e cr

ane.

Alth

ough

wel

ding

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rei

nfor

cem

ent

rem

aine

d fo

r co

mpl

etio

n, a

n en

gine

er o

n th

e jo

bco

mm

ente

d th

at s

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d al

one

"will

mak

e th

isst

ruct

ure

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t pro

duct

."B

ette

r sc

hool

s ar

e be

ing

built

fas

ter

and

mor

eec

onom

ical

ly b

y us

ing

SCSD

pro

duct

s.

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The

Com

pone

nts

Cha

lleng

ed to

res

pond

to th

e ne

eds

of a

goo

d-si

zed

grou

p of

sch

ools

who

se le

ader

s ha

d pl

ainl

yst

ated

thei

r w

ishe

s, s

ome

man

ufac

turi

ng c

om-

pani

es s

how

ed th

e ef

fect

ive

inge

nuity

whi

ch th

eSC

SD o

rgan

izer

s ha

d ho

ped

for.

In e

ach

bidd

ing

area

they

dev

elop

ed n

ew p

rod-

ucts

whi

ch th

e sc

hool

men

judg

ed to

be

supe

rior

for

educ

atio

nal p

urpo

ses

to th

ose

prev

ious

lyav

aila

ble,

as

wel

l as

gene

rally

che

aper

.In

land

Ste

el P

rodu

cts

Com

pany

won

the

con-

trac

t for

the

basi

c st

ruct

ure

with

a f

ram

ing

sys-

tem

des

igne

d by

arc

hite

ct R

ober

tson

War

d an

dT

he E

ngin

eers

Col

labo

rativ

e. I

t is

com

pose

d of

cruc

ifor

m c

olum

ns, j

oine

d by

trus

ses

whi

ch a

ctas

the

prim

ary

beam

s, b

etw

een

whi

ch th

e sp

ace

is s

pann

ed b

y "t

russ

-dec

k" u

nits

of

a un

ique

desi

gn. T

he tr

uss-

deck

s ar

e un

usua

l in

havi

ngno

top

chor

d as

suc

h; in

stea

d, th

e de

ckin

g its

elf

serv

es a

s th

e to

p m

embe

r of

the

trus

s, w

ith a

resu

ltant

sav

ing

both

in s

teel

and

in w

eigh

t, an

dco

nseq

uent

ly in

mon

ey. T

his

was

the

firs

t use

of o

rtho

trop

ic tr

usse

s fo

r co

nven

tiona

l bui

ldin

g,al

thou

gh th

e te

chni

que

had

been

use

d fo

r br

idge

s.Fo

r ec

onom

ical

shi

ppin

g, th

e tr

usse

s fo

ld n

eatly

unde

r th

e de

ck p

late

s, a

nd th

e un

its c

an b

est

acke

d. A

t the

bui

ldin

g si

te, t

he u

nit i

s lif

ted

by a

cra

ne, a

llow

ing

the

trus

ses

to s

win

g do

wn

into

thei

r pr

eset

cam

bere

d po

sitio

n. A

fter

the

unit

is li

fted

into

pla

ce a

nd jo

ined

to th

e pr

imar

ytr

usse

s, it

s up

per

deck

plat

e un

fold

s to

dou

ble

wid

th, s

o th

at a

uni

t 5 f

eet w

ide

in tr

ansi

t spa

ns10

fee

t in

wid

th w

hen

it is

in p

lace

. Fin

ally

, the

deck

pla

tes

are

wel

ded.

Col

umns

are

of

unif

orm

ext

erio

r di

men

sion

s,bu

t are

pro

vide

d in

var

ious

thic

knes

ses

of s

teel

to a

ccom

mod

ate

vari

ous

load

ing

cond

ition

s. T

he

syst

em p

rovi

des

at 5

foo

t int

erva

ls f

or s

pans

fro

m30

to 7

5 fe

et w

ith tr

usse

s 33

inch

es d

eep,

and

for

90 to

110

fee

t"gy

m s

ize"

with

trus

ses

57in

ches

dee

p. S

eism

ic o

r w

ind

brac

ing

was

exc

lude

dfr

om th

e bi

ddin

g an

d is

des

igne

d ac

cord

ing

to th

eju

dgm

ent o

f th

e in

divi

dual

sch

ool d

istr

ict's

arc

hi-

tect

and

str

uctu

ral e

ngin

eer.

The

low

bid

der

for

the

ceili

ng-l

ight

ing

syst

emw

as a

lso

Inla

nd S

teel

Pro

duct

s, a

gain

with

a d

esig

nby

Rob

erts

on W

ard.

It c

onsi

sts

of a

fiv

e-fo

ot-b

y-fi

ve-f

oot h

oriz

onta

l met

al g

rid

susp

ende

d fr

omth

e st

ruct

ure,

fla

t pan

els

to f

ill in

the

ceili

ng, a

ndlig

htin

g co

ffer

s th

at r

epla

ce th

e fl

at c

eilin

g pa

nels

whe

reve

r th

ey a

re n

eede

d. T

he c

offe

rs a

re f

ur-

nish

ed w

ith a

ny o

f th

ree

type

s of

ligh

tingd

irec

t,se

mi-

indi

rect

, or

lum

inou

s ce

iling

. The

se c

eilin

g-lig

htin

g el

emen

ts n

orm

ally

sup

ply

70 f

oot-

can-

dles

of

illum

inat

ion

for

acad

emic

are

as w

hile

fixt

ure

brig

htne

ss r

emai

ns v

ery

low

to m

eet S

CSD

spec

ific

atio

ns. B

oth

ceili

ng p

anel

s an

d co

ffer

sar

e of

pre

fini

shed

ste

el, m

atte

whi

te, w

ith m

in-

eral

woo

l bac

king

for

fir

epro

ofin

g w

hich

, whe

nth

e pa

nels

are

per

fora

ted,

doe

s do

uble

dut

y an

dse

rves

to a

bsor

b so

und.

The

air

-con

ditio

ning

con

trac

t was

won

by

Len

-no

x In

dust

ries

, Inc

., w

ith a

roo

ftop

uni

t whi

chno

rmal

ly s

erve

s up

to e

ight

sep

arat

e ar

eas

of45

0 sq

uare

fee

t eac

h th

roug

h 8

indi

vidu

alm

ixin

g bo

xes.

It c

an b

e or

dere

d w

ith 1

2 m

ixin

gbo

xes

to s

erve

12

zone

s, o

r m

ore

if n

eces

sary

. Aco

mbi

natio

n of

fix

ed a

nd f

lexi

ble

fibe

rgla

ss d

ucts

carr

ies

the

war

med

or

cool

ed a

ir to

str

ip d

iffu

s-er

s w

hich

fit

neat

ly in

to th

e In

land

cei

ling

sys-

tem

, as

part

of

the

com

patib

ility

that

was

sou

ght

thro

ugho

ut. T

he r

etur

n ai

r si

mpl

y co

mes

bac

k to

the

unit

thro

ugh

the

plen

um s

pace

bet

wee

n ro

of

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and

ceili

ng. T

he h

eat-

exch

ange

r is

ord

inar

ilyga

s-fi

red

(alth

ough

ele

ctri

city

and

hot

wat

er c

anbe

use

d as

alte

rnat

e sy

stem

s), a

nd e

ach

unit

has

a fa

n to

pro

vide

exh

aust

fro

m th

e bu

ildin

g so

that

the

syst

em c

an b

e fe

d en

tirel

y by

out

side

air

if n

eces

sary

.Pa

rtiti

ons

wer

e di

vide

d by

SC

SD in

to f

our

grou

psfi

xed

part

ition

s th

at c

onve

ntio

nally

mak

eup

mos

t sch

ool i

nter

iors

, dem

ount

able

par

ti-tio

ns w

hich

sho

uld

be m

ovab

le w

ith m

inim

umtr

oubl

e an

d ex

pens

e, a

nd tw

o ty

pes

of p

artit

ions

whi

ch c

an b

e op

erat

ed b

y a

teac

herf

oldi

ng-

pane

l sty

le a

nd a

ccor

dion

sty

le.

The

suc

cess

ful b

idde

r fo

r fi

xed

and

dem

ount

-ab

le in

teri

or p

artit

ions

was

The

E. F

. Hau

serm

anC

ompa

ny w

ith a

sin

gle

prod

uct,

a w

all w

hich

isfi

xed

only

whe

n so

met

hing

els

e m

akes

it th

atw

ay, s

uch

as a

plu

mbi

ng li

ne r

unni

ng th

roug

h it.

The

inge

niou

s "H

ause

rman

Dou

ble

Wal

l" is

mou

nted

on

stee

l stu

ds w

hich

fit

at 4

0-in

ch in

ter-

vals

into

a s

teel

trac

k on

the

floo

r an

d ce

iling

. It

cons

ists

of

stee

l-co

vere

d gy

psum

pan

els

whi

chsn

ap in

to th

e st

uds

alon

g th

eir

full

leng

th. T

hew

all's

tota

l thi

ckne

ss is

thre

e in

ches

, and

eac

hpa

nel i

s se

para

tely

cha

ngea

ble.

The

wal

l is

prov

ided

in f

lat p

aint

, with

a c

hoic

eof

fie

ld-a

pplie

d co

lors

, or

with

a s

urfa

ce th

at w

illta

ke c

halk

, or

with

gla

ss p

anel

s of

var

ious

siz

es.

The

tota

l flo

or-t

o-ce

iling

cha

lk s

urfa

ce is

an

inno

-va

tion

that

app

eals

to te

ache

rs w

ho h

ave

used

it. N

ear

the

top

of th

e w

all i

s a

spec

ial m

oldi

ngfr

om w

hich

may

be

susp

ende

d ha

nger

s fo

r ca

bi-

nets

, boo

kshe

lves

, con

vent

iona

l cha

lkbo

ard,

tack

-bo

ard,

or

map

s an

d ch

arts

. Mag

nets

ena

ble

the

stee

l sur

face

to b

e us

ed a

s a

tack

boar

d, th

us m

ak-

ing

all p

artit

ions

edu

catio

nally

use

ful.

The

ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons

wer

e re

quir

ed to

be

inde

pend

ently

sup

port

ed o

n th

eir

own

trus

ses

and

coln

mns

, to

mak

e th

em r

eally

rel

ocat

able

with

in th

e sc

hool

. Low

bid

der

for

the

pane

l typ

ew

as W

este

rn S

ky I

ndus

trie

s, w

hich

fur

nish

edpa

nels

that

mov

e in

gro

ups

of tw

os a

nd th

rees

on a

n ov

erhe

ad tr

ack,

and

may

be

fold

ed n

eatly

part

ially

ope

n so

that

any

des

ired

sec

tion

of th

epa

rtiti

on r

emai

ns in

pla

ce. T

o m

eet S

CSD

'sst

anda

rds

for

soun

d at

tenu

atio

n th

e fo

ldin

g w

all

has

an e

xpan

sion

dev

ice

to p

rovi

de a

snu

g fi

tag

ains

t the

flo

or a

nd c

eilin

g.H

ough

Man

ufac

turi

ng C

orpo

ratio

n's

acco

rdio

npa

rtiti

on is

a s

tand

ard

prod

uct m

odif

ied

to m

eet

SCSD

req

uire

men

ts. F

or a

cous

tical

sea

l the

par

ti-tio

n ha

s a

swee

p st

rip

at th

e bo

ttom

, but

am

echa

nica

l lif

t fre

es th

e pa

rtiti

on s

uppo

rt f

ram

ew

hen

nece

ssar

y, s

o it

can

easi

ly b

e op

erat

ed b

y a

stud

ent o

r a

93-p

ound

teac

her

in s

tilet

to h

eels

.L

ow b

idde

r fo

r ca

bine

ts a

nd la

bora

tory

sta

-tio

ns w

as E

duca

tors

Man

ufac

turi

ng C

ompa

ny,

whi

ch is

fur

nish

ing

a w

ide

rang

e of

flo

or a

ndhu

tch

cabi

nets

ran

ging

in h

eigh

t fro

m 3

0 to

84

inch

es, a

s w

ell a

s bo

th w

all a

nd is

land

labo

rato

ryco

mpo

nent

s. T

heir

mos

t rem

arka

ble

feat

ure

isth

at th

e dr

awer

s, d

oors

, and

adj

usta

ble

shel

ves

are

free

ly in

terc

hang

eabl

e, in

cab

inet

s of

the

sam

ew

idth

, usi

ng o

nly

a Ph

illip

s sc

rew

driv

er. D

raw

ers

are

10, 2

0, 4

0, a

nd 6

0 in

ches

wid

e an

d 3,

6, 9

, and

12 in

ches

dee

p. D

ivid

ers

perm

it, f

or e

xam

ple,

the

subd

ivis

ion

of a

60-

inch

-wid

e ca

bine

t int

o th

ree

20-i

nch

sect

ions

, tw

o of

whi

ch m

ight

be

give

ndo

ors

and

inte

rior

she

lvin

g, a

nd th

e th

ird

a ra

ckof

dra

wer

s in

any

com

bina

tion

that

fill

ed it

she

ight

.The

woo

den

cabi

nets

may

hav

e w

ood,

aci

d-re

sist

ant s

ynth

etic

sto

ne, o

r st

ainl

ess

stee

l top

s,

or m

elam

ine

plas

tic to

ps in

a c

hoic

e of

fou

r co

lors

.T

he d

oor

surf

aces

and

dra

wer

fro

nts

are

a m

ela-

min

e pl

astic

ava

ilabl

e in

fou

r co

lors

or

a si

mul

ated

woo

d gr

ain.

The

stu

dent

lock

er s

yste

m w

as g

iven

new

dim

ensi

ons

by S

CSD

to c

onfo

rm m

ore

clos

ely

than

trad

ition

al lo

cker

s to

the

habi

ts o

f th

e m

od-

ern

Cal

ifor

nia

stud

ent,

who

doe

sn't

brin

g to

scho

ol h

eavy

win

ter

garm

ents

to h

ang

up. T

hesp

ecif

icat

ions

als

o so

ught

to e

limin

ate

the

trad

i-tio

nal c

lang

ing

rack

et a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith lo

cker

s.T

his

cont

ract

was

won

by

Wor

ley

& C

o., w

hich

is s

uppl

ying

lock

ers

15 in

ches

hig

h, 1

5 in

ches

deep

, and

eith

er 1

5 or

20

inch

es w

ideu

nlik

e th

eus

ual t

all a

nd n

arro

w lo

cker

s. T

here

was

a c

on-

side

rabl

e sa

ving

in c

ost,

mak

ing

it po

ssib

le to

obta

in a

gal

vani

zed

lock

er f

or th

e pr

ice

of c

on-

vent

iona

l pai

nted

but

not

gal

vari

zed

ones

. Mai

n-te

nanc

e co

sts

for

conv

entio

nal l

ocke

rs in

man

ysc

hool

s ar

e ve

ry h

igh,

sin

ce p

aint

ing

is r

equi

red

ever

y tw

o to

thre

e ye

ars

to k

eep

rust

in c

heck

,es

peci

ally

nea

r th

e co

ast o

r w

here

lock

ers

are

plac

ed o

utdo

ors

unde

r ov

erha

ngs,

as

they

fre

-qu

ently

are

in C

alif

orni

a.N

atur

ally

, with

suc

h br

oad

rang

es o

f pr

oduc

ts,

the

fina

l pri

ce li

sts

are

elab

orat

e. T

hey

may

be

sum

med

up

by a

cal

cula

tion

mad

e by

the

SCSD

staf

f af

ter

the

bids

are

acc

epte

d. A

com

pari

son

was

mad

e be

twee

n th

e co

sts

of th

e m

ajor

com

-po

nent

s fo

r th

e SC

SD s

choo

ls a

nd s

imila

r co

sts

for

a gr

oup

of r

ecen

tly b

id C

alif

orni

a se

cond

ary

scho

ols

bein

g bu

ilt in

the

trad

ition

al w

ay. F

orth

e co

nven

tiona

l sch

ools

, str

uctu

re, c

eilin

g an

dlig

htin

g, h

eatin

g an

d ve

ntila

ting,

and

inte

rior

par

-tit

ions

cam

e to

abo

ut $

8.39

a s

quar

e fo

ot. T

heco

mpa

rabl

e SC

SD c

ompo

nent

cos

t wou

ld h

ave

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been

$6.

85 p

er s

quar

e fo

ot.

Such

com

pari

sons

can

tell

only

par

t of

the

stor

y. F

or in

stan

ce, p

revi

ousl

y, h

igh

qual

ity a

irco

nditi

onin

g of

all

acad

emic

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

area

s ha

d be

en r

egar

ded

as u

neco

nom

ical

, or

impo

ssib

le w

ithin

the

Cal

ifor

nia

stat

e ai

d pr

o-vi

sion

s. C

oolin

g sy

stem

s of

the

nece

ssar

y fl

exi-

bilit

y w

ere

estim

ated

at a

bout

$4

a sq

uare

foo

t,co

mpa

red

with

an

aver

age

pric

e of

abo

ut $

1.70

paid

by

Cal

ifor

nia

scho

ols

for

heat

ing

-nd

vent

i-la

ting.

But

the

new

SC

SD s

yste

.ds

bid

at$2

.24

a sq

uare

foo

t by

Len

nox,

incl

udin

g a

five

-ye

ar m

aint

enan

ce c

ontr

act,

the

valu

e of

whi

chw

as a

ppro

xim

atel

y $.

30 p

er s

quar

e fo

ot. W

here

can

one

inse

rt in

to th

is c

ompa

riso

n a

dolla

r-an

d-ce

nts

figu

re f

or th

e be

nefi

ts o

f ai

r co

nditi

onin

g?Si

mila

rly,

it te

lls o

nly

part

of

the

stor

y to

say

that

the

SCSD

str

uctu

re w

as b

id a

t $1.

81 a

squa

re f

oot c

ompa

red

with

an

aver

age

conv

en-

tiona

l cos

t of

$3.2

4. W

hat i

s th

e do

llar-

and-

cent

sfi

gure

for

the

valu

e of

SC

SD's

long

spa

ns?

SCSD

'slig

htin

g sy

stem

was

bid

at $

1.31

a s

quar

e fo

otco

mpa

red

with

an

aver

age

cost

of

$1.6

7 fo

r th

eco

nven

tiona

l sch

ools

' cei

ling

and

light

ing,

but

wha

t is

the

adde

d va

lue

of it

s gl

are-

free

ligh

ting,

its v

isua

l attr

activ

enes

s, a

nd it

s re

adin

ess

for

inex

pens

ive

chan

ge?

Alto

geth

er th

e SC

SD w

ay is

mor

e ec

onom

ical

.B

ut it

is im

poss

ible

to s

ay h

ow m

uch

mor

e ec

o-no

mic

al it

is u

nles

s yo

u ca

n sa

y ho

w m

uch

mor

eyo

u w

ould

hav

e be

en w

illin

g to

pay

for

a s

choo

lth

at d

oesn

't ge

t in

the

way

of

the

educ

atio

nal p

ro-

gram

, and

add

that

into

the

savi

ngs.

The

com

pone

nt b

iddi

ng a

nd s

ubse

quen

t con

-st

ruct

ion

have

als

o pr

oduc

ed th

e so

rt o

f re

spon

sefr

om o

ther

man

ufac

ture

rs th

at w

as h

oped

for

, so

that

ther

e ar

e in

dica

tions

that

com

petit

ion

will

cont

inue

to k

eep

pric

es d

own

and

to r

educ

e su

chpr

oble

ms

as la

te d

eliv

erie

s of

cer

tain

com

pone

nts.

For

exam

ple,

a n

ew f

irm

cal

led

Com

patib

leD

esig

n Sy

stem

s, e

stab

lishe

d by

for

mer

Inl

and

empl

oyee

s, b

id s

ucce

ssfu

lly in

196

6 on

the

Silv

erC

reek

Hig

h Sc

hool

to b

e bu

ilt b

y th

e E

ast S

ide

dist

rict

, one

of

the

orig

inal

SC

SD d

istr

icts

,w

hich

is th

us c

ontin

uing

its

use

of th

e sy

stem

sap

proa

ch. T

he s

truc

tura

l sys

tem

of

the

new

com

-pa

ny is

com

pose

d of

ste

el c

ompo

nent

s bu

t the

yar

e bo

lted

toge

ther

rat

her

than

wel

ded,

as

in th

eIn

land

sys

tem

, and

they

are

pro

duci

ble

by lo

cal

indu

stry

rat

her

than

at a

sin

gle

plan

t.In

add

ition

to th

e B

utle

r M

anuf

actu

ring

Com

-pa

ny (

whi

ch h

as b

uilt

scho

ols

in L

as V

egas

,N

evad

a, o

ne in

Rho

de I

slan

d, a

nd o

ne in

Ind

iana

),an

othe

r co

mpe

titor

in s

truc

ture

is c

alle

d In

ter-

pace

Pre

cast

Con

cret

e Pr

oduc

tsus

ing

a sy

stem

sim

ilar

to o

ne d

esig

ned

by T

. Y. L

in a

nd d

evel

oped

by W

aile

s Pr

ecas

t Con

cret

e C

orpo

ratio

n. I

nter

-pa

ce b

uilt

an e

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l for

the

AB

CU

nifi

ed S

choo

l Dis

tric

t in

Haw

aiia

n G

arde

ns, C

al-

ifor

nia,

sou

thea

st o

f L

os A

ngel

es, b

ut s

o fa

r its

pric

e do

es n

ot a

ppea

r to

be

com

petit

ive

with

the

stee

l sys

tem

s fo

r on

e-st

ory

cons

truc

tion.

Ano

ther

man

ufac

ture

r w

ho h

as in

dica

ted

inte

r-es

t in

the

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m is

Mac

ombe

r, w

hich

,w

ith A

rmst

rong

fur

nish

ing

the

light

ing-

ceili

ngsy

stem

, has

ere

cted

a J

unio

r H

igh

Scho

ol in

Bir

min

gham

, Mic

higa

n.C

ompe

titor

s fo

r th

e L

enno

x ai

r-co

nditi

onin

gsy

stem

, whi

ch h

as p

rove

d hi

ghly

suc

cess

ful i

nco

mm

erci

al b

uild

ing,

hav

e al

read

y co

me

forw

ard.

Inla

nd's

ligh

ting

and

ceili

ng s

yste

m is

beg

in-

ning

to h

ave

com

petit

ion

from

Hau

serm

an, w

hose

prod

uct w

as u

sed

in th

e N

evad

a sc

hool

s w

ith th

eB

utle

r st

ruct

ure,

as

wel

l as

from

Arm

stro

ng,

Lum

inou

s C

eilin

gs, I

nc.,

and

Lok

Pro

duct

s.D

onn

Prod

ucts

, Hou

gh, a

nd W

eber

off

er c

om-

petit

ion

to H

ause

rman

's d

emou

ntab

le p

artit

ions

.H

ause

rman

and

New

cast

le P

rodu

cts

(Mod

em-

fold

) ch

alle

nge

Hou

gh's

ope

rabl

e pa

rth

syst

ems.

(W

este

rn S

ky's

ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

on, i

n th

em

eant

ime,

has

bee

n ac

quir

ed b

y H

ough

.)A

s w

as a

lso

hope

d, th

e im

pact

of

the

new

pro

d-uc

ts h

as s

et o

ff s

econ

dary

rev

erbe

ratio

ns in

the

build

ing

indu

stry

, lea

ding

to d

evel

opm

ent o

f ne

wpr

oduc

ts n

ot c

onte

mpl

ated

by

SCSD

. One

not

-ab

le e

xam

ple

was

dev

elop

men

t by

the

Fast

exC

ompa

ny o

f a

line

of f

aste

ners

for

ser

vice

line

sin

the

SCSD

roo

f-ce

iling

-lig

htin

g "s

andw

ich,

"fa

r le

ss e

xpen

sive

than

the

conv

entio

nal f

aste

n-er

s w

ith w

hich

the

air-

cond

ition

ing

duct

s, e

lec-

tric

al c

ondu

it, a

nd o

ther

com

pone

nts

are

atta

ched

to th

e st

ruct

ural

trus

ses.

Ano

ther

inte

rest

ing

deve

lopm

ent o

ccur

red

atFu

llert

on, w

here

the

scho

ol a

dmin

istr

ator

sde

cide

d to

fre

e th

eir

teac

hers

fro

m c

lose

dep

en-

denc

e on

a p

artic

ular

cla

ssro

om b

y gi

ving

them

depa

rtm

enta

l off

ices

. In

the

offi

ce e

ach

teac

her

isto

hav

e a

com

pact

ly a

rran

ged

cubi

cle

with

a d

esk,

clos

et, d

raw

ers,

and

boo

kshe

lves

. Edu

cato

rs M

an-

ufac

turi

ng, w

hich

sup

plie

d th

e sc

hool

's S

CSD

cabi

nets

, pro

mpt

ly u

nder

took

to d

evel

op s

uch

cubi

cles

com

patib

ly w

ith it

s ot

her

furn

iture

.T

hus

SCSD

inno

vatio

ns a

re s

prea

ding

bey

ond

the

orig

inal

sys

tem

s.

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ough

Sch

ool C

onst

ruct

ion

Syst

ems

Dev

elop

-m

ent i

s cu

rren

tly c

ompl

etin

g its

ori

gina

l pro

gram

,ha

ving

arr

ange

d fo

r bi

ddin

g an

d co

nstr

uctio

n of

a gr

oup

of s

choo

ls o

n a

syst

ems

basi

s, c

lear

ly it

sul

timat

e ob

ject

ive

has

not y

et b

een

reac

hed.

Tha

tm

ust b

e to

bri

ng a

bout

a s

ituat

ion

in w

hich

any

indi

vidu

al s

choo

l pro

ject

may

obt

ain

genu

inel

yco

mpe

titiv

e bi

ddin

g of

sys

tem

aga

inst

sys

tem

with

out t

he n

eces

sari

ly c

lum

sy a

dmin

istr

ativ

ear

rang

emen

ts r

equi

red

by th

e or

igin

al d

evel

op-

men

t pro

gram

.A

s m

atte

rs s

tand

toda

y, th

e av

aila

ble

syst

ems

are

too

few

, and

thei

r pr

ices

and

pro

duct

ion

too

unce

rtai

n, f

or a

ssur

ance

that

they

will

com

pete

for

a si

ngle

sch

ool.

Alth

ough

com

petit

ion

appe

ars

to b

e de

velo

ping

, wou

ld it

be

desi

rabl

e to

org

an-

ize

a se

cond

rou

nd o

f sp

ecif

icat

ion

deve

lopm

ent,

prod

uct d

esig

n, a

nd m

ass

mar

ket b

iddi

ng?

Som

e of

the

supe

rint

ende

nts

who

par

ticip

ated

in th

e fi

rst r

ound

, inc

ludi

ng th

e fi

ve w

ho m

ade

upth

e C

omm

issi

on, a

re c

autio

usly

fav

orab

le. "

Ith

ink

we'

ll be

at i

t aga

in in

ano

ther

cou

ple

ofye

ars,

" sa

ys F

erd

J. K

iese

l of

the

San

Juan

dis

-tr

ict.

He

and

the

othe

rs p

oint

to n

umer

ous

scho

olco

mpo

nent

s th

at S

CSD

did

n't a

ttem

pt to

dea

lw

ithha

rdw

are,

plu

mbi

ng, t

oile

t par

titio

ns,

show

er r

oom

s, e

lect

rica

l wir

ing,

and

car

petin

g ar

eam

ong

thos

e m

entio

ned.

Mor

eove

r, th

ey n

ote,

tech

nolo

gy c

ontin

ues

to d

evel

op, a

nd th

e co

m-

pone

nts

that

this

yea

r re

flec

t adv

ance

d th

inki

ngm

ay b

e ob

sole

te o

nly

5 or

10

year

s fr

om n

ow.

Cha

nges

in s

choo

l pro

gram

s, to

o, a

re s

till

evol

ving

, with

gre

ater

use

of

teac

hing

mac

hine

s,co

mpu

ters

, and

oth

er s

peci

al e

quip

men

t, ne

wso

rts

of s

tude

nt s

ched

ulin

g, n

reat

er u

se o

f te

ache

rai

des

and

volu

ntee

r as

sist

ants

for

who

m e

xist

ing

31

scho

ols

prov

ide

no f

acili

tiesa

nd a

n in

crea

sed

unde

rsta

ndin

g by

man

y sc

hool

boa

rds

and

the

publ

ic th

at s

peci

aliz

ed s

choo

l pro

gram

s m

aym

eet r

eal n

eeds

and

not

be

mer

ely

"fri

lls."

SCSD

con

fine

d its

elf

to a

gro

up o

f m

ore

orle

ss h

omog

eneo

us d

istr

icts

in f

ast-

grow

ing

sub-

urba

n ar

easw

here

mos

t new

sch

ools

are

bei

ngbu

ilt. B

ut m

ight

it n

ot s

timul

ate

new

cre

ativ

eth

inki

ng if

som

e bi

g-ci

ty s

choo

ls w

ere

in th

epa

ckag

e, p

erha

ps m

ultis

tory

bui

ldin

gs to

be

built

on s

mal

l and

res

tric

ted

site

s? T

he T

oron

to a

ndPe

nnsy

lvan

ia p

roje

cts

will

off

er th

is c

halle

nge.

And

isn'

t the

pro

spec

tive

mar

ket o

ffer

ed b

y a

siza

ble

grou

p of

sch

ools

abs

olut

ely

nece

ssar

y to

evok

e re

al in

tere

st a

nd n

ew d

evel

opm

ent f

rom

man

ufac

ture

rs?

Isn'

t the

big

mar

ket o

f a

new

grou

p st

ill a

dvan

tage

ous

to o

btai

n th

e be

st p

os-

sibl

e pr

ices

?Su

peri

nten

dent

Fis

calin

i, th

e fi

rst t

o jo

in th

eSC

SD g

roup

, arg

ues

stro

ngly

that

the

exis

ting

team

sho

uld

be h

eld

toge

ther

and

new

wor

kst

arte

d so

on, m

akin

g us

e of

its

uniq

ue e

xper

ienc

e.H

e th

inks

par

ticip

atin

g di

stri

cts

get m

ore

out o

fth

e pr

ojec

t tha

n a

new

sch

ool,

beca

use

"thi

ste

ache

s yo

u m

ore

abou

t sch

ool b

uild

ing

than

you

coul

d le

arn

in a

ny o

ther

way

."Pr

esum

ably

a s

econ

d ro

und,

giv

en th

e ad

van-

tage

of

follo

win

g af

ter

the

pion

eer

wor

k, w

ould

not c

ost a

s m

uch

as th

e fi

rst.

It m

ight

be

fina

nced

by th

e di

stri

cts

them

selv

es if

they

wer

e to

con

-tr

ibut

e 1/

2 to

1 p

er c

ent o

f th

eir

expe

cted

bui

ld-

ing

cost

s as

an

SCSD

fee

.T

he w

ay f

or f

utur

e ro

unds

by th

is g

roup

, or

othe

rsha

s be

en le

ft w

ide

open

. Ear

ly in

its

deve

lopm

ent t

he o

rgan

izer

s as

sign

ed o

wne

rshi

pof

SC

SD to

the

trus

tees

of

Stan

ford

Uni

vers

ity,

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with

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

at th

ey w

ould

mak

e its

find

ings

fre

ely

avai

labl

e, o

nly

forb

iddi

ng u

nau-

thor

ized

use

of

the

nam

e SC

SD it

self

."S

CSD

is a

n ap

proa

ch to

wor

k, b

ut n

ot a

way

for

a gr

oup

in C

alif

orni

a to

dev

elop

an

empi

re,"

Ehr

enkr

antz

has

rem

arke

d. B

ut in

spi

te o

f th

ein

dica

tions

of

enth

usia

sm, t

here

can

be

no c

er-

tain

ty a

bout

wha

t a s

econ

d de

velo

pmen

t rou

ndm

ight

acc

ompl

ish.

It h

as o

ften

bee

n as

sert

ed th

at th

e so

cial

str

uc-

ture

of

the

build

ing

indu

stry

str

angl

es m

ost

effo

rts

tow

ard

its te

chno

logi

cal m

oder

niza

tion.

Wha

t mig

ht th

e co

st o

f an

aut

omob

ile b

e, it

has

been

ask

ed, i

f th

e po

wer

ful c

ombi

natio

n of

sta

tean

d lo

cal b

uild

ing

and

safe

ty c

odes

, 19

trad

eun

ions

, 5 p

ower

ful m

echa

nica

l ass

ocia

tions

, and

a lo

ng h

isto

rica

l tra

ditio

n re

quir

ed th

at p

art o

fth

e ca

r be

bui

lt on

the

spot

by

hand

and

all

of it

asse

mbl

ed th

ere

by a

n el

abor

atel

y sp

ecia

lized

staf

f, u

sing

non

stan

dard

ized

par

ts f

rom

a w

ide

vari

ety

of in

dust

rial

man

ufac

ture

rs?

If S

CSD

fou

nd th

is s

ituat

ion

less

hop

eles

s th

anm

any

othe

rs h

ave,

the

reas

on m

ay b

e th

at it

didn

't tr

y to

for

ce it

s w

ay th

roug

h th

e ob

stac

les,

but i

nste

ad a

ttem

pted

to c

onsi

der

the

view

poin

tof

eve

ryon

e co

ncer

ned.

"W

e di

d ou

r be

st to

wor

kw

ith c

ontr

acto

rs, u

nion

s, a

rchi

tect

s, e

ngin

eers

,an

d co

de e

nfor

cem

ent a

genc

ies,

and

to g

ain

thei

rco

nfid

ence

and

win

thei

r w

illin

g co

nsen

t," s

ays

Ehr

enkr

antz

. He

desc

ribe

s w

hat o

ccur

red

as "

aga

me

of m

usic

al c

hair

s, b

ut w

ithou

t tak

ing

any-

one'

s ch

air

away

." M

ost p

eopl

e, h

e be

lieve

s,ar

ew

illin

g to

mak

e ch

ange

s if

eve

ryon

e el

se m

ust

mak

e ch

ange

s, to

o, f

or a

des

irab

le g

oalin

this

case

, bet

ter

scho

ols.

Hen

ce it

was

mad

e pl

ain

that

eve

ryon

e w

as g

ivin

g so

met

hing

man

ufac

-

ture

rs h

ad to

spe

nd o

n ne

w d

evel

opm

ent,

unio

nsto

acc

ept m

ore

pref

abri

cate

d pa

rts

than

bef

ore,

arch

itect

s to

wor

k fr

om a

nov

el c

atal

ogue

, and

soon

dow

n th

e lin

e. "

In o

rder

to m

ake

prog

ress

with

thes

e pr

oble

ms,

" sa

ys E

hren

kran

tz, "

I th

ink

you

mus

t fin

d a

way

to s

prea

d th

e bu

rden

,so

that

it do

esn'

t fal

l on

any

sing

le g

roup

alo

ne."

Not

all

of th

e pr

oble

ms

the

scho

olm

en w

ould

like

to ta

ckle

lend

them

selv

es to

suc

h so

lutio

nsto

day,

he

belie

ves.

Des

pite

this

cau

tion,

he

con-

cede

s th

at f

urth

er p

rogr

ess

prob

ably

can

and

shou

ld b

e m

ade.

If

it ca

n be

car

ried

far

eno

ugh,

ther

e is

muc

h to

be

gain

ed. O

ne r

emar

kabl

epo

s-si

bilit

y th

at S

CSD

hol

ds f

orth

to b

oth

build

ers

and

user

s of

bui

ldin

gs is

the

real

izat

ion

of r

eally

chan

geab

le s

pace

.A

rchi

tect

s ha

ve lo

ng c

onsi

dere

da

fund

amen

tal

of th

eir

art t

o be

the

encl

osin

g an

d sh

apin

g of

spac

e. E

spec

ially

in th

e m

oder

n pe

riod

gre

atat

tent

ion

has

been

pai

d to

just

how

peo

ple

use

thei

r ar

chite

ctur

al s

pace

s, s

o th

at th

ey m

ight

be

mol

ded

in th

e m

ost d

esir

able

or, s

ome

have

sai

d,th

e m

ost "

func

tiona

l"w

ay th

at te

chno

logy

mak

es p

ossi

ble.

But

up

to n

ow li

ttle

atte

ntio

n ha

s be

en p

aid,

exce

pt in

maj

or o

ffic

e bu

ildin

gs, t

o th

e fa

ct th

atth

e w

ay th

e sp

aces

are

use

dfor

exa

mpl

e, th

ew

aya

fam

ily u

ses

its h

omei

s a

cont

inua

l pro

cess

of

chan

ge. C

hild

ren

grow

, and

then

leav

e ho

me,

indi

vidu

al in

tere

sts

chan

ge u

npre

dict

ably

, the

surr

ound

ing

soci

ety

chan

ges

and

com

pels

the

fam

ily to

cha

nge,

and

life

is f

ull o

f un

expe

cted

circ

umst

ance

s. S

houl

d no

t the

hom

e, o

r th

esc

hool

, or

any

build

ing,

als

o be

cap

able

of

chan

ge?

SCSD

arc

hite

ct C

hris

toph

er A

rnol

d su

gges

tsth

at th

e pr

oble

m w

as w

ell s

olve

d in

mid

dle-

clas

s

Vic

tori

an h

omes

by

the

prov

isio

n of

all

sort

s an

dsh

apes

of

room

s, w

ith lo

ts o

f ex

tra

spac

e, s

o th

atal

mos

t any

act

ivity

cou

ld s

omeh

ow b

e ac

com

mo-

date

d by

a li

ttle

shif

ting

arou

nd. B

ut to

day

spac

eha

s be

com

e m

ore

expe

nsiv

e an

d lim

ited.

It m

ay b

e, th

en, t

hat a

maj

or c

ontr

ibut

ion

ofSC

SD w

ill p

rove

in th

e lo

ng r

un to

be

the

new

thin

king

it h

as b

roug

ht to

bui

ldin

g fl

exib

ility

,us

eful

not

onl

y fo

r th

e sc

hool

s th

at e

licite

d it

but f

or m

any

othe

r so

rts

of b

uild

ing

as w

ell.

Inth

ese

SCSD

sch

ools

the

educ

atio

nal t

ask

will

cont

inue

to d

eter

min

e th

e sp

ace

rath

er th

anth

e sp

ace

dete

rmin

e th

e ta

sk a

s is

so

ofte

n th

eca

se to

day.

But

SC

SD's

pri

ncip

al c

ontr

ibut

ion,

nat

ural

ly,

will

be

in th

e sy

stem

s ap

proa

ch to

bui

ldin

g, if

that

can

be

carr

ied

to f

ull d

evel

opm

ent f

or th

esc

hool

s an

d ot

her

build

ings

. Ehr

enkr

antz

spe

aks

of w

hat s

yste

ms

can

offe

r an

arc

hite

ct a

sa

"key

-bo

ard"

or

a "p

alet

te"

rath

er th

an a

s an

y so

rt o

fre

stri

ctio

n. A

nd a

rtis

ts a

nd m

usic

ians

hav

e no

tfo

und

that

abs

olut

ely

unlim

ited

pale

ttes

or k

ey-

boar

ds a

re n

eede

d to

pro

duce

spl

endi

d ef

fect

s.Fu

rthe

r de

velo

pmen

t sho

uld

open

up

the

pros

-pe

ct th

at n

umer

ous

syst

ems

com

patib

le w

ith e

ach

othe

r m

ay b

e cr

eate

d. A

s E

hren

kran

tz p

oint

s ou

t,th

e te

chno

logi

cal o

ppor

tuni

ties

in th

e U

nite

dSt

ates

are

far

gre

ater

than

in E

ngla

nd, s

o th

atth

ere

is a

n op

port

unity

for

a m

ultip

le s

yste

m"i

n w

hich

few

thin

gs a

re f

ixed

, but

eve

ryth

ing

is r

elat

ed."

Tha

t ope

ns a

daz

zlin

g pr

ospe

ct, a

ndno

t onl

y fo

r th

e sc

hool

s, b

ut f

or a

ll ty

pes

ofbu

ildin

gs a

s w

ell.

SCSD

is a

fir

st s

tep,

rad

ical

inm

any

way

s,tim

id in

oth

ers,

whi

ch s

ugge

sts

a ne

w a

nd v

ital

way

for

the

build

ing

indu

stry

to w

ork

tow

ard

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the

satis

fact

ion

of s

ocie

ty's

nee

dsne

eds

for

both

larg

er q

uant

ities

and

, mor

e im

port

antly

,fo

r hi

gher

qua

litie

s in

bui

ldin

gs to

ans

wer

the

mor

e co

mpl

ex r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

pres

ent a

ndth

e fu

ture

. It p

oint

s to

bui

ldin

gs m

ore

resp

onsi

veto

the

ultim

ate

user

s in

a s

ocie

ty in

crea

sing

lydo

min

ated

by

rapi

d ch

ange

.4

11"

4if

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Edu

catio

nal R

equi

rem

ents

The

edu

catio

nal r

equi

rem

ents

as

they

wer

e de

velo

ped

by th

e va

rious

dis

tric

ts a

nd b

y th

e S

CS

D s

taff

cove

red

the

follo

win

g to

pics

: ins

truc

tiona

lgr

oupi

ngs,

flexi

bilit

y, s

choo

l org

aniz

atio

n, a

nd g

ener

alen

viro

nmen

tal r

equi

rem

ents

.

Inst

ruct

iona

l gro

upin

gs

In s

tudy

ing

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

hepa

rtic

ipat

ing

dist

ricts

, SC

SD

iden

tifie

d a

varie

ty o

f pos

sibl

ein

stru

ctio

nal g

roup

s, a

ll of

whi

ch w

ere

take

n in

toac

coun

t in

the

deve

lopm

enta

l wor

k w

hich

follo

wed

.

activ

ity:

indi

vidu

al w

ork

smal

l gro

up

conv

entio

nal c

lass

med

ium

gro

up

larg

e gr

oup

asse

mbl

y

stud

ents

:

1

3 to

15

15 to

40

40 to

80

80 to

150

150

and

up

teac

hers

:

0 or

1

0 or

1

1 or

2

1 or

2

1 or

2

1 or

mor

e

inst

ruct

iona

l gro

ups a

oror

oror

or

teac

hers

3+,3

5

ti

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Fkx

1bIli

ty

The

sch

ool d

istr

icts

' req

uire

men

ts fo

r va

rious

type

s of

flexi

bilit

y w

ere

clea

r, b

ut th

e de

finiti

ons

wer

e no

tpr

ecis

e en

ough

to g

uide

com

pone

nt fa

bric

ator

s. O

neof

the

task

s of

the

SC

SD

sta

ff w

as to

rel

ate

educ

atio

nal

flexi

bilit

y to

pre

cise

req

uire

men

ts fo

r th

e bu

ildin

gsy

stem

. The

SC

SD

sta

ff sa

w th

e ed

ucat

ors'

dem

ands

as ta

king

four

bas

ic fo

rms,

eac

h of

whi

ch h

ad im

port

for

the

syst

em. T

hese

are

:

spat

ial v

arie

ty

imm

edia

te c

hang

e

Spa

tial V

arie

ty

The

inst

ruct

iona

l gro

upin

gs c

ited

abov

e ca

ll fo

r a

varie

ty o

f spa

ce s

izes

and

func

tiona

l cap

abili

ties.

In a

larg

e sc

hool

, a v

arie

ty o

f spa

ces,

com

bine

d w

ithef

fect

ive

sche

dulin

g, c

an p

rovi

de o

ptio

ns in

the

use

ofth

e fa

cilit

y w

hich

are

a m

ode

of fl

exib

ility

. Som

e of

thes

e sp

aces

may

be

quite

spe

cial

ized

: mus

ic r

oom

s,ph

ysic

al e

duca

tion

faci

litie

s, v

ocat

iona

l lab

orat

orie

s,an

d sc

ienc

e la

bora

torie

s. O

ther

spa

ces

prov

ide

for

vary

ing

degr

ees

of m

ulti-

use

capa

bilit

y.

1 1

Imm

edia

te C

hang

e

In th

e da

y-to

-day

ope

ratio

n of

the

scho

ol, i

t sho

uld

be p

ossi

ble

to c

onve

rt c

erta

in s

pace

s im

med

iate

ly w

ithan

abs

olut

e m

inim

um o

f tim

e an

d ef

fort

. Suc

h ch

ange

sar

e ap

t to

be n

eces

sary

dur

ing

the

scho

ol d

ay, a

ndge

nera

lly ta

ke th

e fo

rm o

f tem

pora

rily

redu

cing

or e

xpan

ding

spa

ces

in o

rder

to s

epar

ate

or b

ring

toge

ther

gro

ups

or a

ctiv

ities

. Suc

h fle

xibi

lity

acco

m-

plis

hed

prim

arily

by

oper

able

wal

ls, r

eadi

ly m

oved

by te

ache

r or

stu

dent

, but

mov

able

furn

iture

and

spac

e di

vide

rs m

ay a

lso

be u

sed.

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Long

-ran

ge C

hang

eabi

lity

The

des

ign

of th

e bu

ildin

g sh

ould

per

mit

rear

rang

emen

tof

inte

rior

part

ition

s in

ord

er to

faci

litat

e ch

ange

s in

the

teac

hing

pro

gram

and

the

resu

lting

red

istr

ibut

ion

ofst

uden

ts, t

each

ers,

and

equ

ipm

ent.

The

SC

SD

sta

ffre

cogn

ized

that

mov

emen

t of p

artit

ions

alo

ne d

oes

not

answ

er th

is r

equi

rem

ent f

ully

and

that

the

impl

icat

ions

of m

ovin

g pa

rtiti

ons

on o

ther

sub

syst

ems

may

gov

ern

the

degr

ee o

f fle

xibi

lity

abso

lute

ly. A

mon

g th

efu

nctio

ns in

volv

ed a

re th

e re

loca

tion

of :

supp

ly a

ndre

turn

air

diffu

sers

; duc

twor

k; th

erm

osta

ts; c

ontr

ol li

nes;

elec

tric

out

lets

; con

duits

; sw

itche

s; a

nd li

ghtin

g fix

-tu

res.

Als

o in

volv

ed a

re th

e ef

fect

on

floor

ing

mat

eria

ls a

nd w

all-m

ount

ed fu

rnitu

re.

Suc

h ch

ange

s ar

e a

form

of r

emod

elin

g; b

ut to

be

real

istic

ally

use

ful t

o th

e sc

hool

s th

ey m

ust i

nvol

ve a

min

imum

of e

xpen

se a

nd, w

here

pos

sibl

e, s

houl

dre

quire

onl

y re

gula

r sc

hool

per

sonn

el o

r m

inim

al o

utsi

debu

ildin

g la

bor

to c

ompl

ete.

long

-ran

ge c

hang

eabi

lity

expa

nsio

n

Exp

ansi

on

The

sch

ool b

uild

ing

shou

ld b

e pl

anne

d in

suc

h a

way

that

incr

ease

s in

enr

ollm

ent m

ay b

e ac

com

mod

ated

by

an o

rder

ly e

xpan

sion

of f

acili

ties.

By

orde

rly w

e m

ean

the

cam

pus

mus

t acc

omm

odat

e gr

owth

with

a m

inim

umof

dem

oliti

ons,

inte

rrup

tions

, and

cos

t, an

d al

so th

atth

e sc

hool

mus

t be

a su

cces

sful

arc

hite

ctur

al a

nded

ucat

iona

l ent

ity a

t eac

h st

age

of d

evel

opm

ent.

Exp

ansi

on is

larg

ely

a m

atte

r of

pla

n ar

rang

emen

tof

the

scho

ol b

y its

arc

hite

ct a

nd p

rogr

amin

g by

the

scho

ol d

istr

ict.

How

ever

, the

cha

ract

eris

tic p

atte

rnof

exp

ansi

on o

f Cal

iforn

ia s

choo

ls (

seve

ral S

CS

Dsc

hool

s w

ere

plan

ned

for

expa

nsio

n w

ithin

the

two-

year

build

ing

perio

d of

the

proj

ect i

tsel

f) te

nded

to fa

vor

a un

itize

d he

atin

g-ve

ntila

ting-

air-

cond

ition

ing

syst

em a

sa

solu

tion

to th

e gr

owth

of t

he m

echa

nica

l sys

tem

.

L

The

se fo

ur m

odes

of f

lexi

bilit

y di

rect

ly in

fluen

ced

the

spec

ifica

tions

in a

var

iety

of s

ubst

antia

l way

s.T

heir

influ

ence

is p

artic

ular

ly s

tron

g on

the

rang

e of

stru

ctur

al s

pans

and

cei

ling

heig

hts.

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Scho

ol o

rgan

izat

ion

The

des

ign

of th

e sc

hool

bui

ldin

g ca

n ei

ther

enh

ance

or li

mit

the

adm

inis

trat

or's

free

dom

in p

lann

ing

the

way

in w

hich

the

occu

pant

s an

d ac

tiviti

es o

f the

sch

ool

will

be

orga

nize

d. A

fter

cons

ulta

tions

with

the

scho

oldi

stric

ts, S

CS

D d

efin

ed th

e fo

llow

ing

as o

rgan

izat

iona

lpa

ttern

s th

at s

houl

d be

pos

sibl

e w

ithin

the

use

of th

e sy

stem

pro

duct

s:

1. A

rran

gem

ents

bas

ed o

n cu

rric

ular

div

isio

ns;

i.e. s

choo

ls o

rgan

ized

aro

und

depa

rtm

enta

l or

divi

sion

al g

roup

ings

suc

h as

sci

ence

, soc

ial s

tudi

es,

lang

uage

s, b

usin

ess

educ

atio

n, e

tc.

2. A

rran

gem

ents

bas

ed o

n fu

nctio

nal d

ivis

ions

:i.e

. lec

ture

roo

ms,

sta

ndar

d cl

assr

oom

s, s

emin

arro

oms,

offi

ces,

voc

atio

nal s

ubje

cts,

etc

.

3. S

ubsc

hool

(sc

hool

-with

in-a

-sch

ool)

arra

ngem

ents

;or

gani

zatio

n of

the

stud

ent b

ody

and

facu

lty in

uni

tsla

rger

than

the

clas

s or

dep

artm

ent b

ut s

mal

ler

than

the

scho

ol.

In g

ener

al, t

hese

org

aniz

atio

nal t

ypes

are

inde

pend

ent

of b

uild

ing

size

and

spa

ce c

onfig

urat

ions

as

expr

esse

dby

a b

uild

ing

stru

ctur

e. O

rgan

izat

ions

tend

to a

ffect

the

disp

ositi

on o

f bui

ldin

gs, i

n a

cam

pus

plan

, or

the

disp

ositi

on o

f spa

ces,

in a

loft

plan

. The

se a

refu

nctio

ns o

f the

pro

gram

and

the

arch

itect

's d

esig

n.G

ener

al p

aram

eter

s fo

r bu

ildin

g st

ruct

ures

in S

CS

Dte

nded

to b

e la

rgel

y a

func

tion

of c

odes

, whi

ch li

mit

size

of b

uild

ings

in r

elat

ion

to a

fire

pro

tect

ion

clas

sific

atio

n, a

nd o

f gen

eral

des

ign

cons

ider

atio

n. F

orin

stan

ce, t

he fa

ct th

at a

ll S

CS

D s

choo

ls w

ere

onsu

burb

an s

ites

with

rea

sona

bly

ampl

e ac

reag

ede

term

ined

the

typo

logy

of t

he S

CS

D s

truc

ture

as

pred

omin

antly

one

-sto

ry. T

he lo

ft pl

an ty

pe o

f bui

ldin

gem

brac

ing

seve

ral d

epar

tmen

ts d

eriv

es fr

om th

e de

sire

to k

eep

very

larg

e sc

hool

s of

2-3

,000

stu

dent

sfr

om b

ecom

ing

disp

erse

d.

33us

P)

Gen

eral

env

ironm

enta

l req

uire

men

ts

The

SC

SD

env

ironm

enta

l spe

cific

atio

ns a

im to

pro

vide

cond

ition

s in

whi

ch th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f the

sch

ool a

reca

rrie

d on

in c

omfo

rtab

le s

urro

undi

ngs.

Pre

cise

req

uire

men

ts fo

r lig

htin

g, th

erm

al e

nviro

nmen

t,an

d ac

oust

ics

are

by n

o m

eans

uni

vers

ally

agr

eed

upon

.S

CS

D w

as n

ot in

a p

ositi

on to

inst

itute

bas

ic r

esea

rch

in a

ll th

ese

area

s. B

ut th

e S

CS

D s

taff

stud

ied

all a

vail-

able

dat

a fr

om r

esea

rch

on e

duca

tiona

l, in

dust

rial,

and

offic

e en

viro

nmen

ts. T

he p

erfo

rman

ce s

tand

ards

wer

ere

late

d to

the

econ

omic

con

text

in w

hich

Cal

iforn

iasc

hool

s ar

e bu

ilt. I

n ad

ditio

n, c

urre

nt a

ccep

ted

stan

dard

sfo

r C

alifo

rnia

sch

ools

wer

e an

impo

rtan

t con

side

ratio

n.T

he s

peci

ficat

ions

wer

e w

ritte

n so

that

dev

elop

men

tw

ork

wou

ld b

e ne

cess

ary

to r

aise

the

envi

ronm

enta

lst

anda

rds

with

in th

e ec

onom

ic c

onte

xt a

nd th

us to

rai

seth

e ge

nera

l lev

el o

f env

ironm

ent i

n th

ese

scho

ols

toas

clo

se to

the

optim

um a

s po

ssib

le. S

peci

ficpr

oble

ms

to w

hich

atte

ntio

n w

as d

irect

ed w

ere:

1. L

ight

ing

The

spe

cific

atio

ns w

ere

orie

nted

to th

e w

ork

of th

eC

alifo

rnia

Bur

eau

of S

choo

l Pla

nnin

g in

dem

andi

ngfa

irly

high

ove

r-al

l illu

min

atio

n le

vels

com

bine

d w

ithbr

ight

ness

lim

itatio

ns to

avo

id g

lare

. The

req

uire

men

tsai

med

to r

ecog

nize

the

varie

ty o

f vis

ual t

asks

whi

choc

cur

in s

choo

ls a

nd th

e va

ryin

g ey

esig

ht c

apab

ilitie

sof

the

stud

ents

and

sta

ff.

2. T

herm

al E

nviro

nmen

tA

hig

h de

gree

of c

omfo

rt w

as c

onsi

dere

d ne

cess

ary,

part

icul

arly

in v

iew

of t

he te

nden

cy to

war

d in

crea

sing

use

of s

choo

ls d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er m

onth

s. T

he r

equi

re-

men

ts a

lso

reco

gniz

ed th

e di

ffere

nces

in th

erm

al n

eeds

amon

g pe

ople

. Thi

s su

gges

ted

a sp

ecifi

catio

n w

ithre

fined

zon

ing

and

cont

rol c

apab

ilitie

s.

3. A

cous

tics

The

pro

blem

of s

ound

tran

smis

sion

bet

wee

n sp

aces

,pa

rtic

ular

ly w

here

dem

ount

able

and

ope

rabl

e w

alls

are

to b

e us

ed, w

as b

asic

. Thi

s re

sulte

d in

clo

se a

ttent

ion

in th

e sp

ecifi

catio

ns to

com

patib

ility

of a

cous

ticst

anda

rds

betw

een

diffe

rent

par

titio

n ty

pes

and

the

ceili

ng. I

nfor

mat

ion

obta

ined

from

EF

L's

Rei

d-F

itzro

yre

port

* re

sulte

d in

set

ting

a re

lativ

ely

low

aco

ustic

crite

rion

but r

equi

ring

that

it b

e m

et in

fiel

d te

sts

ofth

e sy

stem

rat

her

than

rel

ying

on

labo

rato

ry te

sts

ofth

e va

rious

com

pone

nts

cons

ider

ed s

ingl

y.

*Aco

ustic

al E

nviro

nmen

t of S

choo

l Bui

ldin

gs b

y D

arie

lF

itzro

y an

d Jo

hn L

yon

Rei

d, 1

963,

Edu

catio

nal F

acili

ties

Labo

rato

ries,

Inc.

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SC

SD

Sys

tem

Per

form

ance

Spe

cific

atio

ns

4S

Intr

oduc

tion

The

per

form

ance

spe

cific

atio

ns, p

ublis

hed

in tw

ose

ctio

ns b

y S

CS

D in

Jul

y of

196

3 an

d Ju

ly o

f 196

4,w

ere

of a

tech

nica

l nat

ure

and

cove

red

each

sut

syst

emin

gre

at d

etai

l. T

he s

peci

ficat

ion

clau

ses

that

hat

the

mos

t effe

ct o

n th

e de

sign

of t

he c

ompo

nent

s td

des

tabl

ishe

d th

e ne

cess

ary

type

and

deg

ree

of c

ompa

t-ib

ility

bet

wee

n su

bsys

tem

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

abr

idge

dfo

rm h

ere.

In a

dditi

on, s

ome

com

men

t is

adde

d to

indi

cate

the

deriv

atio

n of

spe

cific

req

uire

men

ts.

Bas

ic g

uide

lines

for

the

spec

ifica

tions

wer

e de

rived

from

eig

ht m

ain

cons

ider

atio

ns. T

hese

wer

e:1.

Dire

ct E

duca

tiona

l Req

uire

men

tsT

here

wer

e tw

o pr

imar

y re

quire

men

ts to

be

met

: one

was

the

need

for

flexi

bilit

y w

hich

per

mea

ted

the

who

leco

ncep

t of t

he S

CS

D s

yste

m a

nd th

e sp

ecifi

catio

nsw

hich

bro

ught

it in

to b

eing

; the

oth

er w

as th

e es

tab-

lishm

ent o

f var

ious

spe

cial

fact

ors

whi

ch r

elat

ed d

irect

lyto

the

dim

ensi

onal

cho

ice

for

the

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m.

Fle

xibi

lity

and

spat

ial r

equi

rem

ents

con

side

red

inco

mbi

natio

n re

sulte

d in

the

gene

ral c

once

pt o

f aw

ide

span

pla

nar

umbr

ella

with

in w

hich

the

mai

nse

rvic

es a

re c

once

ntra

ted

and

belo

w w

hich

the

part

ition

s m

ove.

2. C

odes

and

Reg

ulat

ions

The

SC

SD

sys

tem

was

sub

ject

to a

ll st

ate

(but

not

loca

l)co

des,

and

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he S

tate

Fire

Mar

shal

.T

he S

tate

Offi

ce o

f Arc

hite

ctur

e an

d C

onst

ruct

ion

grea

tly in

fluen

ced

the

syst

em. T

his

offic

e do

es a

thor

ough

che

ck o

f eve

ry s

choo

l bui

ldin

g de

sign

edfo

r th

e st

ate,

par

ticul

arly

from

the

poin

t of v

iew

of

eart

hqua

ke p

rote

ctio

n, a

nd h

as w

ide

auth

ority

ove

rsc

hool

bui

ldin

g co

nstr

uctio

n.A

n ex

ampl

e of

the

code

influ

ence

on

the

syst

em w

asth

e de

finiti

on o

f bui

ldin

g si

ze in

rel

atio

n to

fire

clas

sific

atio

n. A

s a

Typ

e IV

one

-hou

r bu

ildin

g sy

stem

,S

CS

D s

truc

ture

s w

ould

be,

by

code

, lim

ited

to a

max

imum

of 4

3,50

0 sq

uare

feet

with

sep

arat

ion

betw

een

units

req

uire

d if

the

tota

l sch

ool e

xcee

ded

this

siz

e.F

ire r

equi

rem

ents

str

ongl

y in

fluen

ced

the

ceili

ngan

d he

atin

g-ve

ntila

ting-

cool

ing

spec

ifica

tions

. The

perm

issi

on to

use

an

unsu

bdiv

ided

ret

urn

plen

um fo

rth

e ai

r di

strib

utio

n sy

stem

mad

e si

gnifi

cant

econ

omie

s po

ssib

le.

3. R

equi

rem

ents

Intr

insi

c to

the

Nat

ure

of th

e S

yste

mS

yste

ms

have

cer

tain

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

may

be

ofsi

gnifi

canc

e on

ly to

that

sys

tem

. For

exa

mpl

e, th

e5

foot

cei

ling

mod

ule

resu

lted

prim

arily

from

two

caus

esth

e ec

onom

y of

usi

ng s

tand

ard

4 fo

ot fl

uore

scen

ttt:

bes

and

the

fact

that

the

use

of tw

o su

ch tu

bes

per

25 s

quar

e fe

et w

as a

ppar

ently

an

econ

omic

al w

ayto

ach

ieve

the

leve

l of 7

0 fo

ot-c

andi

es w

hile

res

pect

ing

the

desi

red

brig

htne

ss r

atio

lim

itatio

ns. T

his

requ

ire-

men

t of t

he li

ghtin

g sy

stem

was

the

prim

ary

influ

ence

in d

eter

min

ing

the

who

le h

oriz

onta

l str

uctu

ral m

odul

e.

4. C

ompa

tibili

ty R

equi

rem

ents

bet

wee

n S

ubsy

stem

sT

he n

eed

for

subs

yste

ms

to b

e de

sign

ed c

ompa

tibly

from

thei

r in

cept

ion

led

to th

e m

anda

tory

com

patib

lebi

ddin

g ar

rang

emen

t whe

reby

str

uctu

re, h

eatin

g-ve

ntila

ting-

cool

ing,

and

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng s

yste

ms

had

to b

e cr

oss-

refe

renc

ed to

be

acce

ptab

le. T

he"s

andw

ich"

dep

th o

f 36

inch

es fo

r ac

adem

ic s

pace

sw

as a

rriv

ed a

t thr

ough

con

side

ratio

n of

duc

t req

uire

-m

ents

, the

nee

d fo

r ap

prox

imat

ely

18 in

ches

of d

epth

for

the

indi

rect

ligh

ting

syst

em, a

nd th

e ca

pabi

lity

of s

truc

ture

s fo

r ac

adem

ic a

reas

to s

pan

up to

75

feet

econ

omic

ally

.5.

Lab

or a

nd C

ontr

acto

r In

fluen

ceC

once

rn a

bout

pot

entia

l jur

isdi

ctio

nal d

ispu

tes

cont

ribut

ed to

the

deci

sion

not

to d

evel

op a

plu

mbi

ngsu

bsys

tem

, eve

n th

ough

tech

nica

l stu

dies

had

sho

wn

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f con

side

rabl

e co

st-s

avin

g. S

imila

rly, i

tw

as fe

lt ad

visa

ble

to le

ave

pow

er w

iring

to th

e ge

nera

lco

ntra

ct w

ork

and

rest

rict w

iring

to th

at fr

om th

elig

htin

g fix

ture

s to

a ju

nctio

n bo

x.6.

Pre

dict

ed In

dust

ry C

apab

ility

The

spe

cifie

d cr

iteria

wer

e ai

med

to b

e ju

st o

ut o

fre

ach

of c

atal

ogue

com

pone

nts

with

in th

e pr

ice

cont

ext

of s

tate

-aid

ed s

choo

ls. U

ncer

tain

ty o

f ind

ustr

y ca

pabi

lity

with

in th

e pr

ojec

t cos

t con

text

res

ulte

d in

the

deci

sion

not t

o ca

ll fo

r a

light

sw

itchi

ng s

yste

m to

mat

ch th

efle

xibi

lity

of th

e lig

htin

g sy

stem

itse

lf. S

imila

r ca

utio

nre

sulte

d in

the

deci

sion

to r

estr

ict h

eatin

g-ve

ntila

ting-

air-

cond

ition

ing

cont

rol z

ones

to 4

50 s

quar

e fe

et w

here

as22

5 w

ould

hav

e be

en m

ore

desi

rabl

e (f

or a

dmin

-is

trat

ion

area

s, fo

r ex

ampl

e). T

hese

dec

isio

ns w

ere

base

d pr

imar

ily o

n ta

lks

with

man

ufac

ture

rs d

urin

g th

ew

ritin

g of

the

spec

ifica

tions

and

als

o on

cos

t stu

dies

of e

xist

ing

scho

ols.

7. D

esig

n R

equi

rem

ents

/Pro

ject

Arc

hite

cts'

Influ

ence

Exa

mpl

es o

f the

se w

ere

the

deci

sion

s to

om

it ex

terio

rw

alls

from

the

syst

em, t

o pr

ovid

e th

ree

light

ing

syst

ems

for

acad

emic

are

as, a

nd to

atte

mpt

to p

rovi

de s

truc

tura

lco

mpo

nent

s w

hich

wou

ld g

ive

arch

itect

s a

varie

den

ough

voc

abul

ary

with

whi

ch to

exp

ress

them

selv

es.

Suc

h op

tions

sto

pped

sho

rt a

t the

dec

isio

n to

per

mit

only

flat

roo

fs, b

ecau

se th

e sy

stem

wou

ld h

ave

beco

me

too

unw

ield

y if

a ra

nge

of p

itche

d ro

of fo

rms

had

been

intr

oduc

ed.

8. D

esig

n R

equi

rem

ents

/SC

SD

Influ

ence

The

spe

cific

atio

ns in

evita

bly

refle

cted

som

e of

the

pred

ilect

ions

of t

he S

CS

D te

am m

embe

rs w

ho w

rote

them

. A s

tron

g at

tem

pt w

as m

ade

to k

eep

thes

ein

fluen

ces

min

or, b

ut a

t the

sam

e tim

e su

ch in

fluen

cefo

rms

an im

port

ant a

esth

etic

con

trol

on

the

syst

emas

a w

hole

.

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Sys

tem

des

crip

tion

The

SC

SD

sys

tem

is c

ompr

ised

of s

ix in

tegr

ated

subs

yste

ms

:st

ruct

ure

and

roof

heat

ing

/ ven

tilat

ing

/ air

cond

ition

ing

light

ing/

ceili

ngpa

rtiti

ons

(fix

ed, m

ovab

le, a

nd o

pera

ble)

cabi

nets

and

fixe

d la

bora

tory

furn

iture

lock

ers

Pla

nnin

g m

odul

e

The

str

uctu

ral s

ubsy

stem

mus

t allo

w th

e va

rious

dist

rict a

rchi

tect

s fr

eedo

m to

pla

n th

e st

ruct

ure

of th

ein

divi

dual

sch

ools

on

a 5

foot

by

5 fo

ot h

oriz

onta

l and

a 2

foot

ver

tical

mod

ule

or m

ultip

les

of th

ese

mod

ules

.A

ll su

bsys

tem

s ha

ve to

rel

ate

to th

ese

mod

ules

. As

indi

-ca

ted

abov

e, th

e 5

foot

hor

izon

tal g

rid d

eriv

ed la

rgel

yfr

om th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he S

CS

D a

ppro

ach

to th

elig

htin

g-ce

iling

sub

syst

em. T

he 2

foot

ver

tical

mod

ule

was

felt

to b

e in

sca

le w

ith te

achi

ng s

pace

req

uire

men

tsan

d pr

omis

ed to

be

econ

omic

al fo

r st

ruct

ure

and

part

i-tio

ns (

i.e.,

sinc

e te

achi

ng s

pace

s ar

e la

rge,

a m

ore

refin

edve

rtic

al m

odul

e w

as n

ot fe

lt to

be

nece

ssar

y).

All

subs

yste

ms

mus

t ack

now

ledg

e re

quire

men

ts th

at w

illpe

rmit

the

dist

rict a

rchi

tect

s to

pla

n th

e de

sign

of

inte

rior

spac

es o

n a

horiz

onta

l 4 in

ch b

y 4

inch

mod

ule.

Thi

s m

odul

e is

cal

led

the

part

ition

pla

nnin

g m

odul

e.T

his

4 in

ch b

y 4

inch

mod

ule

deriv

ed fr

om n

eed

to a

llow

arch

itect

s to

adj

ust a

reas

mor

e tig

htly

than

the

5 by

5 fo

otst

ruct

ural

mod

ule

allo

wed

and

thus

mee

t sta

te a

idbu

ildin

g ar

ea a

nd c

ost r

equi

rem

ents

mor

e pr

ecis

ely.

The

5 by

5 m

odul

e fo

rms

an a

rea

incr

emen

t of 2

5 sq

uare

feet

or

150

squa

re fe

et fo

r a

30 fo

ot w

ide

room

. Thi

s is

too

coar

se a

grid

for

econ

omy.

Als

o, th

e 4

inch

grid

allo

ws

thic

k w

alls

(e.

g., f

or p

lum

bing

) to

be

acco

mm

odat

ed w

ithin

the

mod

ular

sys

tem

.

Str

uctu

ral p

lann

ing

is o

n a

5 fo

ot b

y 5

foot

hor

izon

tal a

nd 2

foot

ver

tical

mod

ule.

Par

titio

ns m

ay b

e lo

cate

d an

ywhe

re o

n th

e 4

inch

by

4 in

ch p

lann

ing

mod

ule.

41

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Inte

grat

ed "

sand

wic

h"

The

str

uctu

re is

def

ined

as

a ho

rizon

tal

"san

dwic

h"su

ppor

ted

by c

olum

ns w

ith n

o lo

ad-b

earin

g w

alls

. Thi

s"s

andw

ich"

is to

mee

t the

req

uire

men

ts o

fan

inte

grat

edst

ruct

ural

, mec

hani

cal,

and

light

ing-

ceili

ngsu

bsys

tem

the

dept

h of

whi

ch is

not

to e

xcee

d 36

inch

esfo

rac

adem

ic a

reas

or

60 in

ches

for

gym

nasi

umsp

ans.

42T

he s

truc

tura

l, m

echa

nica

l, an

d lig

htin

g-ce

iling

"sa

ndw

ich.

"

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Aco

ustic

req

uire

men

t

All

subs

yste

ms

are

to m

eet r

equi

rem

ents

for

an a

vera

geso

und

tran

smis

sion

loss

of 2

8 de

cibe

ls, m

easu

red

in p

lace

, for

roo

m-t

o-ro

om s

ound

atte

nuat

ion.

Fire

rat

ings

SC

SD

bui

ldin

gs a

re T

ype

IV o

ne-h

our

build

ings

. Hen

ce,

stru

ctur

e an

d lig

htin

g-ce

iling

ass

embl

ies

are

to m

eet

requ

irem

ents

for

one-

hour

fire

-rat

ed c

onst

ruct

ion.

Inte

rior

part

ition

sub

syst

em (

exce

ptin

g op

erab

le p

artit

ions

)is

to m

eet r

equi

rem

ents

for

one-

hour

con

stru

ctio

n,w

ith a

dditi

onal

two-

hour

cap

abili

ty fo

r pa

rtiti

ons

and

colu

mns

. The

res

ultin

g fir

e se

para

tions

mak

e it

poss

ible

to in

crea

se th

e si

ze o

f bui

ldin

gs s

o th

at la

rge

loft-

type

proj

ects

may

be

plan

ned.

Ave

rage

sou

nd tr

aryr

3rm

ss:c

n!o

tr!S

28

de:,'

0.3e

!s fo

r ro

',,m

-to-

rom

seY

and

atte

tz.;a

t'o!n

.

0 0

L

43

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Str

uctu

reS

utsy

stem

com

pone

nts

Col

umns

, pri

mar

y be

ams,

roo

f an

d fl

oor

span

ning

mem

-be

rs, r

oofi

ng, f

lash

ing

and

insu

latio

n.

In a

dditi

on th

e su

cces

sful

str

uctu

ral b

idde

r ha

spr

ovid

ed c

olum

n le

ngth

s in

1 f

oot i

ncre

men

ts; h

as a

dded

35, 5

0, 6

5, a

nd 1

00 f

oot r

oof

span

ning

mem

bers

and

adde

d a

25 f

oot f

loor

spa

nnin

g m

embe

r.

4

Dim

ensi

onal

crit

eria

Stru

ctur

al c

ompo

nent

s m

ust m

ake

poss

ible

the

con-

stru

ctio

n of

uno

bstr

ucte

d ar

eas

up to

7,2

00 s

quar

e fe

et.

To

perm

it fl

exib

ility

in p

lann

ing,

the

size

s of

mem

bers

belo

w a

re r

equi

red

5

6

1co

lum

ns: f

or o

ne-s

tory

cei

ling

heig

hts

of 1

0. 1

2. 1

4,16

, and

18

feet

; for

two-

stor

y ce

iling

hei

ghts

of

10 a

nd 1

2 fe

et2

cant

ileve

r m

embe

rs: 5

and

10

feet

3pr

imar

y be

ams

: 10,

15,

20,

25,

and

30

feet

4ro

ofin

g an

d in

sula

tion

5ro

of d

eck

6 ro

of s

pann

ing

mem

bers

: 30,

40.

45,

55,

60,

70,

75,

90, a

nd 1

10 f

eet (

the

90 a

nd 1

10 f

cot m

embe

rs f

orgy

mna

sium

spa

ns m

ay b

e 60

" de

ep)

floo

rsp

anni

ng m

embe

rs: 3

0, 4

0, a

nd 4

5 fe

et

==

.0,0

1=1=

Now

er,

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Bui

ldin

g co

nfig

urat

ions

Str

uctu

ral c

ompo

nent

s m

ust a

ccom

mod

ate

any

of,

orco

mbi

natio

n of

, the

con

ditio

ns b

elow

:

roof

ope

ning

s

sing

le-s

tory

and

two-

stor

y bu

ildin

gs

chan

ge in

cei

ling

heig

ht

cant

ileve

r

one

and

two-

stor

y bu

ildin

gs w

ith in

side

cor

ner

chan

ge in

gra

de

45

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Lea

ding

Roo

f: li

ve lo

ad 2

0 po

unds

per

squ

are

foot

; dea

d lo

ad5

poun

ds p

er s

quar

e fo

ot p

lus

stru

ctur

e, r

oofi

ng, a

ndin

sula

tion

(Cal

ifor

nia

cond

ition

s di

d no

t req

uire

snow

load

s).

Floo

r: li

ve lo

ad 5

0 po

unds

per

squ

are

foot

; dea

d lo

ad26

pou

nds

per

squa

re f

oot p

lus

stru

ctur

e.

Dim

ensi

onal

tole

ranc

esSt

ruct

ural

mem

bers

may

not

def

lect

bel

ow th

e ho

rizo

ntal

unde

r fu

ll liv

e lo

ad.

Max

imum

var

iatio

n al

low

ed a

bove

the

hori

zont

al in

clud

-in

g ca

mbe

r an

d de

flec

tion

will

be

1/36

0 of

the

span

exce

pt a

s fo

llow

s: m

axim

um v

aria

tion

for

70 a

nd75

foo

t spa

ns w

ill b

e 2

inch

es.

Ext

erio

r m

ater

ials

The

SC

SD s

yste

m d

oes

not i

nclu

de e

xter

ior

fini

shes

.E

xter

ior

wal

ls a

re d

esig

ned

by th

e sc

hool

dis

tric

tar

chite

ct. T

o in

sure

a r

easo

nabl

e am

ount

of

free

dom

of

choi

ce f

or th

e ar

chite

ct, t

he s

truc

tura

l sub

syst

em m

ust

prov

ide

a m

etho

d of

atta

chm

ent a

t fiv

e fo

ot in

terv

als

for

exte

rior

mat

eria

ls.

Roo

fing

war

rant

yR

oofi

ng, i

nsul

atio

n, f

lash

ing,

and

any

oth

er m

ater

ials

nece

ssar

y to

giv

e a

20-y

ear

bond

ed ty

pe r

oof

will

be c

onsi

dere

d a

part

of

the

stru

ctur

al s

ubsy

stem

bid

.

Not

e: S

truc

tura

l sub

syst

em d

oes

not i

nclu

de la

tera

lbr

acin

g or

sta

irw

ays.

Lat

eral

bra

cing

req

uire

men

ts a

rela

rgel

y a

func

tion

of b

uild

ing

conf

igur

atio

ns a

ndco

nseq

uent

ly w

ere

left

to th

e di

stri

ct's

str

uctu

ral

engi

neer

s. S

tair

way

s w

ere

unco

mm

on e

noug

h w

ithin

the

proj

ect t

o m

ake

thei

r in

clus

ion

unec

onom

ic.

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Hea

ting/

Ven

tilat

ing/

Air

Con

ditio

ning

Sub

syst

em c

ompo

nent

s

Hea

ting,

ven

tilat

ing,

and

coo

ling

equi

pmen

t plu

s an

ypl

umbi

ng, c

ontr

ols,

and

wiri

ng w

hich

ser

vice

sth

e eq

uipm

ent.

Per

form

ance

crit

eria

Tem

pera

ture

: plu

s or

min

us 2

deg

rees

Out

side

air:

min

imum

8 c

fm p

er p

erso

nT

otal

air

supp

ly: m

inim

um 3

0 cf

m p

er p

erso

nA

ir ve

loci

ty: b

etw

een

20 a

nd 5

0 fp

mS

olar

hea

t gai

n : 6

000

btu

per

hour

per

200

sq.

ft.

of e

xter

ior

wal

lO

utsi

de te

mpe

ratu

re r

ange

(fo

r de

sign

): 3

0 to

100

degr

ees`

The

suc

cess

ful b

idde

r us

ed a

n ex

pand

ed r

ange

inde

sign

ing

subs

yste

m c

ompo

nent

s.

IE

Out

side

air

: min

imum

8 c

fm p

er p

erso

nT

otal

air

sup

ply:

min

imum

30

cfm

per

per

son

Sola

r he

at g

ain:

600

btu

per

hou

rpe

r 20

0 sq

. W o

f ex

teri

or w

ail

Air

vel

ocity

: bet

wee

n 20

and

50

fpm

_J

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Mec

hani

cal S

ervi

ce M

odul

e (M

SM

)

The

hea

ting,

ven

tilat

ing,

air-

cond

ition

ing

subs

yste

m m

ust

mai

ntai

n th

erm

al c

ondi

tions

out

lined

in p

erfo

rman

cecr

iteria

for

a m

inim

um a

rea

of 3

,600

squ

are

feet

of

any

conf

igur

atio

n al

low

able

usi

ng th

e pa

rtiti

on p

lan-

ning

mod

ule

of 4

inch

es. T

he s

yste

m m

ust f

urth

er p

erm

itin

divi

dual

con

trol

in z

ones

as

smal

l as

450

squa

re fe

et.

A s

ingl

e m

echa

nica

l ser

vice

mod

ule

may

be

com

pris

edof

from

one

to e

ight

suc

h co

ntro

l zon

es.*

"The

suc

cess

ful b

idde

r ha

s pr

ovid

ed m

eans

toco

ntro

l up

to 1

2 co

ntro

l zon

es w

ith o

ne u

nit.

The

3,6

00 s

quar

e fo

ot M

SM

may

hav

e 1

to 8

con

trol

zone

s as

sm

all a

s 45

0 sq

uare

feet

eac

h.

Flex

ibili

ty

Arr

Zic

ipat

ing

rear

rang

emen

t of t

he s

pace

div

isio

nsw

ithin

the

mec

hani

cal s

ervi

ce m

odul

e du

ring

the

lifet

ime

of th

e bu

ildin

g, it

was

req

uire

d th

at th

e he

atin

g, v

entil

at-

ing,

and

air-

cond

ition

ing

subs

yste

m p

erm

it a

grea

t var

iety

of r

earr

ange

men

ts w

ithou

t mod

ifica

tion

of e

quip

men

t,di

stur

banc

e of

oth

er s

ubsy

stem

s, o

r sa

crifi

ce o

fpr

escr

ibed

per

form

ance

crit

eria

.

Sub

syst

em m

ust p

erm

it re

arra

ngem

ents

of s

pace

divi

sion

s w

ithin

MS

M w

ithou

t los

s in

per

form

ance

.

Mai

nten

ance

con

trac

t

The

man

ufac

ture

r m

ust f

urni

sh a

long

-ter

m m

aint

enan

ceco

ntra

ct e

xten

dabl

e to

a to

tal o

f 20

year

s, w

hich

isto

incl

ude

perio

dic

insp

ectio

n an

d re

plac

emen

t of p

arts

on fa

ilure

and

as

nece

ssar

y on

a p

reve

ntat

ive

mai

nten

ance

bas

is.

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Ligh

ting/

Cei

ling

sem

i-ind

irect

Sub

syst

em c

ompo

nent

sT

his

subs

yste

m in

clud

es th

e to

tal a

ggre

gate

cei

ling

cons

truc

tion

from

wal

l to

wal

l plu

s al

l lig

htin

g,ac

oust

ical

, and

cei

ling

mem

bers

incl

udin

g fla

t opa

que

ceili

ng p

anel

s. It

mus

t als

o pr

ovid

e fo

r in

trod

uctio

nan

d re

turn

of a

ir if

not o

ther

wis

e pr

ovid

ed b

y th

ehe

atin

g-ve

ntila

ting-

air-

cond

ition

ing

subs

yste

m.

lum

inou

s ce

iling

Aca

dem

ic a

rea

light

ing

Sub

syst

em is

to in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

type

s of

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng a

ssem

blie

s: lu

min

ous

ceili

ng a

ssem

bly;

dire

ctas

sem

bly;

sem

i-ind

irect

ass

embl

y.

Thu

s th

ree

visi

bly

diffe

rent

ligh

ting

syst

ems

are

prov

ided

for

acad

emic

are

as, e

ach

mee

ting

the

sam

e lig

htin

gcr

iteria

. In

addi

tion,

com

pone

nts

for

gym

nasi

umlig

htin

g an

d su

bsid

iary

are

as s

uch

as c

orrid

ors

are

to b

e in

clud

ed.

dire

ct li

ghtin

g

10 (

2

.,

aaaa

o o

o o

0o

ko),

c4

70 fo

ot-c

andl

es

00

00

0L.

__ 1

L.__

. 1I_

_ .1

70 fo

ot-c

andl

es70

foot

-can

dles

00

00

00

L___

. 1L_

___.

_I

L__.

_..I

49

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Per

form

ance

crit

eria

ftir

acad

emic

spa

ces

Ave

rage

illu

min

atio

n at

the

wor

k pl

ane

mus

t be

at le

ast

70 fo

ot-c

andl

es m

aint

aine

d.*

Illum

inat

ion

at th

e w

ork

plan

e at

any

poi

nt m

ore

than

4 fe

et fr

om th

e w

alls

mus

t be

not m

ore

than

25

per

cent

belo

w o

r ab

ove

aver

age

illum

inat

ion

leve

l.

Max

imum

brig

htne

ss o

f any

are

a in

the

dire

ct g

lare

zon

em

ust n

ot b

e m

ore

than

350

foot

lam

bert

s.

Max

imum

brig

htne

ss o

f any

are

a in

the

refle

cted

gla

rezo

ne m

ust n

ot b

e m

ore

than

500

foot

lam

bert

s.

The

sub

syst

em m

ust b

e so

des

igne

d th

aw in

cer

tain

P. m

asce

iling

may

be

susp

ende

d or

atta

ched

12

or 2

4 in

ches

low

er th

an th

e no

rmal

cei

ling

plan

e.

Not

e: T

hese

inte

nsity

and

brig

htne

ss c

riter

ia w

ere

diffi

cult

to m

eet u

sing

cat

alog

ue c

ompo

nent

s ex

cept

by

usin

g ar

chite

ctur

ally

una

ccep

tabl

e fix

ture

s w

hich

drop

wel

l bel

ow c

eilin

g.*S

ucce

ssfu

l bid

der

prov

ided

for

leve

ls fr

om 3

5 to

210

foot

-can

dles

.

50

Enn

umm

u....

......

......

..,...

.

refle

cted

glar

ezo

ne ,O

dire

ctgl

are

zone

__I

0_J

_J

susp

ende

d ce

iling

00

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Fle

xibi

lity

The

sub

syst

em m

ust p

rovi

de fo

r re

arra

ngem

ent o

f its

com

pone

nts

with

in th

e 5

foot

str

uctu

ral m

odul

e. T

here

arra

ngem

ent c

hara

cter

istic

s m

ust b

e su

ch th

atth

e re

quire

men

ts o

f oth

er s

ubsy

stem

s m

ay b

eac

com

mod

ated

.

light

inc-

ceili

ngn

-11-

nn J

part

ition

nn

nn

,.1

5'

Com

patib

ility

The

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng s

ubsy

stem

mus

t be

so d

esig

ned

that

the

pres

ence

of a

n in

terio

r co

lum

n w

ill n

ot n

eces

sita

teth

e om

issi

on o

f lig

htin

g ca

pabi

lity

in m

ore

than

one

5 fo

ot m

odul

e.*

The

sub

syst

em m

ust b

e ab

le to

rec

eive

and

pro

vide

nece

ssar

y st

abili

ty fo

r in

terio

r pa

rtiti

ons

whi

ch m

ay b

elo

cate

d on

any

incr

emen

t of t

he 4

inch

par

titio

npl

anni

ng m

odul

e.

The

sub

syst

em m

ust a

ckno

wle

dge

the

requ

irem

ents

impo

sed

by th

e he

atin

g, v

entil

atin

g, a

nd a

ir-co

nditi

onin

gsu

bsys

tem

and

allo

w fo

r an

y ne

cess

ary

devi

ces

requ

ired

by

*Suc

cess

ful s

truc

tura

l bid

der

thrp

ugh

desi

gn o

f cru

cifo

rmco

lum

ns m

ade

it po

ssib

le n

ot to

elim

inat

e lig

htin

gca

pabi

lity

in a

ny 5

foot

mod

ule.

"Coo

pera

tion

betw

een

two

com

pone

nt fa

bric

ator

s w

asne

cess

ary

to m

eet t

he p

robl

em o

f int

erse

ctin

g sy

stem

s.

Sub

syst

em m

ust p

rovi

de fo

r re

arra

ngem

ent

of it

s co

mpo

nent

s w

ithin

the

5 fo

ot s

truc

tura

l mod

ule

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Par

titio

nsS

ubsy

stem

com

pone

nts

The

inte

rior

part

ition

sub

syst

em in

clud

es th

ose

elem

ents

whi

ch p

rovi

de v

ertic

al s

epar

atio

n of

spa

ces

from

floor

to c

eilin

g in

side

the

build

ing.

The

follo

win

g ty

pes

of p

artit

ions

are

pro

vide

d :

Fix

ed p

artit

ions

: par

titio

ns w

hich

will

be

perm

anen

tlyse

t in

plac

e.

Dem

ount

able

par

titio

ns :

part

ition

s w

hich

may

be

mov

edto

a n

ew lo

catio

n w

ith m

inim

al r

ewor

king

of t

hepa

rtiti

ons

them

selv

es o

r th

e co

mpo

nent

s to

whi

ch th

eyar

e at

tach

ed.

Dem

ount

able

-Ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons:

par

titio

ns w

hich

may

be m

oved

at w

ill a

long

thei

r lin

e of

pla

cem

ent a

nd in

addi

tion

may

be

rem

oved

ent

irely

inde

pend

ent o

f the

build

ing

stru

ctur

e an

d re

loca

ted

else

whe

re. (

Cat

alog

ueop

erab

le p

artit

ions

fixe

d to

the

stru

ctur

e w

ere

ordi

naril

y'h

e le

ast m

ovab

le p

artit

ions

in s

choo

ls.)

Tw

o ty

pes

n' a

st b

e pr

ovid

ed :

pane

l and

acc

ordi

on. T

he p

anel

type

oper

able

par

titio

n is

als

o to

pro

vide

a p

ass

door

.

52*D

emou

ntab

le a

nd fi

xed

part

ition

s ar

e pr

ovid

edin

hei

ghts

of 1

0. 1

2, 1

4. a

nd 1

6 fe

et, a

nd o

pera

ble

part

ition

s in

10

and

12 fo

ot h

eigh

ts.

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Dim

ensi

onal

crit

eria

The

par

titio

n pl

anni

ng m

odul

e fo

r th

ickn

ess

is to

be

3or

4 in

ches

for

fixed

and

dem

ount

able

par

titio

ns.

The

hor

izon

tal d

imen

sion

of p

anel

s fo

r fix

ed a

ndde

mou

ntab

le p

artit

ions

mus

t acc

omm

odat

ea

3 fo

ot d

oor

and

rela

te to

the

5 fo

ot s

truc

tura

l mod

ule.

The

ver

tical

mod

ule

for

floor

to c

eilin

g he

ight

s is

2fe

et fr

om 1

0 to

16

feet

. Fix

ed p

artit

ions

pro

vide

dfo

r al

l mod

ular

hei

ghts

. Dem

ount

able

and

ope

rabl

epa

rtiti

ons

prov

ided

in 1

0 an

d 12

foot

hei

ghts

onl

y.*

Doo

rs a

re 7

feet

hig

h.

Per

form

ance

crit

eria

, Axe

d an

d de

mou

ntab

lepa

rtiti

ons

The

par

titio

ns m

ust b

e de

sign

ed s

o th

at th

e fa

cing

on

one

side

of a

par

titio

n ca

n be

cha

nged

inde

pend

ently

of th

e fa

cing

on

the

othe

r si

de.

It m

ust b

e po

ssib

le fo

r sc

hool

dis

tric

t per

sonn

el to

relo

cate

dem

ount

able

par

titio

ns, a

nd to

inst

all a

nd/o

rre

plac

e in

divi

dual

dem

ount

able

par

titio

n pa

nels

.

Fix

ed a

nd d

emou

ntab

le p

artit

ions

mus

t per

mit

both

horiz

onta

l and

ver

tical

pas

sage

of s

ervi

ces,

a c

ritic

alpo

int f

or e

ffect

ive

dem

ount

abili

ty.

Per

form

ance

crit

eria

, ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons

It m

ust b

e po

ssib

le to

mov

e an

ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

on w

itha

trai

ned

crew

in n

ot m

ore

than

one

wee

k.

Ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons

mus

t be

self-

supp

ortin

g, h

owev

erth

ey m

ay b

e st

ayed

late

rally

by

atta

chm

ent t

o a

stru

ctur

al m

embe

r.

Ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons

mus

t be

desi

gned

so

that

they

open

or c

lose

with

the

exer

tion

of n

ot m

ore

than

25

poun

ds p

ress

ure.

**S

ucce

ssfu

l bid

der's

par

titio

ns c

an b

e m

oved

in 4

-6 h

ours

.

Ope

rabl

e pa

rtiti

ons

mus

t be

self-

supp

ortin

gan

d be

ope

ned

and

clos

ed w

ith th

e ex

ertio

nof

not

mor

e th

an 2

5 po

unda

pre

ssur

e.

Fix

ed a

nd d

emou

ntab

le p

anel

face

s an

dfin

ishe

sM

anuf

actu

rer

prov

ides

the

follo

win

g pa

nel f

aces

and

finis

hes:

bas

ic p

anel

(du

rabl

e bu

t fin

ishe

d fo

r ch

alk-

or ta

ckbo

ard

use)

, cha

lk p

anel

, tac

k pa

nel,

glas

s pa

nel,

back

-up

pane

l (un

finis

hed)

. Man

ufac

ture

r is

to s

uppl

yba

sic

pane

ls in

a r

ange

of 2

5 co

lors

.

53

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Cas

ewor

k an

d ca

bine

ts

54

Sub

syst

em d

escr

iptio

n

Thi

s su

bsys

tem

enc

ompa

sses

two

sepa

rate

type

s of

cabi

nets

: sci

ence

labo

rato

ry e

quip

men

t and

gen

eral

cabi

nets

for

stor

age

in o

ther

are

as o

f the

sch

ools

.

Sub

syst

em c

ompo

nent

s

Sub

syst

em c

ompo

nent

s in

clud

e: ta

bles

, top

s, c

abin

ets,

sink

s an

d la

bora

tory

acc

esso

ries,

doo

rs, d

raw

ers,

:::rd

she

lvin

g.

Sco

pe o

f wor

k

Man

ufac

ture

r pr

ovid

es in

add

ition

to c

ompo

nent

s :

inst

alla

tion

of c

abin

ets

and

case

wor

k; fu

rnis

hing

of a

llse

rvic

e fix

ture

s su

ch a

s ga

s, h

ot a

nd c

old

wat

er fa

ucet

s,re

mot

e co

ntro

l val

ves,

filte

r pu

mps

, ele

ctric

al s

witc

hes,

fixtu

res

and

rece

ptac

les,

fum

e ho

ods

and

fum

e ho

odlig

ht fi

xtur

es, s

inks

, dra

in tr

ough

s, w

aste

out

lets

whe

rere

quire

d; p

rope

r re

info

rcem

ent a

nd a

ttach

men

t dev

ices

nece

ssar

y to

ena

ble

ceili

ngs

and

wal

ls to

sup

port

cabi

nets

and

cas

ewor

k, w

ithou

t scr

ewin

g or

bol

ting

to p

artit

ions

so

as n

ot to

impe

de fl

exib

ility

.

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Fle

xibi

lity

AU

cab

inet

s, e

xcep

t tho

se f

ixed

by

serv

ices

, mus

t be

desi

gned

to b

e re

loca

ted

with

out r

equi

ring

any

add

i-tio

nal p

arts

or

new

tops

.it

mus

t be

poss

ible

to r

emov

ean

d re

loca

te a

cab

inet

with

out h

avin

g to

rep

lace

any

par

tof

the

build

ing

to w

hich

the

cabi

net w

as a

ttach

ed.

Dim

ensi

onal

crit

eria

The

siz

es o

f cab

inet

s m

ust r

elat

e to

the

part

ition

plan

ning

mod

ule.

Sin

ce th

e ho

rizon

tal d

imen

sion

of t

hein

teri

or p

artit

ion

pane

ls is

40"

, cab

inet

dim

ensi

ons

mus

t rel

ate

to a

40-

par

titio

n jo

int.*

Cab

inet

s w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

follo

win

g no

min

al(m

odul

ar)

size

s:w

idth

: 60,

40,

and

20

inch

eshe

ight

: 84,

54,

36,

and

30

inch

esde

pth:

40,

30,

20,

and

13

inch

es

*Cas

ewor

k w

as b

id la

ter

than

pri

mar

y co

mpo

nent

s so

that

par

titio

n pa

nel s

ize

was

est

ablis

hed

whe

n ca

sew

ork

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ere

wri

tten.

Cab

inet

inte

rior

subd

ivis

ions

Cab

inet

s m

ust b

e de

sign

ed to

per

mit

max

imum

fre

edom

to m

odif

y in

teri

or s

pace

s fo

r va

ryin

g m

ixes

of

draw

ersi

zes

or c

hang

es f

rom

dra

wer

s to

cup

boar

ds a

s us

ere

quir

emen

ts c

hang

e.

Eev

atio

n of

a b

ase

cabi

net s

how

s di

ffere

ntar

rang

emen

ts o

f dra

wer

s an

d ca

pbox

ds w

t un

the

sam

e ba

sic

carc

ass.

55

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Lock

ers

Sub

syst

em d

escr

iptio

n

Thi

s su

bsys

tem

incl

udes

all

stud

ent l

ocke

rs, t

ops,

finis

hed

ends

, she

lves

, com

bina

tion

lock

s, n

umbe

rpl

ates

, and

ope

ratin

g ha

ndle

s. G

ymna

sium

type

stor

age

lock

ers

are

not i

nclu

ded.

Sco

pe o

f wor

k

Man

ufac

ture

r is

to p

rovi

de s

ubsy

stem

com

pone

nts

desc

ribed

abo

ve in

clud

ing

inst

alla

tion.

Dim

ensi

onal

crit

eria

Dim

ensi

ons

repr

esen

ted

are

nom

inal

and

rep

rese

ntm

axim

um e

xter

ior

dim

ensi

ons.

Doo

r op

enin

g m

ust

allo

w fo

r in

sert

ion

of 1

31/2

inch

hig

h-sc

hool

rin

g bi

nder

s.T

ype

1 : 2

0" w

ide,

15"

dee

p, 1

5" h

igh,

four

tier

sT

ype

2: 1

5" w

ide,

15-

dee

p, 1

5" h

igh,

four

tier

s

The

lock

er d

imen

sion

s w

ere

base

d on

Cal

iforn

ia r

equi

re-

men

ts c

allin

g fo

r le

ss s

pace

for

clot

hing

and

mor

efo

r bo

oks.

Tra

ditio

nal l

ocke

r di

men

sion

s ar

e ba

sed

oncl

othi

ng r

equi

rem

ents

in c

olde

r cl

imat

es.

Arr

ange

men

t req

uire

men

ts

All

lock

ers

are

to b

e fo

ur ti

ers

high

. Min

imum

arr

ange

-m

ent w

ill b

e tw

o lo

cker

s ac

ross

. Bey

ond

this

arr

ange

-m

ent,

eith

er o

dd o

r ev

en lo

cker

arr

ange

men

ts m

ust b

epo

ssib

le. L

ocke

rs m

ust b

e av

aila

ble

in s

ingl

e or

dou

ble

row

s (b

ack

to b

ack)

. Des

ign

mus

t per

mit

lock

ers

to b

ear

rang

ed fr

ee s

tand

ing

or b

acke

d up

to a

n ex

terio

r w

all

with

end

s ex

pose

d or

with

one

or

both

end

s al

soag

ains

t a w

all.

Typ

e 1

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Fin

ish

Man

ufac

ture

r is

to p

rovi

de lo

cker

s in

four

col

ors

and

is to

pro

vide

fini

shes

whi

ch w

ill b

e te

sted

for

satis

-fa

ctor

y pe

rfor

man

ce in

the

follo

win

g ch

arac

teris

tics:

hard

ness

, scr

atch

res

ista

nce,

sal

t spr

ay r

esis

tanc

e,m

oist

ure

resi

stan

ce, a

nd r

esis

tanc

e to

cha

lkin

g.

A g

alva

nize

d ty

pe fi

nish

was

als

o re

quire

d si

nce

som

eS

CS

D s

choo

ls w

ere

near

the

ocea

n an

d si

nce

Cal

iforn

iasc

hool

s of

ten

plac

e lo

cker

s ou

tsid

e th

e bu

ildin

gs.

Ven

tilat

ion

Lock

ers

are

to b

e ve

ntila

ted

with

one

squ

are

inch

of

pene

trat

ion

for

ever

y 1,

000

cubi

c in

ches

of l

ocke

rsp

ace.

Ven

tilat

ions

mus

t be

desi

gned

to m

ake

it di

fficu

ltto

pus

h an

y ob

ject

thro

ugh

the

vent

ilatio

n ho

les.

Lock

ers

are

to b

e fo

ur ti

ers

high

and

allo

w b

ack-

to-w

all,

back

-to-

back

, and

free

stan

ding

arr

ange

men

ts.

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SCSD

Com

pone

nts

The

SC

SD

sys

tem

is a

set

of c

oord

inat

ed c

ompo

nent

s.C

oord

inat

ion

amon

g m

anuf

actu

rers

sta

rted

, with

the

assi

stan

ce o

f the

SC

SD

sta

ff, a

s th

e m

anuf

actu

rers

prep

ared

thei

r de

sign

s fo

r bi

ddin

g. A

fter

bidd

ing,

effo

rts

to e

ffect

a h

igh

leve

l of c

oord

inat

ion

ofco

mpo

nent

s w

ere

cont

inue

d at

an

incr

easi

ngly

inte

nse

rate

am

ong

the

succ

essf

ul b

idde

rs, g

uide

d by

the

SC

SD

sta

ff. T

his

proc

ess

culm

inat

ed in

the

prot

otyp

ebu

ildin

g, c

ompl

eted

on

the

Sta

nfor

d U

nive

rsity

cam

pus

in N

ovem

ber,

196

4. T

he r

efin

emen

t of d

etai

ls w

asco

ntin

ued

for

man

y m

onth

s af

ter

initi

al c

ompl

etio

n of

the

build

ing.

Muc

h of

the

effo

rts

tow

ard

coor

dina

tion

focu

ssed

on

the

spac

e be

twee

n ce

iling

and

roo

f dec

kthe

"inte

grat

ed s

andw

ich.

" In

this

spa

ce, f

reew

ays

wer

ear

rang

ed fo

r pl

umbi

ng, c

ondu

it, a

nd e

lect

rical

ser

vice

sto

red

uce

subc

ontr

acto

r co

nflic

ts d

urin

g co

nstr

uctio

n.

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Stru

ctur

e

The

ort

hotr

opic

str

uctu

ral s

yste

m d

esig

ned

for

Inla

ndS

teel

Pro

duct

s C

ompa

ny b

y ar

chite

ct R

ober

tson

War

dan

d T

he E

ngin

eers

Col

labo

rativ

e em

phas

ized

eas

eof

shi

ppin

g, s

peed

of e

rect

ion,

and

car

eful

coo

rdin

atio

nw

ith o

ther

com

pone

nts.

Tru

sses

and

dec

k se

ctio

ns a

re h

inge

d, w

ith c

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ctio

nsw

hich

are

wel

ded

whe

n er

ectio

n ha

s be

en c

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eted

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ll co

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ns a

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f con

stan

t out

side

dim

ensi

on a

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l tru

sses

of f

rom

30

to 7

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have

iden

tical

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etry

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e ga

uge

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cha

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rovi

defo

r di

fferin

g lo

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rem

ents

.

To

save

wei

ght,

the

stee

l dec

k re

plac

es th

e to

p ch

ords

of th

e tr

usse

s so

that

the

deck

is s

tres

sed.

The

Inla

ndsy

stem

use

d le

ss s

teel

per

squ

are

foot

of b

uild

ing

than

any

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The

Len

nox

HV

AC

sys

tem

is b

ased

on

a se

lf-co

ntai

ned

heat

ing

and

cool

ing

unit

size

d to

mat

ch th

e m

echa

nica

lse

rvic

e m

odul

e. D

epen

ding

on

load

, the

uni

t may

serv

e fr

om 2

,500

-5,0

00 s

quar

e fe

et o

f spa

ce.

The

roo

f uni

t fee

ds d

irect

ly in

to m

ixin

g bo

xes

belo

wit

whi

ch in

turn

pro

vide

air

to th

e fix

ed d

ucts

. Air

isre

turn

ed to

the

syst

em th

roug

h th

e op

en p

lenu

m.

Pat

tern

s of

sta

ndar

dize

d fix

ed a

nd fl

exib

le d

ucts

, com

-bi

ned

with

rem

ovab

le s

uppl

y an

d re

turn

diff

user

s, a

llow

for

grea

t fre

edom

in a

rran

ging

con

trol

zon

es. T

heco

olin

g un

it is

com

plet

ely

sepa

rate

from

the

heat

ing

and

vent

ilatin

g un

it, s

o th

at c

oolin

g ca

n be

add

edat

a la

ter

date

, if d

esire

d.

The

gla

ss fi

ber

duct

sys

tem

, tog

ethe

r w

ith c

aref

ully

desi

gned

vib

ratio

n is

olat

ion

from

the

light

ste

elst

ruct

ure,

mak

es fo

r a

very

qui

et s

yste

m.

serv

ice

free

way

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The

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng s

yste

m, a

lso

desi

gned

by

arch

itect

Rob

erts

on W

ard,

for

Inla

nd S

teel

Pro

duct

sC

ompa

nyus

es a

sm

all n

umbe

r of

sta

ndar

d co

mpo

nent

s to

prov

ide

a w

ide

varie

ty o

f lig

htin

g in

tens

ities

and

vis

ual e

ffect

s.

A u

nifo

rm tw

o-tu

be fl

uore

scen

t lig

htin

g fix

ture

isus

edw

ith th

ree

optio

nal p

last

ic d

iffus

ers.

The

met

al c

offe

rca

n re

ceiv

e on

e, tw

o, o

r th

ree

two-

bulb

fixt

ures

, and

the

top

sect

ion

of th

e co

ffer

(whi

ch is

rem

ovab

le fo

rac

cess

to th

e ce

iling

spa

ce)

can

be u

sed,

inve

rted

. The

ceili

ng-li

ghtin

g sy

stem

is fa

sten

ed to

the

stru

ctur

eev

ery

5' b

y a

"spi

der"

to w

hich

the

ceili

ng r

unne

rs a

reat

tach

ed. T

he s

pide

r, w

hich

com

pens

ates

for

the

cam

ber

or d

efle

ctio

ns in

the

trus

ses,

pro

vide

sa

ther

mal

brea

k be

twee

n ce

iling

and

str

uctu

re fo

r fir

epr

otec

tion

purp

oses

and

pro

vide

s la

tera

l sup

port

for

the

part

ition

s. T

hesp

ider

was

dev

elop

ed b

y F

aste

x D

ivis

ion,

Illin

ois

Too

l Wor

ks, I

nc.,

for

Inla

nd S

teel

Pro

duct

s.

The

flat

met

al p

an s

yste

m is

pro

vide

d pl

ain

or w

ithpe

rfor

atio

n to

incr

ease

aco

ustic

abs

orpt

ion.

The

flat

pan

ceili

ng is

sui

tabl

e fo

r bo

th in

terio

r an

d ex

terio

rus

e. T

he to

p pa

nel o

f the

cof

fer

may

als

o he

per

fora

ted

for

acou

stic

abs

orpt

ion.

The

min

eral

woo

l lay

erab

ove

the

ceili

ng th

us s

erve

s bo

th fo

r th

e pr

otec

tion

and

for

acou

stic

pur

pose

s.

The

thre

e ba

sic

acad

emic

ligh

ting

syst

ems

are

prod

uced

by

sim

ple

rear

rang

emen

t of t

he b

asic

com

-po

nent

s. T

he d

irect

sys

tem

, with

two

two-

tube

uni

tspe

rco

ffer,

usi

ng h

alf t

he n

umbe

r of

ligh

ted

coffe

rs, p

rovi

des

the

sam

e lig

htin

g in

tens

ity a

s th

e ot

her

two

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ems.

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mou

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whi

chsn

ap o

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met

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stu

dsar

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ippe

d to

floo

r an

d ce

iling

cha

nnel

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nd th

e to

pof

the

stud

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rpor

ates

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lesc

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g se

ctio

n w

hich

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ws

for

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ches

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truc

tura

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lect

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ater

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ope

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thei

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at th

e w

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ions

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in la

min

ated

pla

stic

or

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sys

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elop

ed b

y E

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lly d

esig

ned

for

this

cab

inet

ran

geto

mee

t SC

SD

spe

cific

atio

ns. P

last

ic in

sert

s in

pred

rille

d ho

les

alto

. for

effe

ctiv

e re

loca

tion

of in

terio

rsh

elve

s, d

raw

ers,

and

doo

rs in

com

bina

tion

so th

atth

e fu

nctio

nal u

se o

f the

cab

inet

s co

uld

be c

hang

edw

ithou

t mov

ing

the

cabi

net c

arca

sses

. Wal

l hun

gca

bine

ts h

ook

onto

the

part

ition

s w

ithou

t per

man

ent

fast

enin

g to

faci

litat

e fle

xibi

lity.

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Lock

ers

Lock

ers

built

by

Wor

ley

are

conv

entio

nal i

n co

nstr

uctio

n;re

finem

ents

incl

ude

soun

d da

mpe

ning

har

dwar

e.A

rchi

tect

s m

ay c

hoos

e up

to 4

col

ors

for

agi

ven

scho

ol o

ut o

f a to

tal r

ange

of 5

6 co

lors

.T

he n

ew s

ize

has

prov

ed e

ffect

ive

for

stor

ing

book

s an

dbi

nder

s, b

ut th

e m

arch

of e

vent

s ha

s ov

erta

ken

the

orig

inal

per

form

ance

spe

cific

atio

nthe

lock

ers

cann

otac

com

mod

ate

som

e m

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cycl

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A r

esul

t of t

he S

CS

D p

rogr

am h

as b

een

the

appe

aran

ceon

the

mar

ket o

f a n

umbe

r of

sys

tem

s an

d co

mpo

nent

sde

sign

ed to

be

com

petit

ive

with

the

SC

SD

ran

ge.

Thi

s ac

com

plis

hes

one

of th

e ai

ms

of th

e pr

ogra

m, w

hich

was

to m

ake

a ne

w r

ange

of c

ompo

nent

s av

aila

ble

to th

e ed

ucat

or a

nd a

rchi

tect

for

the

solu

tion

of th

eir

prob

lem

s.

Som

e of

thes

e co

mpo

nent

s ha

ve b

een

deve

lope

d by

man

ufac

ture

rs u

nsuc

cess

ful i

n th

e in

itial

SC

SD

bid

ding

proc

ess;

oth

ers

have

bee

n de

velo

ped

sinc

e in

antic

ipat

ion

of th

e m

arke

t ope

ned

by th

e S

CS

Dsp

ecifi

catio

ns a

nd p

rodu

cts.

t

The

Ber

tha

Ron

zone

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool i

n La

s V

egas

,N

evad

a, w

as b

uilt

usin

g a

stru

ctur

al s

yste

m d

esig

ned

and

deve

lope

d by

the

But

ler

Man

ufac

turin

g C

ompa

ny o

fK

ansa

s C

ity, M

isso

uri,

for

the

SC

SD

pro

ject

. The

But

ler

Spa

ce G

rid S

yste

m w

as th

e ne

xt to

low

bid

der

onth

e S

CS

D p

roje

ct.

The

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng s

yste

m fo

r th

e R

onzo

ne S

choo

l was

prov

ided

by

the

E. F

. Hau

serm

an C

ompa

ny w

hich

bid

unsu

cces

sful

ly in

this

cat

egor

y fo

r S

CS

D. H

ause

rman

'sS

CS

D p

artit

ions

wer

e us

ed a

s w

ell.

The

Len

nox

SC

SD

unit

was

em

ploy

ed, t

houg

h no

t the

SC

SD

dis

trib

utio

nsy

stem

. The

But

ler

stru

ctur

e, in

con

junc

tion

with

vario

us c

ombi

natio

ns o

f com

pone

nts,

is n

ow in

use

inm

any

build

ings

acr

oss

the

coun

try.

Arc

hite

cts:

Jul

ius

Gab

riele

, AIA

, and

Ass

ocia

tes

r

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The

Fur

geso

n E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l in

Haw

aiia

n G

arde

ns,

Los

Ang

eles

, Cal

iforn

ia, u

ses

a pr

ecas

t con

cret

est

ruct

ural

sys

tem

by

Inte

rpac

e P

reca

st C

oncr

ete

Pro

duct

s. T

his

is u

sed

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

ligh

ting-

ceili

ng s

yste

m b

y Lu

min

ous

Cei

lings

, Inc

. and

par

titio

nsby

Adv

ance

d E

quip

men

t Cor

pora

tion,

and

a h

eatin

g,ve

ntila

ting,

and

coo

ling

syst

em b

y H

ayes

Fur

nace

Mfg

. & S

uppl

y C

o.

The

spa

ce b

etw

een

the

conc

rete

cha

nnel

s is

use

d to

prov

ide

duct

spa

ce to

ser

ve th

e ce

iling

air

dist

ribut

ion,

and

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

chan

nels

ser

ves

as a

fini

shed

ceili

ng. T

he lo

ng s

pan

conc

rete

cha

nnel

s pr

ovid

e a

larg

e, c

olum

n-fr

ee, f

lexi

ble

spac

e fo

r ea

ch b

uild

ing.

Arc

hite

cts

: Duf

fy &

Dre

her

AIA

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The

Com

patib

le D

esig

n S

yste

ms

stru

ctur

al a

ndlig

htin

g-ce

iling

sys

tem

(R

heem

/Dud

ley

Cor

pora

tion)

has

been

des

igne

d cl

osel

y to

the

SC

SD

per

form

ance

spec

ifica

tions

sin

ce th

e or

igin

al b

id p

roce

ss. I

t is

a lig

htst

eel s

truc

ture

of c

onve

ntio

nal d

esig

n; u

sing

larg

ely

bolte

d co

nnec

tions

. The

cei

ling

is b

uilt

up fr

om s

uppo

rt-

ing

mem

bers

, aco

ustic

al b

oard

, and

ligh

ting

fixtu

res,

and

hung

dire

ctly

from

the

stru

ctur

e. T

his

syst

em h

asbe

en s

ucce

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lly b

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deta

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ling

Cei

ling

mem

bers

are

atta

ched

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e tr

uss

by a

"spi

nner

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hich

allo

ws

for

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Com

pone

nts

In U

seB

y O

ctob

er, 1

966,

six

of t

he S

CS

D s

choo

ls w

ere

inop

erat

ion,

with

oth

ers

in v

ario

us s

tage

s of

bid

ding

or

cons

truc

tion.

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page

s 78

and

73

the

voca

bula

ry o

fth

e S

CS

D c

dmpo

nent

s, a

rtic

ulat

ed b

y a

num

ber

ofdi

ffere

nt a

rchi

tect

s, c

an b

e se

en in

act

ion.

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rtin

g on

pag

e 80

, the

sch

ool p

lans

sho

wn

with

the

phot

ogra

phs

indi

cate

the

rang

e of

type

and

siz

e of

faci

litie

s w

hich

hav

e be

en b

uilt

with

in th

e pr

ogra

m.

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det

aile

d pl

ans

show

som

e of

the

less

trad

ition

alsp

atia

l arr

ange

men

ts w

hich

hav

e ap

pear

ed in

the

scho

ols

built

to d

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