School construction projects move ahead
L鈥橭bservateur LUTCHER 鈥� The St. James Parish School Board approved a number measures relating to payments and bids for construction projects throughout the parish.
September 2010
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School expansion project nearing completion
With one week left to go before school starts, construction vehicles lined the Pine Road Elementary School parking lot Aug. 25 to put the finishing touches on the school鈥檚 $21 million expansion project.
Massachusetts selects Groton school as a model for favored design plans in that state
Groton – Northeast Academy Elementary School has been selected as a model school by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the agency that oversees the Commonwealth’s public school construction.
School expansion project nearing completion
With one week left to go before school starts, construction vehicles lined the Pine Road Elementary School parking lot Aug. 25 to put the finishing touches on the school鈥檚 $21 million expansion project.
School board study session to discuss bids for building
Bloomfield Hills school officials are meeting next week to award bids for a design facilitator, architect and construction manager for a proposed consolidated high school.
Construction will change traffic pattern at Liverpool schools
Classes start Thursday in the Liverpool School District, but the construction project is not quite finished.
Cuts Coming to Blind, Deaf Schools Project
A school construction controversy in north Columbus continues to unfold as students at the Ohio State School for the Blind and the Ohio School for the Deaf wait to learn what will be cut from their future campus.
School plan includes construction, second school
A business proposal would bring big changes to the Michigan School for the Deaf campus in Flint next spring.
New school, big changes greet Seattle students, parents
聽 SEATTLE — Faces light up as students see West Seattle’s new Chief Sealth International High School. After two years of construction, the wait is over and the doors are open to the $50 million renovations — money approved by voters. Students make their way into the new high-tech building with new computers. Smart boards with touch screens replace chalkboards. “It’s really fun to see the …
Study: Green Offices are More Productive
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study released by Michigan State University draws an evidence-based connection between environmentally friendly offices buildings and the productivity of office staff.
Titled “Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity,” the study examined two cases in the Lansing area where workers moved from a conventional office building to an environmentally friendly green facility. Workers claimed they called in sick less often and were more productive in the new sustainable environment.
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