PROBLEM 24 READING BLUEPRINTS OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Problem: The superintendent of schools will find it advantageous to be able to read the blueprints of drawings presented by architects for consideration when new buildings are being planned. This program is designed to enable students to gain facility in the reading and correction of plans. It will be necessary for each student to have access to a complete set of plans and specifications for a new building, which he may use in this work. Form No. 3 of the Strayer, Engelhardt, and Hart Schoolhousing Series has been prepared for the checking of plans submitted by architects to education departments. Utilizing this form or any similar form, the student should proceed to study the plans and check and score the various items of the building. In case the building is an elementary building, the student will find it advantageous to use the Strayer-Engelhardt Score Card for Elementary School Buildings which is reproduced here. Assignment 1. List the changes you would recommend to the architect. Be ready to give reasons for each change with the thought of defending your recommendation before the Board of Education. BIBLIOGRAPHY HART, F. W. A Standard State School Building Code. C. F. Williams & Son, Albany, N. Y., 1924. STRAYER, G. D. AND ENGELHARDT, N. L. Score Card for Elementary School Buildings. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1920. STRAYER, G. D., ENGELHARDT, N. L. AND HART, F. W. Architect's Form No. III. C. F. Willams & Son, Albany, N. Y., 1920. A limited number of complete sets of plans and specifications for use in connection with this problem may be purchased from the Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University. PROBLEM 25 CHECKING THE PRELIMINARY PLANS Problem: In the city of Hamilton, N. K., a total of $300,000 is available for a new high school building. The architect has been selected and the superintendent has presented to the architect a statement of the facilities which should be provided in the present unit of the new high school building, as well as his idea of what should be contained in the ultimate high school building when completed. The architect has drawn his preliminary plans. He has endeavored to include in the first unit all of the facilities as outlined by the superintendent. He has also indicated the form which the ultimate building will take and the approximate location of the rooms which it will be necessary to add before the building is completed. The superintendent and the architect have arranged for a conference to discuss these preliminary plans. After the architect had been chosen, the superintendent and the architect utilized Architect's Form No. I of the Strayer, Engelhardt, and Hart Schoolhousing Series for the purpose of securing a common understanding of what the building should contain. It was decided that the ultimate plan should be a six-year school, housing Grades 7 to 12 inclusive. The building was to be built of fire-resistive construction in its walls, floors, stairways, and ceilings, but with wood finish, wood or composition floor surface, and wood roof-construction over fire-resistive ceiling. A total of $300,000 was available for this plant. Thirtyfive thousand dollars had been paid for site; $20,000 was set aside for furniture and equipment; and approximately $15,000 would be required to pay the architect's and engineer's fees. This would leave a balance of $230,000 for the building itself. The cost of construction in this particular community was estimated to be approximately 26 cents per cubic foot, judging by contracts which had already been awarded for similar construction in near-by communities. It was understood that after the superintendent and the Board of Education had approved the plans, it would be necessary to present them to the state school and fire authorities for their approval. The state fire authorities, in this instance, do not approve school plans unless the stairwell conforms to their standards. Of Grades 7 and 12 inclusive 500 to 600 children are to be cared for in the first unit of the building. Twelve hundred children are to be provided for in the ultimate plant. In making the statement of needs for this building, the superintendent has decided upon the following rooms: For the Use of Superintendent and Board of Education: Private office. Clerk's office. Conference room. Public office. Storage. Toilet. High School Administration Office: Private office. Clerk's office. Conference room. Public office. Storage room for textbooks, charts, documents, and general sup plies. Toilet. Girls' Dean. Health Supervision: Dental room. Waiting room. Nurse's room. Physician's room. Teachers' Rooms: Study and preparation room. Women teachers' room, locker room and toilet. Home Locker Provisions for Boys and for Girls. |