School facilities

New Report Details AIA Learning by Design Programs in K-8 Classrooms

by Brian Gallagher on January 26, 2019

A new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) details how educational architecture programs are reaching underrepresented students in K-8 classrooms. AIA’s K-8 Learning by Design Chapter Grants—funded by Armstrong World Industries Foundation — seeks to introduce the architecture profession among underrepresented students in K-8 classrooms. From 2017-2018, the programs funded architectural educational programs in…

Hollow Core Planks Serve as Thermal Battery at South Carolina Schools

by GroundBreak Staff on November 9, 2016

Gate Precast’s Oxford, NC, facility is producing 400,000 square feet of adapted hollow-core planks to function as “smart” floors for five schools in Myrtle Beach, S.C., while adapting them to serve as “thermal batteries” to support the facilities’ HVAC system. This is the first use of the innovative Canadian system in the U.S., and relies…