Education's Big Upgrade

by Jeff Yoders Building Design and Construction, June 2005 Forty-five percent of the country's elementary, middle, and high schools were built between 1950 and 1969 and will soon reach the end of their usefulness, according to the 2005–2008 K-12 School Market for Design & Construction Firms, published by ZweigWhite, a Massachusetts-based market-research firm. Almost 30% of U.S. schools were built before 1950 and need major modernization because enrollments continue to increase. Read more