School projects are a big part of current and future construction activity - offering opportunities and challenges for design professionals, contractors and school administrators. This new book provides the insiders' view of the key ingedienets - and costs- in sucessful projects that meet design, budget and schedule goals. The authors - architects, construction project managers, contractors, and estimators who specialize in school construction -- provide start-to-finish, expert guidance on the whole process -- from early planning, budgeting and deisgn, through the construction phases and the move into the new building.