The sagging economy has kept down the number of education-related design and construction projects, but many school districts, colleges and universities facing critical needs are forging ahead with major projects.
The New York City Dept. of Education’s 2010-14 capital plan, for example, calls for investing a total of more than $11 billion in new schools, school renovation projects and other work by mid-2014, says a department spokesman, Jack Zarin-Rosenfeld.