As America's school buildings are aging, some districts are considering renovating rather than rebuilding. In economically tight years, planning for effective school maintenance and for renovation programs makes sense. This book offers: Tips and guidelines to handling school maintenance and renovation issues, Details on planning and implementing maintenance and renovation projects at both the school and district levels, References for readers to continue their pursuit of school maintenance and renovation interests, A discussion on future issues confronting school maintenance and renovation,...

Shear waves and closely related interface waves (Rayleigh, Stoneley and Scholte) play an important role in many areas of engineering, geophysics and underwater acoustics. In some cases interest is focused on large-amplitude waves of low frequency such as those associ ated with earthquakes and nuclear explosions; in other cases low amplitude waves, which have often travelled great distances through the sediment, are of interest. Both low and high frequency shear and interface waves are often used for seafloor probing and sediment characterization. As a result of the wide spectrum of different...