Pe ople ' s ▁Party ▁( S y ria ) ▁polit icians ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Paris ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Cons ort ium ▁of ▁Local ▁Author ities ▁Special ▁Program me ▁( ab bre vi ated ▁and ▁more ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁CL AS P ), ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁to ▁combine ▁the ▁resources ▁of ▁Local ▁Author ities ▁with ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁developing ▁a ▁pre fab ric ated ▁school ▁building ▁programme . ▁Initial ly ▁developed ▁by ▁Charles ▁Herbert ▁As lin , ▁the ▁county ▁architect ▁for ▁H ert ford shire , ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁several ▁other ▁count ies , ▁most ▁not ably ▁Not ting ham shire ▁and ▁Derby shire . ▁CL AS P ' s ▁popular ity ▁in ▁these ▁coal ▁min ing ▁areas ▁was ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁the ▁system ▁permitted ▁fairly ▁straightforward ▁replacement ▁of ▁subs idence ▁dam aged ▁sections ▁of ▁building . ▁ ▁Character istics ▁The ▁system ▁util ised ▁pre fab ric ated ▁light ▁gauge ▁steel ▁frames ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁built ▁econom ically ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁maximum ▁of ▁ 4 ▁store ys . ▁The ▁frames ▁were ▁finished ▁in ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁cl add ings ▁and ▁their ▁mod ular ▁nature ▁could ▁be ▁employed ▁to ▁produce ▁architect ur ally ▁satisfying ▁buildings . ▁Initial ly ▁developed ▁sole ly ▁for ▁schools , ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁to ▁provide ▁offices ▁and ▁housing . ▁ ▁A ▁later ▁development ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁S CO LA ▁( Second ▁Cons ort ium ▁of ▁Local ▁Author ities ) ▁and