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Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe

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Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe 0 qpurcell Tue, 03/26/2024 - 08:03 Security and Life Safety HMC Architects' PreK-12 Principal in Charge, Sherry Sajadpour, shares insights from school security experts and advisors on PreK-12 design strategies. A few key considerations include: 1.

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School construction: Enhancing security through design

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Today’s headlines remind us that the world has changed. Our success as a security-focused school construction company is underscored by our experience delivering 500 projects for our country’s Department of Defense. Exterior elements of secure school construction. School entrance security and internal design elements.

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Passing Marks: Transferring Safer School Design to Other Applications

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Passing Marks: Transferring Safer School Design to Other Applications 1 kcichowicz Thu, 07/20/2023 - 08:43 The benefits of safer school design can improve the safety and security of more general-use projects—especially with the use of passive protection. These concerns can inform designers in areas other than the classroom.

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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education

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But these costly measures do little more than guarantee that only contractors with means can secure quality labor. Vocational education is disappearing. Every project we take on requires the added effort of securing enough skilled workers for the duration of the job. The underlying problem persists.

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How education changed the course of The Korte Company

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There was a time when education didn’t matter much; when you could live a nice life on little more than good sense and a decent work ethic and when finishing farm chores was a lot more important than finishing high school. He’d have to wait to turn 65 before he could retire and collect Social Security. Ask Ralph Korte, our founder.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

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Secure access, anytime, anywhere on any device. Means Company, LLC, US Cost, VFA, Inc., Means Company, LLC, US Cost, VFA, Inc., Some of the largest County, State, and Educational institutions are already converting to our 4BT OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Solution. Contact us directly at info@4bt.us , or visit 4BT.US!

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American Competitiveness: A Matter Of National Security

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The American Security Project (ASP) has released a new report analyzing the issues of the country’s national competitiveness. The report also reframes one of the recurring questions of international relations: What factors really make us strong and safe? global leadership is shifting. .”