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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.

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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

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To do this, architectural firms have turned to multifunctional, fire-rated glazing assemblies. This type of glazing assembly uses multiple components to guard against physical security threats as well as fire- and life-safety threats. A vestibule’s ability to provide such defense is twofold.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

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Using such glazing can complement a hardened building envelope by providing another layer of defense. If national model codes are expanded to include security, then it is important that new requirements do not forget about fire and life safety—especially since there are, on average, over 3,000 fires on school campuses annually.

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Testing and Specifications: aluminum-framed fenestration assemblies

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The K-12 School Shooting Database 1 project is researched and maintained as part of the Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security (HSx) program at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). The National Safety Security Protection Association (NSSPA) is a nonprofit organization focused on K-12 schools.

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constructionattorneyblog: Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed

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He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board. Sabo & Zahn.

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Construction Podcasts Worth Checking Out

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Each episode features an interview with an expert in construction, occupational health and safety, regulations, technology and others topics. If you’re tired of thinking about work all the time, we recommend checking out 99% Invisible , a podcast about “the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.”

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constructionattorneyblog: Posting Architectural Elevations on a.

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He is also a licensed architect, having practiced architecture for a number of years prior to establishing his law practice in 1981. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board. Sabo & Zahn.