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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

BD+C

The PASS K-12 guidelines take a holistic approach, advocating for the inclusion of multiple layers of security to improve safer school design. For each layer, the guidelines classify recommendations on a tiered system, with tier 1 establishing a baseline of security and tier 4 representing the highest level of security possible.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

BD+C

Requiring bullet- or forced-entry-resistant materials in exterior doors and windows aligns with the Partner Alliance for Safer School (PASS) K-12 guidelines for the Building Perimeter Layer of a school security plan. Using such glazing can complement a hardened building envelope by providing another layer of defense.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 And New York, the largest city in North America, tackled resilience with the NYC Climate Resilience Design Guidelines v2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 And New York, the largest city in North America, tackled resilience with the NYC Climate Resilience Design Guidelines v2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

According to the US Supreme Court in First Options of Chicago, Inc. Many institutional arbitration rules give the arbitral tribunal the authority to rule on such defenses to enforcement, and specify that the tribunal’s award is final and binding. Early Disposition (Article 23).