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5 criteria to optimize medical office design

BD+C

5 criteria to optimize medical office design 0 rcassidy Sun, 03/17/2024 - 09:30 Healthcare Facilities Healthcare designers need to consider privacy, separate areas for practitioners, natural light, outdoor spaces, and thoughtful selection of materials for medical office buildings.

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Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design

BD+C

Organizations like PASS recommend classroom room door locks be lockable from inside the room without opening the door, keys or other credentials should always be in the possession of teachers and staff and locks should have visual indicators so occupants can see the status of the door. Emergency situations can be chaotic and uncertain.

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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

BD+C

A secure entry vestibule is a small space that leads into the school building or main office. PASS has developed a white paper that outlines common layouts , but it is encouraged that project stakeholders consult with a security expert to determine which design is best suited for the school.

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Design-Build gets sweeter: Expanding a Hershey plant with a high-tech approach

The Korte Company

Now, designers can use software like Revit and Navisworks to visualize wall thickness, layout, facility equipment and details like piping and ductwork. Together, they decided which consultants to engage and address the scope changes as a team. This was the final step after a thorough coordination process with all the consultants.

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How Glumac Won the Wilshire Grand Project with Cloud Rendering

BIM & Beam

Glumac, a consulting engineering firm with offices throughout the West Coast and in Shanghai, is a leader in sustainable design—engineering green buildings that work. To present extremely complex information in ways that everyone can understand, gives us a competitive advantage,” said Steven Straus, Chief Executive Officer at Glumac.

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Deloitte Opens US Delivery Center In Orlando, FL Area

Business Facilities

. “The opening of the US Delivery Center allows Deloitte to help clients scale and deliver projects efficiently through a focus on quality and standardized processes and procedures,” said Bonnie Barnes, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and US Delivery Center leader.

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Structural Engineering for Architects – An unique handbook for structural engineers & newbie architects

Construction Cost Estimating

William McLean, Pete Silver (teacher at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster) and Peter Evans (Technical Director at the London office of consulting engineers MLM) have written an exclusive ebook that can streamline structural design and analysis processes for Structural Engineers.