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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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Lessons in Defensive Driving

Safety Services Company

Lessons in Defensive Driving. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, we’re going to close out the month by covering the ins and outs of defensive driving. From a business standpoint, integrating key elements of defensive driving safely into your safety culture will help your bottom line.

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Lessons in Defensive Driving

Safety Services Company

Lessons in Defensive Driving. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, we’re going to close out the month by covering the ins and outs of defensive driving. From a business standpoint, integrating key elements of defensive driving safely into your safety culture will help your bottom line.

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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

Rules, codes and guidelines. To design and build a healthcare facility today, one must navigate a dizzying maze of rules, codes and guidelines. NFPA guidelines (NFPA 99 & 101). Many healthcare facility-specific guidelines are generated and published by the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI). CMS regulations.

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The interior sliding door system (r)evolution

Construction Specifier

With an eye on amenities catering to comfort, novelty, and visual appeal, modern commercial designers helped inspire a new generation of workers to be their most productive selves. Beyond code and guideline requirements, these are spaces where occupant comfort, productivity and happiness is highly impacted by acoustics.

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5 Best Safety Glasses For Metal Work

Work Gearz

When it comes to sparks, droplets, or metal shavings flying in your face safety glasses or goggles are your best chance at defense against permanent injury or blindness. Low light areas may find benefit in using an amber lens because it will remove blue light improving visual clarity. With welding, it’s even more so. Side Shields.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

He retired December 2006 after 30 years as a Designer and Director with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Deputy CIO at the Army Research Laboratory, and Chief Architect for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment in supporting DoD’s 540,000 facilities. Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

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