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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules 1 kcichowicz Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:47 Designers can plan secure entry vestibules with security-rated glazing to enhance the effectiveness of their safer school designs. What are secure entry vestibules and how do they support safer school design?

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How to Bolster Classroom Security with Security-Rated Glazing

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How to Bolster Classroom Security with Security-Rated Glazing 1 kcichowicz Mon, 05/20/2024 - 10:02 Several types of security-rated glazing play different roles in safer school design. This blog looks at three types and how they can enhance classroom security.

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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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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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Tomorrow's classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age

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Tomorrow's classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/29/2024 - 10:53 K-12 Schools In a world where technology’s rapid pace has reshaped how we live, work, and communicate, it should be no surprise that it’s also changing the PreK-12 education landscape.

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Safety AND Security: The Importance of Component Compatibility

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Safety AND Security: The Importance of Component Compatibility 1 kcichowicz Thu, 05/25/2023 - 09:31 With proposed and passed laws, it’s important lawmakers and building professionals acknowledge the interplay between fire safety and building security. How can model code changes help ensure safer school design?

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School construction: Enhancing security through design

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And while we don’t pretend to be experts in public policy, gun control or mental health, we do know how to design and construct buildings that are safer for those who occupy them. Our success as a security-focused school construction company is underscored by our experience delivering 500 projects for our country’s Department of Defense.