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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

BD+C

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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4 Guidelines for Preventive Roof Maintenance

Flynn

4 Guidelines for Preventive Roof Maintenance. People, products, equipment… all depending on the integrity of that valuable protective system above them. This can lead to the needless spending of thousands of dollars each year, and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars over the design life of the roof system.

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Managing Commercial Construction Lead Times

HardHatChat

Inefficient sequencing of materials and equipment can have a significant impact on both time and money. It is important to secure this information right from the outset because materials should drive design decisions in the market, especially where schedule and cost are very important or critical to success.

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Specifying acoustic ceilings and HVAC equipment

Construction Specifier

Building design standards and guidelines contain requirements for maximum permissible background noise levels in rooms due to the mechanical systems. Building design standards and guidelines contain requirements for maximum permissible background noise levels in rooms due to the mechanical systems.

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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

Five years prior, a Sullivan-designed structure widely considered to be illustrative of the famous phrase rose ten stories above Seventh and Chestnut streets in downtown St. Designing modern healthcare facilities is the perfect example. Any designer can doodle in Revit. Rules, codes and guidelines. Form follows function.

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5 Key Considerations When Constructing Agricultural Steel Buildings

Construction Marketing

Agricultural buildings serve various purposes, such as housing livestock, storing hay and farm equipment, and others. For example, a livestock barn needs a spacious interior with good ventilation, while a machine shed must be tall enough to house large equipment. This design is ideal if you want to have the best of both worlds.

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How to design tank foundation with AFES foundation design software

Construction Cost Estimating

This construction video provides brief guidelines for the design for tank foundations with AFES foundation design software. AFES is a useful software designed for raft foundation. It is used to create the design of equipment supports, steel structure and piperack foundations.