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Passing Marks: Transferring Safer School Design to Other Applications

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Resources like the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) K–12 guidelines provide insight into how safer school designs can be a step-by-step process, but these recommendations are still voluntary in many locations. These concerns make standardizing safer school design practices a crucial step in creating more secure learning environments.

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Specifying high-performance curtain wall in educational facilities

Construction Specifier

Today’s educational campuses do more than provide weather-tight enclosures for instruction and study. Along with NAFS , industry-leading curtain wall specification guidelines include AAMA CWM-19, Curtain Wall Manual , and AAMA 501-15, Methods of Test for Exterior Wall. by Kevin Haynes. Photos © Charles LeRette Photography.

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Saint Paul has an Alternative to LEED

Green Building Law Update

The last 6 commercial projects subject to the law each selected to comply with the B3 Guidelines. To achieve these goals, the B3 Guidelines build on previous local and national efforts. The guidelines are designed to be clear and able to be used without consultants. They are designed to be compatible with LEED.

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Two New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

In announcing the first two LEED pilot credits, USGBC said, “Green buildings feature opportunities for creating more equitable, healthier, and supportive environments for construction workers, and in many locations, construction workers are considered essential. Environmental Protection Agency relative to COVID-19.

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Guidelines Issued for Recycled Plastic Bridges | ENR: Engineering.

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WELL Health-Safety Rating & LEED Safety First: What You Need To Know

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Here, we’ll dive into the new WELL Health-Safety Rating and LEED Safety First pilot credits —along with a nod to Arc’s Re-Entry tool —to help familiarize project practitioners with their rating system-aligned options for building re-entry and the post-pandemic built environment. Who should care? A quick primer. WELL Health-Safety Rating.

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The interior sliding door system (r)evolution

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Layouts also reflected this revolutionary concept, favoring open-plan environments with small, private office spaces and collaboration rooms. 1 FERPA applies to those in learning environments, and safeguards students’ educational records.