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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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Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe

BD+C

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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Higher Education Partnerships: Closing The Gap

Business Facilities

Partnerships with higher education organizations are making a clear impact on businesses today, especially regarding workforce training.

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Designing offices for the digital workspace

Construction Specifier

Despite the ongoing debate about remote versus in-office work, the genie cannot be put back into the bottle. The affordability of, access to, and growing reliance on technology are significantly reshaping the offices of tomorrow. Another important consideration of the “hybrid-first” office model will be conference rooms.

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School construction: Enhancing security through design

The Korte Company

Our success as a security-focused school construction company is underscored by our experience delivering 500 projects for our country’s Department of Defense. Exterior elements of secure school construction. Architects must design for the security of the school without making it look like a prison. Minimal, but not barren.

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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education

The Korte Company

But these costly measures do little more than guarantee that only contractors with means can secure quality labor. Vocational education is disappearing. Every project we take on requires the added effort of securing enough skilled workers for the duration of the job. The underlying problem persists.

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Sierra Vista, AZ: Where History, Education And Nature Converge

Business Facilities

A tech-ready workforce and leading-edge education are shaping Sierra Vista, AZ. Read: Sierra Vista, AZ: Where History, Education And Nature Converge at BusinessFacilities.com.