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Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design

BD+C

Schlage Safer school design encompasses many elements of the built environment—from the property line to classroom door openings. Often cited as one of the more difficult elements of the built environment to specify—there is even an entire blog dedicated to answering common questions around these systems.

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How Covid-19 Will Impact the Global Construction Industry?

Constructonomics

Increased health risks that came along with COVID-19 worsened the productivity and efficiency in the construction sector. The demand of constructing new kinds of workplaces to shift from the previously well-known “open-concept” environment to a private and restricted environment for improving social distancing is also likely to grow.

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Safety AND Security: The Importance of Component Compatibility

BD+C

As districts elect to follow best-practice guidelines and states legislate more stringent security standards, making provisions for systems in areas where multiple life safety threats overlap, at the very least, could make designing safer schools more efficient for architects and specifiers.

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Should Scaffolders Work in the Rain?

Work Gearz

Scaffolders should not work in rain considering the risk it possesses leading to instability and unreliability. Building scaffolds possess the same risks as using a scaffold. The risk of their working in the rain stems from their next steps. The Four Scaffold Hazards During Rain.

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Can I Use Anti-Radiation Glasses Everyday?

Work Gearz

Reduced exposure reduces the risk of developing eye problems, which can result in permanent vision impairment. Any display’s readability is critical to its overall performance, and you want the visual information to be read clearly, promptly, and comfortably with minimum strain to your eyes. . Cleaning- . Storing the glasses-.

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Every Owner Should Implement JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – for Renovation, Repair, Sustainabilty, and Maintenance Construction Projects

Building Information Management

Today, Federal Government (DOD and non-DOD), State and Local Governments, Public Schools, Universities, Transportation, Healthcare, and many other facility and infrastructure environments are benefiting from Job Order Contracting programs all across the United States. Shared Risk-Reward. Greater Cost Visualization and Control.

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5 Best Safety Glasses For Metal Work

Work Gearz

The choice of a tinted lens will depend a great deal on your comfort level as well as the environment you work in. Low light areas may find benefit in using an amber lens because it will remove blue light improving visual clarity. When polycarbonate is used you will have lightweight eyewear that, however, does risk scratching.

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