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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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Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety

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The healthcare facilities landscape is shifting to resemble mixed-use and retail environments more than the traditional hospital model. However, unlike other industries, healthcare providers face a number of unique and challenging security issues. This is crucial in a medical setting where security is paramount.

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Smart Spaces for Smarter Working: Maximizing Workspace Flexibility with Lockers

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Smart Spaces for Smarter Working: Maximizing Workspace Flexibility with Lockers 1 kcichowicz Fri, 03/01/2024 - 09:31 MFPRO+ Blog Discover how smart lockers are revolutionizing hybrid workspaces, offering secure, flexible solutions that enhance productivity and employee satisfaction in modern offices.

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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. From master planning through specific Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Construction Standards (ATFP) , we’ve helped create a safer environment for the men and women of our armed forces.

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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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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

Job Order Contracting

The use of national average cost databases and/or location factors, or parametric cost models are insufficient. They have a false sense of security, believing that contractor or subcontractor quotes, or historical information, or square foot level cost models provide defensible cost visibility. has proven relatively fruitless.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

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Requiring bullet- or forced-entry-resistant materials in exterior doors and windows aligns with the Partner Alliance for Safer School (PASS) K-12 guidelines for the Building Perimeter Layer of a school security plan. One answer is a multilayer approach to school security.

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