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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

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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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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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4 Guidelines for Preventive Roof Maintenance

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4 Guidelines for Preventive Roof Maintenance. Commercial roof maintenance guidelines. A few guidelines can have a positive influence on your maintenance strategy: Adopt a proactive approach. Facility managers can secure a degree of long-term control and certainty when it comes to roof system life cycle and budget.

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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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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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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush

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By collaborating with our partners including real estate developers and owner, architects and engineers, as well as security and legal teams, we’ve gained a lot of on-the-ground and judicial expertise that has allow us to successfully navigate this growing arena.

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Some vital guidelines to build up a raft foundation

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GUIDELINES TO BUILD UP A RAFT OR MAT FOUNDATION Initially, excavate the ground to consistent, flat level to build up a raft foundation. Then, a waterproofing layer is set up, and then reinforcement steel for the raft slab is secured in place. This soil contains more strength as compared to the loose soil at the surface.