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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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Emerging considerations in inclusive design

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At Page, our design philosophy encourages planners to go beyond these typical notions to provide unique, more inclusive environments. Colored glass redirects those who may be disoriented after passing through security. Visual Impairment There are also innovative ways to incorporate accommodations for the visually impaired.

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Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design

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Schlage Safer school design encompasses many elements of the built environment—from the property line to classroom door openings. All these pieces need to work together properly to enhance school safety and security. As such, safer school design brings together building, construction and security communities.

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School Safety is In the Making

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Over the past 40 years, building and design professionals have studied how the built environment can help improve student retention rates, learning outcomes and psychological wellness. Many schools have taken measures to keep students safer, such as adding security guards, surveillance systems, metal detectors and more.

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Enhancing Campus Security Using Locks with 180-degree Indication Trim

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Enhancing Campus Security Using Locks with 180-degree Indication Trim 1 kcichowicz Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:29 Indicator locks display the status of a door’s locking hardware. Locked and secured classrooms can provide effective shelter-in-place locations for faculty and students during a lockdown.

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Illuminating your path to energy efficiency

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Visual + Biological cues Photo courtesy Design Collaborative Lighting provides us with both visual and biological cues, both the ability to visually navigate through a space and to take in our surrounding environment. Layer controls into your lighting system to make them work for you and your environment.

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Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper

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. – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Facilities Management, & Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment. Physical asset models should NOT be confused with 3-dimensional (3D) visualization, which is merely one of several methods of representing and working with information.

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