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Passing The Test for Safer School Design

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Passing The Test for Safer School Design 1 kcichowicz Thu, 04/27/2023 - 09:59 Knowing testing protocols can help us understand how to better provide protection in areas that need to address multiple types of life safety threats. There are best-practice guidelines for designing safer schools, which are a great starting point.

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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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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

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Multifunctional, fire-rated glazing and the interior perimeter layer The use of multifunctional, fire-rated glazing can meet current voluntary standards for hardening an entryway. It can also preserve safe egress during a fire. If this is the case, then a system would need to offer both security and fire ratings.

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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. Visual assessments can be done remotely via security cameras or directly through security-rated glazing.

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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.

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School Safety is In the Making

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School Safety is In the Making 1 kcichowicz Fri, 03/24/2023 - 10:24 Designing safer schools may involve providing protection where multiple life-safety threats overlap. Multifunctional fire-rated glazing can solve common issues. As such, they could potentially offset the system’s fire rating.

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Gypsum Drywalls – The comfort solution for interior spaces

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Therefore, it is critical that the buildings we live or work in, provide us with enough safety and comfort in addition to the services they supply. Some of the indicators considered in the industry include energy efficiency, operational and maintenance costs, environmental impact, acoustics, and safety.

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