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Design ElementsThe Importance Of School Safety
Providing a safe and secure environment at school is imperative to helping students succeed academically, socially and emotionally. School leaders have the responsibility and obligation to protect all occupants of a school building at all times and at all events
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Design ElementsCase Study: Lovness Estate In Stillwater, Minnesota
On the tranquil lakefront of Stillwater, Minnesota, is a Mid-Century Modern home physically built stone-by-stone by Don and Virginia Lovness in about 1957. Renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright originally designed the project, made up of a custom home and guesthouse cottage.
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Design TrendsFloyd E. Kellam High School: An Educational Facility Designed for 21st-Century Learning
When Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) decided to replace one of its oldest schools — Floyd E. Kellam High School — not only did the project team seek to develop an eco-friendly campus, it also planned to support and facilitate a curriculum focused on engaging students in their own learning.
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Design ElementsOutdoor Design
Some people got it and some people don’t. Some people are naturals and others struggle. Some people have to draw it out and some go by the seat of their pants. “What is it?” It’s the ability to visualize, to see the end result of an outdoor design, to know what is going to work and more importantly to know what is not going to work.
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FeaturesBIM MUD for 2018 Update
BIM-M continues to expand its reach into the AEC community by supplying its customers access to several new BIM masonry tools. Building Information Modeling for Masonry’s MUD, or masonry unit database completed version 1 to include a modest representation of generic concrete and clay masonry units. These units are now available for immediate download directly from the MUD website – www.mudb.orgor indirectly from the BIMM website at www.bimformasonry.org. The database user portal provides a single ...[READ MORE]
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Bring on the Heat: Designing for School Safety
Engineers and architects choose to specify concrete masonry units (or more commonly called, CMU’s) for their variety of beneficial material properties. According to ASTM International, this low-maintenance material is ensured to meet all minimum design expectations.
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Tornado Sheltering in Schools and Other Essential Facilities
Increases in population, urbanization, and changes in climate have placed increasing numbers of the US population into areas that are subjected to higher and more damaging winds. This increase in risk has prompted a response by the building codes. In fact, the 2015 edition of the International Building Code (IBC) [1]now requires that most schools and emergency facilities located in a significant portion of the Central US contain tornado shelters.
