Active Shooter: A Role For Protective Design

Apr

2021

Protective design can reduce the risk of an active shooter incident and, if one occurs, can mitigate or reduce the number of potential victims.

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Archives & Record Storage

Apr

2021

Archives and Record Storage buildings are facilities that provide a proper environment for the purpose of storing records and materials that require permanent protection for historic and lifetime storage, upkeep, and preservation.

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WBDG

COVID-19 & HEALTHY BUILDINGS PORTAL

Inside the Building Industry's Supply Chain Setback 04-08-21
What Makes Building Ventilation Good Enough to Withstand a Pandemic? 01-11-21
Modular Construction Meets Changing Needs in the Pandemic 12-15-20
Report: Pandemic has accelerated contech adoption 12-09-20

FEDERAL FACILITY
CRITERIA UPDATES

USACE ECB 2021-6 Guidance for Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures and Design and Evaluation of I-Walls Including Sheet Pile Walls -- Category: Guidance 06-08-2021
UFC 3-410-02 Direct Digital Control for HVAC and Other Building Control Systems, with Change 2 07-18-2018
UFC 1-300-02 Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Format Standard, with Change 3 04-01-2014
NIST Handbook 135 Life-Cycle Costing Manual for the Federal Energy Management Program 01-01-2020

INDUSTRY
EVENTS

Grey to Green: Designing for Tomorrow 06-15-2021
AIA Conference on Architecture 2021 06-17-2021
2021 ASHRAE Annual Conference 06-26-2021
DIGITAL BUILT WEEK NA 2021 07-07-2021

The National Institute of Building Sciences developed the WBDG-Whole Building Design Guide to foster communication and knowledge-sharing among federal, industry and academic partners to advance high-performing facilities.