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New SAFETY Act Best Practices Guide to Commercial Building Security Now Available

A new web-based tool can help security professionals for commercial office buildings perform assessments based on the Best Practices for Anti-Terrorism Security (BPATS) for commercial office buildings. With best practices […]

Building Innovation 2018 Sessions to Deliver 31 Hours’ Worth of Continuing Education

Building Innovation 2018: The National Institute of Building Sciences Sixth Annual Conference & Expo, to be held January 8-11, in Washington, D.C., is a great way to earn continuing education […]

Are You a Small or Minority A&E Firm?

The National Institute of Building Sciences seeks to increase its ability to engage with small and minority businesses in hopes of expanding our portfolio of subcontractors able to service our […]

Are You a Small or Minority A&E Firm?

The National Institute of Building Sciences seeks to increase its ability to engage with small and minority businesses in hopes of expanding our portfolio of subcontractors able to service our […]

A Business Process Engineering Approach to Managing Security and Resilience of Lifeline Infrastructures

The National Institute of Building Sciences project team undertook the present project to operationalize the NIPP 2013 framework into…

Design Guidelines for the Visual Environment

Low vision is characterized by vision that is no longer correctable by glasses, contact lens, surgery, or medication. Low vision is…

Raising the Profile, Filling the Gaps: Report from a Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Code Officials

This report, released by the International Code Council (ICC), summarizes the findings of a Town Hall Meeting held during the 2014 ICC…

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