Sound Reducing Exit Devices
Designed for quiet and relaxing areas used for enhanced concentration, Ingersoll’s Von Duprin product collection provides users with whisper quiet latches and sound reducing exit devices. Comprised of push pads, latches and exit devices, each product eliminates the sounds of door hardware, according to the company. By replacing magnetic solenoids that require high voltage inrushes for traditional noisy electronic latch retraction with motor-driven latch retraction, fewer disturbances are possible.
CALIFORNIA, Penn. — About 20 years after Pittsburgh-based WTW Architects first designed the California University of Pennsylvania’s (Cal U) Natali Student Center, the architecture firm plans on expanding and renovating the initial structure to bring it up to 21st century standards.
BOSTON — Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts is no stranger when it comes to education reform.
WASHINGTON — In light of the recent focus on school security issues following the tragic events in Newtown, Conn., and in an effort to help the school community understand the key issues of school security as it relates to the built environment, the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) will convene a School Security Summit on Feb. 6, 2013, in Washington, DC. 
Brook Louis Meier has joined the Milwaukee office of architecture and experience design firm Kahler Slater as a project leader in the firm’s higher education practice area. In his new role, Meier will be responsible for developing new business opportunities, managing project teams and leading design efforts on a variety of higher education projects across the country.