When you’re opening up your business or public building or building a new one from the ground up, you have to put thought into how everything is going to come together.

You may not know what you need until the absence of certain things is staring you in the face. It’s best to be prepared ahead of time.

One place that people don’t pay enough attention to is the restroom. Public restrooms seem like a given at this point. We don’t put much thought into them and how their design and functionality actually matter. Many things are easy to forget.

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The Urban Institute notes that in most retail burglaries, thieves enter through a door or window. Businesses and business districts are mostly unoccupied during nighttime hours, so they make attractive targets.

To make your business a less attractive target, use sturdy door locks and other theft deterrents like bright lights and alarms.

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Where would you be without the doors in your office? We’ll tell you where you’d be, you’d be outside your office staring at an inaccessible building!

But there’s so much more to installing commercial doors than just sticking a hole in the wall. Many people don’t consider the intricacies to door installation and end up with a building that simply isn’t up to par or doesn’t function properly at all.

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You can find the right doors and hardware for your commercial property. First, you must understand the features that protect workers and customers.

For hundreds of years, lawmakers have created building and fire codes to protect people. The rules ensure that the occupants of buildings remain safe.

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Make Sure Your Restroom Is ADA Compliant With These Tips

The Americans with Disabilities Act, often called the ADA, was signed into law in 1990. Since then, it has been revised and added to several times.

The latest changes were made within the last two decades. 2008 saw the term ‘disability’ being more broadly defined so that more people would be protected.

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When a person loses his sight, no one blames him for being able to only see shadows and not the sharp lines of whatever he is attempting to see.

Mental health patients have just as much of a vision problem as they have a mental health diagnosis. They see the world through tinted lenses.

To keep patients safe, hospitals and clinics rely on anti-ligature hardware. Someone struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts walks into a typical hospital room and sees dozens of dangerous items.

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A 2013 report at the US National Library of Medicin National Institute of Health reports that over 70 percent of the suicides that take place in psychiatry units in the United States occur by hanging.

Since the majority of suicides occur by hanging and the patients typically used doors and sheets as their tools, the report recommended removing the common anchor points and lanyards from the environment of care.

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Did you know that there is a burglary every 13 seconds in the United States?

It’s scary to think about, but your building is at risk of a break-in or theft 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That’s why, as a business owner, it’s important to ensure that your building is as safe and secure as possible.

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