07/14/2026
Schools are among the most demanding buildings to design. Every decision must balance long-term Schools are among the most demanding commercial buildings to design, requiring a careful balance of safety, durability, acoustics, energy performance, aesthetics, and budget. Every material choice plays a role in creating learning environments that will serve students and communities for decades.
That's why architects, engineers, and commercial builders continue to specify concrete masonry units (CMU) for educational facilities. With exceptional fire resistance, superior sound control, long-term durability, and low maintenance, CMU delivers the performance schools need from the first day of class through generations of use.
Long before the first student walks through the doors, thoughtful design and high-performance materials are shaping the future of education. At LEE Building Products, we're proud to partner with the design and construction community by providing the masonry solutions and technical expertise that help bring these spaces to life.
We wanted to pass along a free live webinar happening tomorrow, July 15 at 1:00 PM CT, hosted by The Beauty of Block Learning Hub: Built for Learning: Concrete Masonry and Resilient K-12 Schools. Shawn Mulligan, Founding Partner at Design Clarity, will break down the concrete masonry decisions that shape safe, durable, high-performing schools, backed by real project profiles.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4oHpUIP
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A school is one of the hardest buildings to get right because it has to hold up to years of heavy daily use, keep noise from overflowing into classrooms with shared walls, resist fire and still make financial sense over a decades-long life cycle. The choices that determine all of that happen early, long before the first student walks through the door.
On July 15, Shawn Mulligan of Design Clarity is leading a course on concrete masonry in K-12 design that walks architects, engineers and interior designers through exactly those decisions, with real project profiles to back it up.
Register here 👇
https://bit.ly/4oHpUIP