Security

• Embassy's dual façades add security and beauty

  December 1, 2009
  The British government's new 46,285-sf embassy building in Warsaw, Poland's diplomatic quarter houses the ambassador's offices, the consulate, and visa services on three floors. The $20 million Modernist design by London-based Tony Fretton Architects features a double façade—an inner concrete super structure and an outer curtain wall.  More

• Securing the Campus

  By Dave Barista, Managing Editor, October 1, 2009
  In the early hours of April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech, walked into West Ambler Johnston Hall and gunned down two students in a dorm room on the fourth floor. As emergency responders made their way to the Blacksburg campus, the shooter fled the scene undetected. Over the next two-plus hours, Cho moved to the second floor of an engineering classroom building across campus...  More

• SimplexGrinnell earns certified status in Microsoft Partner Program for 9th year in a row

  September 23, 2009
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• Building Systems commissioning and retro-commissioning training program: Chicago, September 23, 2009

  August 20, 2009
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• SimplexGrinnell enters SBA Mentor-Protégé program with Federal Construction Group

  August 3, 2009
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• Portland Cement Association offers blast resistant design guide for reinforced concrete structures

  July 29, 2009
  Developed for designers and engineers, "Blast Resistant Design Guide for Reinforced Concrete Structures" provides a practical treatment of the design of cast-in-place reinforced concrete structures to resist the effects of blast loads.  It explains the principles of blast-resistant design, and how to determine the kind and degree of resistance a structure needs as well as how to specify the required materials and details.  More

• Performance-based Safety Code seeks to enhance new elevator technology

  Norman B. Martin, Chief Elevator Inspector, State of Ohio, July 8, 2009
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• CTBUH conference on future of tall buildings set for October 22-23, 2009 in Chicago

  July 5, 2009
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