Security/Fire Protection

July 03, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Top 25 continuing education courses on BDCuniversity

An overview of the 25 most popular continuing education courses on BDCuniversity.com. 

For a recent renovation of a stairwell and exit corridors at Ridgewood High Scho
April 30, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Tips for designing with fire rated glass - AIA/CES course

Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-comp...

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frog Beacon won the visual design category with this 12-foot kiosk. Image: NYC M
March 12, 2013 | BD+C Staff
NYC reinvents the pay phone

New York's Reinvent Payphones competition attracts entries that transform the concept of public u...

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February 21, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Group of West Coast civil engineers developing building standards for tsunamis

A group of civil engineers from around the western U.S. is developing additions to the building c...

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October 22, 2012 |
Skanska’s Safety Week at top of ladder

Skanska, an international construction and development firm, will host its eighth annual Safety W...

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October 03, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Best AEC Firms of 2011/12

Later this year, we will launch Best AEC Firms 2012. We’re looking for firms that create truly po...

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October 01, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Tyco completes separation process, now largest pure-play fire protection and security business

Tyco Integrated Security focused on delivering security solutions to commercial businesses.

June 11, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
SimplexGrinnell highlights integrated suite of web-based technologies at NFPA Expo

eservices platform uses the power of the Internet to deliver more value to customers.

June 01, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
New BD+C University Course on Insulated Metal Panels available

By completing this course, you earn 1.0 HSW/SD AIA Learning Units.

April 02, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
TGP launches new fire-rated glazing website

Website offers online continuing education courses registered with the American Institute of Arch...

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The repair was not proposed as a permanent solution to the building's flaws, but
March 16, 2012 | By Tim O'Reiley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Temporary fix to CityCenter's Harmon would cost $2 million, contractor says

By contrast, CityCenter half-owner and developer MGM Resorts International determined last year t...

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Nicholas Hyatt, P.E., S.E.
March 14, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Hyatt joins Thornton Tomasetti as VP in Chicago

A forensic specialist, Hyatt has more than 10 years of experience performing investigations of st...

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The warp-speed construction is a startling illustration of the building boom in
March 13, 2012 | By Jonathan Kaiman, Los Angeles Times
China's high-speed building boom

A 30-story hotel in Changsha went up in two weeks. Some question the safety in that, but the buil...

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Shaun Carvalho
February 29, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Carvalho appointed Shawmut Safety Director

He has been a driving force behind multiple safety-orientated initiatives at Shawmut, including S...

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January 27, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Smith Seckman Reid opens two new offices

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR), an engineering design and facility consulting firm, has opened tw...

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January 26, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Siemens launches smoke detection knowledge center

New knowledge center web site demonstrates efficacy of smoke detection. 

January 12, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Stellar earns construction industry's most prestigious safety award

Now widely accepted as the construction industry's standard measure of safety performance, the ST...

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Great Solutions BD+C December 2011
December 10, 2011 | By Leslie Streicher, Associate Editor, and Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
10 Great Solutions

The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovativ...

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Griffin Electric Cary Arts Center fire pump chiller handler elevators
November 14, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
Griffin Electric completes electrical work at Cary Arts Center

 

The Griffin Electric team was responsible for replacing the previous electrical service...

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October 17, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
Clery Act report reveals community colleges lacking integrated mass notification systems

 

“Detailed Analysis of U.S. College and University Annual Clery Act Reports” study now av...

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September 26, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
Copper helps serve and protect Lightning Alley

Copper grounding upgrades add protection and reliability to Florida Sheriff's Department.

September 14, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
Research shows large gap in safety focus

82% of public, private and 2-year specialized colleges and universities believe they are not very...

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September 12, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
Morgan Thermal Ceramics’ system for installing grease duct enclosures achieves UL listing

Updated installation results in 33% space savings.

May 25, 2011 |
TOTO tests universal design at the AIA conference

If you could be 80 years old for 30 minutes—and have to readjust everything you think you know ab...

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May 04, 2011 |
SAFTI FIRST to debut free apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad at AIA Convention

SAFTI FIRST, manufacture...

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February 15, 2011 |
New SFPE survey finds fire risks are typically misjudged
February 11, 2011 |
If only these walls could talk
February 11, 2011 | By Susan Bady, Contributing Editor
Four Products That Stand Up to Hurricanes

What do a panelized wall system, a newly developed roof hatch, spray polyurethane foam, and a cus...

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October 12, 2010 | By Jay W. Schneider, Editor
Cell and Genome Sciences Building, Farmington, Conn.

27th Annual Reconstruction Awards...

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October 12, 2010 |
MBMA Releases Fire Resistance Design Guide for metal building systems

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) announces the release of the 2010 Fire Resist...

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