As one of Seattle’s largest school campuses, Chief Sealth and its co-located facility Denny International Middle School are undergoing a complete renovation and rebuild.
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eBay Bids for the Best with New Data Center
eBay’s business is global and entirely online, and having a reliable and powerful data center is core to its business. Supporting this critical need was the goal when eBay decided to build a leading-edge, Tier IV level data center in South Jordan, Utah.
Science’s Answer to Critical Protection
The Science Museum of Minnesota installed FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology® for maximum protection in its hazardous fluids and equipment storage area.
Green Building Integrates Fire and Automation Systems
360 State Street — Connecticut’s greenest and largest residential development — is the first new major residential construction in New Haven in over 15 years. Situated just three blocks from both Yale University and historic Wooster Square, the 32-story, 700,000-square-foot building offers 500 rental residences in its 27-story tower. Occupancies range from studios to three [...]
CO Alarm Alerts Resident During Power Outage
Life-threatening carbon monoxide (CO) buildup can happen anywhere flame-fueled appliances or motors are used. Because CO is odorless and tasteless, there is no way for occupants to recognize its existence without CO detection. Although most incidents happen during cold months, it is not exclusively a seasonal precaution. CO detection saves lives because it detects, in very early stages, when the highly toxic gas is present.
Texas-Sized Retrofit is Big on Simplicity
Legacy system compatibility at the Texas Capitol building in Austin assured detection installation ease while minimizing downtime that could disrupt state business.
St. Anthony Hospital Completes First Construction Benchmark
The fire and life safety contractor shares how project magnitude and special requirements impact planning. Hospitals are complex buildings in terms of fire safety — quite different from any other type of building. As a result, in a dedicated patient-care environment, fire systems can be very complex and several common practices may not apply. So [...]
Case History – Condo Retrofit Fixes Problems from a Previous Retrofit
New notification devices and control panels are part of a much-needed upgrade for a luxury Florida condo building.
A complete renovation of the fire and life safety systems was needed for a Sarasota, Florida, condominium building built in 1976. The Lido Surf and Sand Condominiums building, located on Lido Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast, had numerous problems with substandard wiring, inferior workmanship and outdated equipment, stemming from a previous retrofit. A new system, consisting of Silent Knight fire alarm control panels and System Sensor notification devices, brought the building and its residents to an entirely new level of protection and life-safety readiness.
‘I Was Drawn to that Sound’
Michael Brennan, lifeline product manager for Draka, recounts his experience with ExitPoint™ directional-sound technology during a middle-of-the-night evacuation at his hotel.