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Articles and columns on preventing and handling fire, smoke, and other unwanted developments in a building. Dampers, smoke control, emergency ventilation, controls, seismic, atrium planning, etc.
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Five Steps for a Safer Workplace

January 22, 2021
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Important air quality information for employers and workers.


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Life Safety

Remote Periodic Testing of Life-Safety Dampers

The AMCA Fire and Smoke Damper Subcommittee
January 20, 2021
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With the 2019 editions of NFPA 80 and NFPA 105 came the allowance for remote periodic testing of smoke and combination fire/smoke dampers. For building owners, this can mean significantly reduced costs and increased safety.


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Dr Taylor Podcast

Coronavirus Conversations with Dr. Stephanie Taylor – Part III

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Herb Woerpel
January 15, 2021
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Dr. Stephanie Taylor discusses the effectiveness of the Phizer and Moderna vaccines; her latest endeavor, Building4Health; how engineers can best prepare their buildings in the fight against COVID-19; and more.


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Texas A&M Students Design Rapid COVID-19 Detection System

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Jennifer Reiley
January 8, 2021
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The proposed biosensor could potentially detect airborne pathogens in high-traffic areas like hospitals and retirement homes.


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Top 5 Products on esmagazine.com (December 2020)

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Herb Woerpel
January 5, 2021
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What products are engineers most interested in? Here are the top five most popular products at www.esmagazine.com.


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Al Salem Johnson Controls Designs Cold Stores for COVID-19 Vaccines

January 4, 2021
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Al Salem Johnson Controls is offering its expertise to support the health sector and pharmaceutical companies in equipping industrial cold stores with the latest technologies through systems that ensure temperatures set by each vaccine manufacturer.
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Top 5 Articles @ www.esmagazine.com (December 2020)

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Herb Woerpel
January 4, 2021
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What are engineers making time to read? Here is the five-item punch list of the most popular news articles, features, and columns at ESmagazine.com.
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Smoke Detection

Performance-Based Smoke Detection Reduces Cost and Enhances Safety

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Del Williams
December 17, 2020
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For special architectural features, such as atria and large open spaces, advanced smoke detection technology minimizes costs and detects smoke at the earliest possible stage from flexibly placed, concealable sampling points.


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Chris Constant

Henderson Engineers Names Chris Constant, P.E., Director of Code Consulting, Fire and Life Safety Group

December 11, 2020
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Constant is a fire protection engineering veteran with more than a decade of industry experience.
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Sanitization

How to Properly Sanitize Industrial and Commercial Spaces

Archie Robb
December 9, 2020
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Don’t wait until you have a positive test result. Be proactive and get preventive treatments done.


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