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Alternatives For Fire Doors
Fire doors are necessary but cumbersome item. They are required in a great deal of situations, however they are by nature heavy and restrictive to movement, difficult for small children and the elderly or disabled to open and awkward if…
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$103M in tax revenue to lure hotel developer to Convention Center
A city committee on Tuesday endorsed a deal that would give a developer $103.3 million in public money over the course of more than two decades to open hundreds of hotel rooms next to the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Developer Lightstone…
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Automatic Smoke Curtains Reduce Smoke Inhalation
Automatic fire rated smoke curtains installed in discreet areas, and deploy automatically during a fire can help block heat and are excellent at blocking smoke from entering the building’s rooms. Due to the natural chimney effect that…
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Boyle Heights affordable housing nearly set to rise
A long-vacant lot in Boyle Heights is well on its way to redevelopment as an affordable housing complex from developer Abode Communities.
Metro, which owns the land the project would be built on, is formalizing a lease with the developer,…
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Introducing the Next Generation of Integrated Doors
Conventional doors only account for about one and a half percent of construction dollars. But they are responsible for a full 20 percent of owner problems. This is because conventional doors contain parts from as many as 15 different…
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Escalators & Stairs With Fire & Smoke Curtains
Both these items create a permanent breach in the compartment between floors. Using DSI Smoke Curtains this can be tackled in several ways depending on the strategy requirements. There is the option of using smoke curtains around the lower…