Meeting the medical market
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The Federal Laboratories for Human and Animal Health building, in Manitoba, Canada, incorporated a unique fire alarm and evacuation system. As researchers disputed the use of a conventional alarm/evacuation protocol, wherein the entire building would be evacuated on a second stage alarm, the 305,000-sq-ft building in Winnipeg was segmented into four fire-alarm areas, so as not to compel the shutdown of critical experiments whenever another section of the building is on an alarm. The revamped design encompassed a first-stage alarm, which results in audible and visual signaling throughout the affected area only; and a general alarm, wherein an affected area is placed in evacuation stage, while the three other areas are placed in first-stage notification.
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Canada: Federal Laboratories for Human and Animal Health building incorporated a unique fire alarm and evacuation system
Publication Name: Consulting Specifying Engineer
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0892-5046
Year: 1998
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Safeguarding the students
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An increased concern about violence at schools has led to security being a greater factor in school designs and programs. The article discusses the security dimensions of school design, video surveillance, metal detectors, access control and school training.
Publication Name: Consulting Specifying Engineer
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0892-5046
Year: 2000
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Capitol Cabling
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The Robert B. Atwood Building, a major office building of the government of the state of Alaska was retrofitted for advanced telecommunications capabilities by AMC Engineers. Articles discusses technical aspects of this retrofitting.
Publication Name: Consulting Specifying Engineer
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0892-5046
Year: 2000
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