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… The recent dip in our economy has slowed down many new construction projects, but “Johnny Appleseed” continues to build ..... members can be weak and can fail early. Both old and new construction types pose well-documented hazards for firefighters …
After 20-some years of studying and teach-ing how construction affects fire spread, structural integrity, and firefighter safety, I thought I had seen just about every type of construction material.
… ends on July 1. On that date, the 2008 codes will be mandated by the New York City Department of Buildings for all new construction . The change represents the first major modernization of the city's building codes in nearly 40 years. The 2008 …
… s key safety codes that will require fire sprinklers in all nursing homes, in new construction of one- and two-family dwellings, and in all new construction of nightclubs and like facilities, as well as for existing nightclubs and like …
… automobile industry within the past decade, such as supplemental restraint devices, automatic rollover protection, new construction methods, and lighter and stronger construction materials. A recent innovation is enhanced protective window glazing …
The fire service must continue to fight for the implementation of residential sprinklers in new construction . Brett Lacey and Paul Valentine discuss how fire departments must begin collecting local data on key factors regarding sprinkler performance at incidents.
A wide array of windows are used nationwide in renovations and in new construction at high-rise buildings.
Firefighters must assume that the supports for a fireplace hearth are unstable until proven otherwise. Gregory Havel takes a look at the underpinnings of hearths in new construction .
One of the challenges we face in the fire service is the consequences of new building construction throughout the United States. Much of this new construction has incorporated lightweight building assemblies into the design and overall strength of the structure.
One day during a new construction walk-through the Brownsburg (IN) Fire Department was conducting, we noticed a security bar that was much more substantial than any we had ever seen in our jurisdiction.
