Why is smoke control testing important for safety? According to a HelloNation article, smoke control testing is one of the most vital procedures for ensuring a building's life safety systems perform ...

Will my smoke control system work properly during a fire? That is the question all building owners/operators should ask themselves. Smoke control systems are unique in that they often sit dormant ...

Project Delivery Method: Construction management @ risk (CM) with guaranteed maximum price (GMP). Owner Team: College president, building program committee, owner representative (consultant), project ...

In many buildings today, infrastructure is in place to allow various building systems (building automation, fire, security, lighting, monitored and controlled from a single location. Enabling these ...

Today, in educational facility management, the administrators of a growing number of non-standard buildings like auditoriums, arenas, stadiums and structures with atria or large open spaces are ...

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What is a smoke control system, and why do so many building owners misunderstand how these systems work? The HelloNation feature “What Many Owners Miss ...

Updated certification positions Sertus smoke control damper among the few solutions able to meet the full performance intent of the latest residential fire safety standard. The updated certification ...

The designers of Grenfell Tower’s smoke control system failed to meet the functional requirements of building regulations when they replaced the building’s system with a new, bespoke model in 2016, an ...