Here’s the scene: You arrive late at night at a single-story strip mall with reinforced masonry walls, open web steel joist and no sprinkler system. There’s smoke and fire showing through the large ...

Residential forcible entry is an art. It must be practiced and fine-tuned continually. In fact, once you master the art, you’ll realize that all of the doors that you forced previously were a matter ...

Commercial occupancies undoubtedly give us a run for our money on the fireground. This primarily is because of business owners adding locking devices to prevent theft or unwanted entry into their ...

AAMA IPBC-08, a newly developed standard practice for installation of windows and doors in commercial buildings, has been released by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA). The ...