The winter months are when schools, healthcare facilities, offices, and many other types of locations become very concerned about infection control. Fortunately...
High-rise buildings captivate the human spirit as they reach skyward. They are impressive edifices, and can become symbols for their cities, countries, or regio...
High-rise facilities typically employ numerous safeguards above and beyond most non-high-rise buildings. Additional requirements regarding the number of fire sp...
An earthquake, even a light one, can distort or break the precisely aligned components of an elevator system. Possible damage due to a seismic event includes de...
Mobile service subscribers – your tenants and occupants – demand clear, consistent mobile services no matter where they are. To address the demand of mobile cov...
Brandon Shorter oversees Hines' One Victory Park, a Class-A, 19-story, 436,000-square-foot office tower located in the uptown market of Dallas-Fort Worth. Imag...
Swooping down along palm tree-lined boardwalks with waterfront living amid Dubai's future tallest tower, a new video released by developer Emaar showcases one t...
Air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk the world faces today, with outdoor pollution linked to 3 million deaths every year. It’s no wonde...
As we near the height of hurricane season and see the damaging results of massive rains in areas like Baton Rouge, building managers must understand what’s at r...
After a skyscraper has been around for a few years, for some of us, it begins to fade into the skyline. And after a few decades, when buildings begin to wear ar...
University House Austin, a residential high-rise for University of Texas at Austin students, hit two major milestones this weekend. The property topped out on F...
The software market is flooded with options for collecting building data. It’s hard to determine what is actually needed, and even more difficult to know what t...
The ability to notify tenants and occupants of an emergency situation is no longer just a nice option for commercial buildings to have. From an active shooter s...
Everyone is interested in lowering their costs. Monitoring power and energy consumption offers a way to accomplish that goal in a large commercial space.
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Reliable, properly maintained elevators are critical to the safety and performance of any high-rise building. The best way to safeguard that reliability and ens...
Otis China will build a new elevator test tower in Shanghai as part of a new global research and development facility. Planned at approximately 270 meters (885 ...
When the first terrorist bomb attack happened at the New York City World Trade Center (WTC) in 1993, the explosion in the parking garage disabled the WTC’s main...
The training is complete. The employees leave with their notebooks and go back to their offices. The notebooks go on the shelf. The crisis and emergency action ...
Pushing the boundaries and reinventing new concepts in skyscraper construction has given Dubai the coveted title of being the hub of skyscraper development. Aga...
A building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system integrates photovoltaic modules into the building envelope itself: typically in the roof or façade (or both). ...
