Layered Security on the Rise in Facilities

Layered Security on the Rise in Facilities

More than three-quarters of survey respondents say digital and physical security integration is critical. While hospital data breaches and ransomware attacks against software systems dominate headlines, another related crisis is looming: the need to simultaneously protect the digital environment and the physical environment where care is delivered. More than three-quarters of the 200 security and…

OhioHealth Plans New Comprehensive Outpatient Cancer Center

OhioHealth Plans New Comprehensive Outpatient Cancer Center

  OhioHealth has announced plans for a new comprehensive outpatient cancer center. This new center is focused equally on expanding access to cancer care and improving patient experience. The new facility will be in the current location of the south parking lot on OhioHealth’s administrative campus across from OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. Construction will include…

Youth Coalition Helps Chart a Climate Course for Tucson Schools

Youth Coalition Helps Chart a Climate Course for Tucson Schools

You wouldn’t be wise to underestimate the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition. If that sounds like a cool name for an after-school club of teenagers that can’t possibly be doing much of anything significant, then prepare to be surprised. Members of the coalition, ages 13 to 20, spent 16 months engaging leaders of the Tucson Unified…

NFPA Tackles EV Fire Safety for Parking Garages

NFPA Tackles EV Fire Safety for Parking Garages

Alternative fuel vehicles are designed with larger quantities of combustible materials (e.g., fuels, plastics, synthetic materials, etc.) that present new and unique hazards, particularly in parking garages and vehicle carriers. To help provide informed guidance for the fire safety design of parking garages or other facilities where a large number of vehicles are densely placed,…

Door Safety Matters as a Deterrent in School Shootings

Door Safety Matters as a Deterrent in School Shootings

  National standards for door security do not exist. Two organizations are trying to change that. Columbine. Sandy Hook. Uvalde. Those names and others quickly became shorthand for school shootings and the security challenges presented by horrors that make headlines. Every time, the questions come in a rush: Who was the shooter? What happened? Could…

Port of Quebec: Strengthening a Historic Hub with Modern Engineering Solutions

Port of Quebec: Strengthening a Historic Hub with Modern Engineering Solutions

Concrete anchors played a major role in strengthening the Port of Quebec.   December 27, 2024 The Port of Quebec (French: Port de Quebec) is an inland port located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest port in Quebec after the Port of Montreal. Owned by the Government of Canada and operated by the…