Life safety dampers are an important part of fire and smoke protection in commercial buildings. Much like smoke detectors and fire sprinklers, they need to be periodically tested, per the ...

As part of a major international project to design more earthquake-resistant woodframe buildings, an engineer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be testing a damping system designed to act as ...

SMACNA has released its new edition of the Fire, Smoke, and Radiation Damper Installation Guide for HVAC Systems. The sixth edition features a slew of new information regarding damper installations ...

Since the beginning of human history, people have been studying and utilising mechanical damping in a variety of materials for suppressing vibration and impact protection. Today, vibration and impact ...

A firm which provides extraction, ventilation and fire damping testing services has been acquired by a private equity-backed group in a deal advised by EMC Corporate Finance. East Sussex-based Systems ...