Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

I’ve shared in past columns the wonderful time I’m having helping my son with projects around his house. For several weekends now we have spent hours of quality time together while finishing his ...

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QUINCY, Mass.—Cloud ceilings—drop ceilings that don't extend all the way to perimeter walls—are increasingly popular in commercial and industrial buildings. But for fire protection, is a sprinkler ...

Among the revisions in the 2014 NEC are some new Articles, one of which is Art. 393. As with most Chapter 3 Articles, this one exists to address a particular type of product. Low-voltage suspended ...

Keywords: Fragility methods. Suspended ceiling systems. Failure. Structural performance. Nonstructural damage. Systematic studies. Vulnerability. Structural analyses ...

Keywords: Nonstructural components (NSC). Suspended ceiling systems. Experimental tests. Shaking table tests. Dynamic behaviors. SAP2000. Roofing systems. Floor motions. Wall distortions. Analytical ...