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The following video is an excellent resource that I wanted to share with anyone who already has a Smoke Guard system or is interested in how it works. The video is an excellent presentation about how the system (models 200 and 400) works, how to operate it, and how to make sure it continues to [...]

A few years back we were approached by an architect regarding his thoughts on a hotel he was designing, and how he thought he might be able to wrest an additional unit per floor for the building owner by using Smoke Guard. The project was the Flagler Station Marriott in Miami Florida. In the field [...]

Here are two articles covering a great idea;  ”Can Elevator Artists Combat Vandalism?” and  ”UW-Madison art staff turn elevator into art gallery to combat graffiti.” Apparently, UW-Madison’s elevators were getting vandalized so badly that they decided to encourage artists to transform the spaces into something more creative. The result was an outstanding fix. What had [...]

I’m happy to announce that both Skyfold and Smoke Guard will be exhibiting at the upcoming AIA show at the Convention Center in Washington DC. This show is  the AIA’s (American Institute for Architects) big one and it is here on the East Coast this year. There will be a lot of great companies representing [...]

More people travel on elevators each day than any other form of transportation. Here is an interesting story about how one elevator maker is advancing the technology to keep pace with our building designs that are growing taller and taller. These elevators will be for the Shanghai Tower, which will have 128 floors and 106 [...]

Hoistway doors stop little if any smoke. In fact, when added up, the gaps between an elevator hoist way door and it’s frame would equal a hole about the same size as a basketball. A hole this large can leak smoke during a fire at an alarming rate of up to 1000 cubic feet per [...]

Did you know that Otis Elevator has made an enhancement to their STANDARD elevator frames and doors that will allow the Smoke Guard System Screen to stick to them without the need for rails? Below is Otis’ product information on their change to a new stainless steel standard for their doors and frames.  In the [...]