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Meet the Newest SBC Members February 2022
Meet the Newest Safer Buildings Coalition Members – February 2022 The Safer Buildings Coalition continues to grow. We now have more than 150 member organizations across several categories. We value each and every member, and it’s our pleasure to introduce you to…
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Codes and Standards Work Group February 2022 Update
Chair: Josh Gerst, RF ConnectVice Chair: Joe Kurdas, GraybarSponsor: Alan Purdue, SBC This month, the Safer Buildings Coalition Codes & Standards Work Group provided input on multiple code issues, and stood up several subcommittees to document and define problems in order to…
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Government Affairs Work Group February 2022 Update
Richard Roberts – ChairJason Davila – Vice ChairAlan Perdue – Sponsor The Safer Buildings Coalition Government Affairs Work Group met on Thursday, February 17th 2022. Updates were given on several issues, in addition to updates Safer Buildings Coalition leadership team, and the…
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Save the Date: SBC Annual Member’s Reception, Dinner and Meeting 2022
SBC Annual Member’s Event Returns @ IWCE in MarchUpdated on February 24, 2022 The 2022 Edition of IWCE — the International Wireless Communications Expo — is around the corner, and the Safer Buildings Coalition will be back in Vegas March 21st –…
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2022 Seminar Update and Calendar
Safer Buildings Coalition is back on the road all year long in 2022. In fact, we’ve already held five seminars in five different states! Hosted by SBC leadership, with subject experts from our sponsor members, our interactive seminars are based on model…
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How Building Costs Can Be Reduced By Installing Emergency Systems Together
Building owners are always looking for ways to improve their CAPEX. Read the latest article from Forbes Technology Council “Building Costs Can Be Reduced By Installing Emergency Systems Together” How Building Costs Can Be Reduced By Installing Emergency Systems Together Building owners…
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Thoughts in the Wake of Recent Tragedies
From the Chief’s Corner: Thoughts in the Wake of Recent Tragedies… Chief Alan Perdue (Ret.), CFO, FM,Executive Director – Safer Buildings Coalition Over the past several weeks there have been numerous headlines related to different tragedies across the United States. From significant…
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Meet the Newest SBC Members January 2022
Meet the Newest Safer Buildings Coalition Members – January 2022 The Safer Buildings Coalition continues to grow. We now have more than 150 member organizations across several categories. We value each and every member, and it’s our pleasure to introduce you to…
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Advancement Work Group January 2022 Update
Chair: Ray Hild, Founder and Principal, Triangle Advisory GroupVice Chair: Kenny Blakeslee, President, ApexSponsor: John Foley, SBC The Advancement Work Group is in the process of our annual evaluation of our objectives and adjusting as needed for 2022. There are three main…
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Codes and Standards Work Group January 2022 Update
Chair: Josh Gerst, RF ConnectVice Chair: Joe Kurdas, GraybarSponsor: Alan Purdue, SBC The Codes and Standards Work Group held our monthly meeting on 1/7/22. We are outside the current national model code cycles, but working on additional input for multiple code issues…
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The Economic Drivers of 5G
In our last blog post, Seán Adam, AFL’s VP of Market Strategy and Innovation, spoke of the potential of 5G and its requirement for available spectrum and a strong wireline communication infrastructure. But to understand what that “strong wireline communication infrastructure” is,…
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Six Reasons to Choose Fiber Optic Cable Over Copper Cable
When installing a network, one of the first decisions that technicians need to make is if they will be using fiber optic cable or copper cable. Although both copper cable and fiber optic cable can transmit an acceptable signal, fiber optic cable…
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Black Swans and Fiber Networks
A black swan event is defined as “an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences.” The phrase originates from the story that for years, people assumed that there was no such thing…
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Achieving a Connected World
Deployment of broadband infrastructure has reached a pivotal point. Networks are being built to last for generations and the level of connectivity is key to its success. During the 2021 BICSI Fall conference, Patrick McLaughlin, Chief Editor of Cabling Installation and Maintenance,…
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The Collision of Cloud and the Edge – Part 2
In my last blog entry, I talked about the “collision” of “Cloud” and “Edge” computing, the one trend pushing computing capability away from the user, toward more centralization and the other pushing it toward the user. I concluded by saying that it…
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The Collision of Cloud and the Edge – Part 1
As 5G deployments continue toward the goal of ubiquitous coverage, two apparently conflicting trends are developing: C-RAN and Edge Computing. C-RAN, or Centralized/Cloud Radio Access Network, is an architecture in which active equipment—most notably the BBU, or BaseBand Unit—gets moved away from…
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Government Affairs Working Group (WG) November and December 2021 Updat
Richard Roberts – ChairJason Davila – Vice ChairAlan Perdue – Sponsor 2022 Florida Legislative Session: HB 785 and SB 1190 have been filed that seek to exempt apartment buildings that are 75 feet or less in height from complying with the minimum…
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The Present
From the Chief’s Corner: The Present… Chief Alan Perdue (Ret.), CFO, FM,Executive Director – Safer Buildings Coalition When one hears the word “present” especially during the Christmas season it is often referring to something thoughtfully given from another as in a gift.…
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A Shifting Focus of Public Safety Communication In 2022
By Dennis Burns, President of the SBC Board Public Safety communication goes through many changes each year, but 2022 marks a major shift in what it means when we talk about public safety, in-building communications, and even the core focus of the…
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Meet the Newest SBC Members December 2021
Meet the Newest Safer Buildings Coalition Members – December 2021 The Safer Buildings Coalition continues to grow. We now have more than 150 member organizations across several categories. We value each and every member, and it’s our pleasure to introduce you to…