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10 Tips that Help Disaster-Proof Your Business

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In an increasingly uncertain world, businesses must prioritize disaster preparedness to protect their assets, employees, and operational continuity. Disasters can be natural, like hurricanes and earthquakes, or human-induced, including cyber-attacks and other technological crises.

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Why Commercial Facility Maintenance Is Your Best Insurance Policy

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This focuses on prolonging the life of building systems. It’s good to have regular check-ups on the performance of such vital systems as HVAC units, plumbing, and fire protection. Some systems or commercial construction features need regular upgrades that have to be accounted for. Emergency and disaster preparedness.

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Preparing Commercial Properties for Hurricane Season: A Guide

CCR Magazine

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, pose significant financial risks to businesses, including property damage, lost inventory and prolonged closures that can threaten their survival. Studies have found that a quarter of small businesses do not recover after closing due to these events, highlighting the crucial importance of preparedness.

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Innovation through Research and Collaboration: The Converging Design Project

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Through the TallWood project, we proved the efficacy of our mass timber connection systems in providing resiliency for multistory mass timber buildings. We extended this type of research with the Converging Design project. Everything looked just as good as it did before.” — Steve Pryor, P.E., 7, Risk-Taking Innovation.

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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Some components for supporting infrastructure include, uninterruptible power sources (UPS) such as generators; environmental controls such as computer room air conditioners (CRACs) and HVAC and exhaust systems; and physical security systems such as video surveillance. No earthquakes above magnitude 3.8