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In 2022, the Lamar Institute of Technology announced plans to build a three-story, 52,000 SF building dedicated to expanding and enhancing its healthcare and career education programs. The Workforce and Allied Health Training Center provides new spaces for students, and fire shutters were needed to preserve open space design.
As part of ongoing efforts to tackle much-needed improvements at IAH, the Houston Airport System updated the original Mickey Leland International Terminal which opened in 1990 and now serves almost 2.5M passengers annually. To maintain the open space design of the new terminal, the City of Houston required fire-rated accordion systems at both ends of the new adjoining corridor.
Hines – a global real estate firm – commissioned a 47-story, one-million-square-foot office tower in downtown Houston as both a site for its global headquarters and a reimagined office space. The Hines offices comprising levels 30 – 35 required an opening protective that would separate the space into sections of three floors or less in the event of a fire.
Prairie View A&M University’s Roy G. Perry College of Engineering had not added new space in over 16 years despite being renowned as a top producer of some of the nation’s most outstanding engineers. Their vision for a new building included a vibrant open space at the heart of the building but ran into challenges with life safety codes.
Rice Management Company envisioned transforming the historic Midtown Sears Building into the heart of the new Innovation District – a place for startups and industry titans to meet and share ideas. They wanted to incorporate a showstopping lightwell to connect all five levels of the building but needed fire and life safety solutions to bring the idea to life.
