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Designers Focus on Terrorist-Proof Heating/Ventilation Systems

CORAL GABLES, FL- Spillis Candela DMJM and York International Corp. are setting up forums in the design and construction industries to discuss new trends, products and techniques in erecting structures that might withstand attacks comparable to the Sept. 11 catastrophe.

By Pat Taylor | Updated on December 05, 2001

CORAL GABLES, FL-In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Spillis Candela DMJM has started a series of forums with building industry vendors to discuss security design issues.

“We envision our joint initiative with building industry vendors will allow safety solutions to be implemented in the workplace as well as residences,” Hilario Candela, president, Spillis Candela DMJM, says in a prepared statement. “Many of the recommendations that we are reviewing can be made right now at extremely modest costs when factoring in the benefit of preserving lives.”

In the first session, representatives from York International Corp. of York, PA joined Spillis Candela DMJM for a discussion on the technology and know-how to make buildings safer in an environment potentially threatened by chemical and biological hazards. Both companies contend this technology already exists.

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