DeFranco, president and CEO of Iota Communications Inc. and a current IBC vice chair, succeeds Trevor Nightingale, director general, Construction Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada.
While it remains to be seen how much of the infrastructure and sustainability aspects of President Joe Biden’s policies will be adopted, we should be prepared nonetheless.
With the 2019 editions of NFPA 80 and NFPA 105 came the allowance for remote periodic testing of smoke and combination fire/smoke dampers. For building owners, this can mean significantly reduced costs and increased safety.
The constraints imposed by the pandemic have made it even more crucial to have real-time building information readily accessible and therefore has put BAS and its many shortfalls in the spotlight today.