Technology
AvalonBay Community’s Fire Elimination Program for Wood Frame Construction
Technologies such as high-def perimeter cameras, sensors that detect temperature changes and a spray-on process that retards fire in wood are reducing fires in wood frame construction.
By A. Vincent Vasquez
April 7, 2020
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by A. Vincent Vasquez
Vince Vasquez has more than 30 years of experience in enterprise sales, marketing and engineering. Working with 20 industry leaders, he is the co-author of Precision Construction, which teaches the fundamentals of IoT with a focus on the construction industry. He is also the co-founder and CEO of PrecisionStory, which brings Precision Storytelling—a new and innovative approach to enterprise storytelling—to market. Vince has an MBA from Stanford University, an MS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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