This 90-year old prep school in Pittsburgh, PA recently made some life safety upgrades to the campus buildings to bring them up to code. One challenge was to protect a…

The use of vertical curtains to partition the elevator banks from the galleries enabled designers to provide a code-compliant space-saving solution during a recent renovation at the Nebraska History Museum.

In the 14-story ICON building in Los Angeles, Gensler created a sweeping renovation for tenant Netflix – including a massive 12-floor communicating staircase in the heart of the building. Designers…

Deployable draft curtains used to satisfy code on a grand staircase.

This B Occupancy is an 11-story office building that is the new home to the Tommy Bahama brand in downtown Seattle. Three M3000 horizontal curtains were used to separate the…

When the University of Nebraska contracted RDG to design the new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory on the Lincoln campus they utilized flexible fire-rated curtains to satisfy code and maintain long atrium…

Revamping an existing structure always has challenges. While puzzling through the new Facebook offices in Playa Vista, CA architects at Gensler recently provided deployable fire + smoke protection around a…

Horizontal fire-rated curtain deploys to protect opening in two-story atrium.

Our Smoke Guard M2100 vertical curtains are used to provide smoke protection second floor openings to an atrium space during testing of fire alarms.

See Smoke Guard's M4000 smoke control system in a two-story communicating stair application at the Spanx Corporate Office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Smoke Guard’s state-of-the-art "Super Sensor™" is a unique advancement in the fire and smoke curtain industry. Concealed in the M4000 perimeter system, the patent-pending Smoke Guard Super Sensor™ uses advanced…

Designers of a senior living apartment in Irvine, CA utilized three fire-rated curtains to protect lobby and atrium space

Providing fire and smoke protection for an atrium can become a difficult task, especially when aspiring for an open design. In the past, traditional options also tend to cause unwanted…

Horizontally deploying fire and smoke curtains provide a unique tool for fire protection engineers who work with architects to design interesting and functional interiors spaces that adhere to modern fire…

Case Study: Smoke Guard systems deploy in Tokyo, Japan during an apartment fire preventing vertical smoke migration throughout the building.

A brief overview of our company – you'll get some history about where we started. Today, a few of the titles have changed, but many of the faces remain the…