HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Corbett and Senator Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, have announced the award of $6.5 million in statewide school safety grants. The Pennsylvania lawmakers made the announcement at a May 6 press conference during which they discussed the importance of providing a safe learning environment for students.
LAKE MILLS, Wis. — Currently under construction, the new 95,000-square-foot Lake Mills Elementary School will seek LEED Silver certification with a the project design that features several sustainability initiatives as well as security measures that have become almost standard in today’s 21st century schools.
BOULDER, Colo. — After a record-breaking year of private donations, the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) broke ground on a $143 million athletics facility expansion on May 12. The project will include several new athletics buildings and upgrades to the university’s Folsom Field.
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut General Assembly recently passed a measure to funnel more than $522 million into statewide school construction and renovation projects. The bill, SB No. 475, was approved almost unanimously, with only two lawmakers opposing.
SB No. 475 authorizes the Department of Administrative Services commissioner to enter into grant commitments for 21 new school construction projects, totaling $180.7 million. It will also reauthorize and change grant commitments, due to cost and scope changes, for nine previously authorized projects.
NEW YORK — NYU Langone Medical Center, which houses New York University’s School of Medicine, recently opened the new Ronald O.
Ann Poppen has been promoted to preconstruction manager for the California district of Sundt Construction Inc. Poppen joined Sundt in December 2013 as a preconstruction project manager on the San José State University Campus Village Phase II student housing project before being promoted to her new position.
Dr. Meria Carstarphen has been named the new superintendent of Atlantic Public Schools. Carstarphen most recently served as district superintendent of the Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas, prior to which she was superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools. Carstarphen also worked with public school systems in the District of Columbia, Tennessee and Ohio, and has taught at the middle school and elementary levels.
The Ingersoll Rand aptiQ multi-technology reader, designed to read proximity and smart credentials, now also reads magnetic strip cards for added security. The system reads various forms of proximity, including the MIFARE Classic touch less smart cards and the MIFARE DESFire EV1 for air interface and cryptographic method access control. With its ability to read the serial number of most 13.56 megahertz smart credentials, the system can also communicate to mobile phones, allowing users to expand and/or improve credential technologies easily.
The Solstice 16-Channel Mini Embedded NVR is a powerful, user-friendly standalone IP video management solution that is ideal for a range of surveillance needs. This web-based video management software allows users to view live or recorded video, and is compatible with PC, Mac and Linux-based operating systems. The system also works well with popular Internet browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. This multi-lingual English/Spanish device features low-power consumption and no hidden licensing fees.
