Question I have is what would be on your "wish list" if you were building new again?
For example:
- Individual door alarms
- Gate style (roller, lift, even saw a manual one recently with a
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We have just began designing a new facility and currently own another one.
Question I have is what would be on your "wish list" if you were building new again?
For example:Yesterday, 11:23 AM -
I saw an old article about someone that had a company that sold abus locks at a great price. I am looking to use those as my over locks and am looking for that info again as i can't seem to find that post. Any help is greatly appreciated.13th July 2018, 11:36 PM
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Curious if you guys have any good resources for some design ideas for 1 story facilities to dress up walls that face a busy highway to be built. ISS has a great slideshow but mostly of multilevel facilities. We anticipate some brick, storefront windows, maybe a tower as well but looking for some good...13th July 2018, 11:10 PM