by Jon Kern | 18 October 2017 | Article
Survey says? Nah, not Family Feud, that’s a Jeopardy question. What is… Building Information Modeling? Correct, BIM is both a best practice process and 3D modeling that building designers use to create a project with integrated information to be shared...
by Jon Kern | 18 October 2017 | Article
It’s 2pm in the afternoon and you get a call that your main corporate center is on fire with employees trapped on the upper floors. As a manager, panic starts to kick in as you mentally go through your preparation for this day asking, “Did I do...
by Jon Kern | 10 October 2017 | Article
August 4, 1989 just before midnight on a Friday night, a passing police officer notices smoke/fire coming from a large building on Philmont Ave in Lower Moreland, PA. The building was used for storing pool chemicals; and manufacturing/storing hot tubs. Previously, the...
by Jon Kern | 4 October 2017 | Article
How many more times will we need to see an active shooter at an event, a stage fail at a concert or a car go through a large gathered crowd before we start preplanning? Anywhere a large gathering occurs presents the possibility that an incident may happen that will...
by Jon Kern | 29 August 2017 | Article
Most states have codes that hold elected officials responsible for the protection of their citizens in case of a disaster. To accomplish this, the code most often requires that each municipality have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), and Emergency Management...