An International Directory of Building Research Organizations (1989) / Chapter Skim
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2320 Marinship Way Sausalito, CA 94965 415/332-2344 CONTACT: J Clifford Gauntlett, AEC Technology Research MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Autodesk develops low-cost CAD/CAM software, portable across a variety of PC and engineering workstations, providing design, 3-D visualization and data base standards for architectural uses, building construction, and facilities management function.
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Recent projects include work in multiprocessors; intelligent systems including a pharmaceutical manufacturing process design tool, a molecular modeling system, an avionics training aid, a computer assembly configuration management program, and a network topology and route assessment system; natural language and knowledge representation; and environmental and architectural acoustics. DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBUTES: Uses small-scale test models and simulation.
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Of 3,000 employees at the technical center, 300 are research professionals, with approximately 75 mechanical engineers, 65 working on metallurgics and ceramics, 100 working on nonmetallics such as paints and plastics, and 75 working on new vehicle concepts, CAD/CAM projects, model building, and finite elements. 2737 Merryman Mill Road Phoenix, MD 21131 301/667-6610 CONTACT: Mark Loizeaux, President MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: As an international contractor, the company has experience in all aspects of large building demolition using conventional and explosive demolition methods, as well as standard and specialty debris-handling techniques.
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Corning has taken on a range of projects that include development of missile radomes, infrared transmitting glasses, telescope mirrors, optical waveguide fibers, reinforced glass-ceramic composites, and extruded cellular ceramics for heat transfer combustor applications. Formed in 1908, the corporate research and development center is a major inorganic materials research center engaged in programs focused on glass, glass-ceramics, technical ceramics, and other associated materials.
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The firm has its own in-house software developers. The company promotes the design of secure buildings through the formation of interdisciplinary teams of architects/engineers and security specialists whose assessment and performance abilities are enhanced through the sophisticated use of analytic capabilities available in co~nputer-aided design technology.
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Box 9102 Norwood, MA 02062 617/762-4300, Ext. 1405 CONTACT: Madeleine Andersson, Director, Public Relations MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: The organization's research supports its loss control services and is mainly concerned with fire, the nature of combustion, fire hazard characteristics of materials, fire prevention and control, and testing and loss analysis.
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The Building Controls Division produces heating, ventilation, and air conditioning controls; lighting controls and building management systems for commercial buildings; burner and boiler combustion controls; and water controls. In addition, the division provides its customers with indoor air quality diagnostic services.
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The Protection Services Division provides security services for homes and commercial buildings. This includes burglary and fire protection, access control, and 24-hour monitoring by the division's customer service centers.
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DISTINCTIVE Al1RIBUl7ES: Chemical anodizing labs, and static and thermal chambers. KIDDE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS 35 Sharon Drive West Lake, OH 44105 216/871-9900 CONTACT: Richard Evans, Director, Research and Development Nick Martello, Product Specialist MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Product development and the improvement of access, fire, and security and building automation control systems are major research areas at Kidde.
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Facilities include: complete mode! shop, fabricating of sheet metal, welding and machine shop, packaging lab, electric heat testing lab, a sound testing lab, air handling lab, metallurgy and chemical labs, and test facilities for cooling performance.
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DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBUTES: Fatigue lab for testing long-term durability; and fire testing labs for tests of safety of construction materials and interior fabrics, thermal properties. 200 Franklin Square Drive CN 6800 Somerset, NJ 08%73 CONTACT: Rob Peters, Vice President, Corporate Research and Development Robert McCulley, Director Product Management Paul Rorer, Manager, Application Engineering MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: Philips pursues new and improved product development research with respect to the lighting of most internal and external building spaces with a variety of light fixtures and light sources.
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The company is involved in the Smart House Consortium of the National Association of Home Builders and the Electronics Industries Association. It intends to concentrate research on electronic security systems, doubling its present level of effort from 14 to 28 people.
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170 Newport Center Drive ASSOCIATES, INC. New York,NY 10001 Newport Beach,CA 92660 212/56~5800 714/760-1568 CONTACT: Steven Winter, President Deane Evans, Principal MISSION AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH: An architectural/engineering firm that provides extensive technical consulting services to the building industry, including design, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, value engineering, code compliance, energy modeling, construction supervision, asbestos assessments, energy audits, technical publications, CAD/CAM, cost analysis, technical research, hazards research, new industry development, and technology transfer.
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General categories of products include gypsum board; joint treatment; building plasters; acoustical and insulating tiles; steel components such as studs, joists, corner beads, grids, and clips of various kinds; industrial plasters; fillers; lime; agricultural gypsum; and wood fiber items. Research is supported by 155 technical staff.
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The United Technologies Research Center conducts basic and applied research across a broad spectrum of advanced technologies employing about 1,100 technical and support personnel. The Research Center performs near-, medium-, and long-term R&D programs in photonics (integrated optics, fiber-optics, lasers, electro-optics, nonlinear optics, acousto-optics)
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The budget for research In construction products is several million dollars per year with a staff of over 100 technical and support persons. A corporate R&D center, the Washington Research Center, at Columbia, Maryland, includes a construction specialties group.
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