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Our world is changing. Quickly. Exponential population growth around the globe is fueling urbanization. At the same time, car ownership continues to increase and the job of creating cohesive, livable and safe places for us to live, work and shop is more difficult.

Are there products out there to help make the commercial garage door workplace safer? Tens of thousands of people will suffer a garage door injury this year. A 2007 NEISS Hospital Study found that more than 13,000 people suffer from injuries as the result of garage door accidents every year.

When trying to decide what type of overhead garage door to install, most people are looking at overhead coiling doors or overhead sectional doors but don’t realize there are several differences to consider between the two.

In advance of hurricane season, there’s often a lot of questions about hurricane proof doors and how to protect buildings from damage. It’s no surprise that rolling doors are often areas of great concern, as any opening or hole in the building is a natural pressure point that must be able to withstand great wind forces in a hurricane

Putting a standard overhead door in where high preference rapid roll doors should be used will directly impact productivity. In the case of high performance roll up doors, it's not pretty.

In today’s world we see first-hand and almost instantly, the devastating after effects of a hurricane. For people and businesses that are prone to hurricanes, how to protect buildings from damage and installing hurricane proof doors are popular topics.

Specifications are an essential part of the design process, but not the most glamorous. It was said by Charles Eames that the details are not the details, they make the design.

If you have ever specified a rolling service door and a rolling fire door, you know that they look very similar to each other. As the old saying goes, “looks can be very deceiving”. There is much more to a rolling fire door than meets the eye.

Here at CornellCookson, we take every precaution to ensure the quality and safety of our products, and that means complying with the latest safety recommendations. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) introduced the UL 325 standard in 2010 to provide products that are safe, particularly though preventing electrical and fire hazards.