Wednesday, December 30, 2009

We have added CODELOCKS to our online store!

CODELOCKS designs and engineers electronic locks in the UK and manufactures them in their ISO 9001 facility for the global marketplace. CODELOCKS bring style, quality and value to the electronic locking industry through innovative design, materials, and manufacturing methods.
You can buy CODELOCKS at our ONLINE STORE!


The CODELOCK CL5210 has the following available features:


  • 500,000 Operations from 4 x AA cells, batteries included.
  • Easy installation and programming
  • 90 different user codes
  • 1 Single-Use code
  • Reliable - Solid state Piezo technology, with low component count
  • Durable - Tested to over 1,000,000 cycles @ 2.4 Nm
  • Weather resistant Physical Vapor Deposition finish
  • Remote push button and Emergency Alarm release connections





The CODELOCK CL4210 has the following available features
:
  • New Piezo Technology
  • Over 500,000 operations from 4xAA cells
  • PVD, weather resistant, low maintenance finish
  • Connections for remote release by reception desk button
  • Connections for release by alarm system
  • Code free entry mechanically by key or electronically from keypad
  • Allows up to 90 user codes 4, 5 or 6 digits long
  • Allows 1 Single-Use code
  • Tamper alarm and low battery warning

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

George Washington Carver's Eight Cardinal Virtues:


From a letter to the senior class he taught, dated Jan. 9, 1922.

1. Be clean both inside and out.
2. Neither look up to the rich nor down on the poor.
3. Lose, if need be, without squealing.
4. Win without bragging.
5. Always be considerate of women, children, and older people.
6. Be too brave to lie.
7. Be too generous to cheat.
8. Take your share of the world and let others take theirs.














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Monday, December 21, 2009

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides $5 billion for the weatherization of low-income family homes. This was originally authorized in Title IV, Part A of the Energy and Conservation and Production Act, Public Law 94-385. (Source: ASE).
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http://www.caplaw.org/StimulusPackage/ARRA_WAP.html
 


 

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Children Are Our Future

Some people say that “children are our future”. If that is true, college students are our immediate future. Our nation's future rests on the security of our institutions of higher education. I first became acutely interested in college campus security after the Virginia Tech shooting April 16, 2007. This massacre took the lives of 33 people and was the deadliest peacetime shooting incident by a single gunman in United States history. I moved by the story of Liviu Librescu, a 76 year old professor and Holocaust survivor who died protecting his students from the Virginia Tech gunman. It was said that Librescu “blocked his classroom doorway from a gunman while his students leapt to freedom”.


I often wonder if Professor Librescu’s death could have been prevented with the addition of a Classroom Security Lock. Many lock manufacturers have included this lock function in their product lines. This lock function gives the occupant the ability to lock the outside lever handle from a key inside. This gives the occupant the ability to lock the door from the inside without opening it and move to a safer location in the room. Campus public safety officers should insist on classroom security function locks when designing their overall security plan.

This is why I take campus security very seriously. There are approximately 30,000 campus public safety officers who protect the 4,200 colleges and universities across the nation.


The FBI also takes campus security very seriously. Below is a listing of a few of the partnerships that the FBI has put in place in recent years.


Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) - Campus Liaison Initiative designates an FBI agent or task force officer from every field office to coordinate with campus public safety officers and other school personnel.

Academic Alliance Program – Provides assistance to tackle national security challenges like global adversaries trying to steal U.S. information or technologies.

National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (NSHEAB) – This board is comprised of 20 university and college presidents and chancellors, many from schools with large research labs. The board meets several times a year with us in Washington D.C., often in concert with other federal agencies, to talk about national security implications facing their research facilities.

College and University Security Effort (CAUSE) – This effort joins agents in charge of the FBI’s 56 field offices with heads of local institutions to discuss similar issues brought up at the NSHEAB board meetings.

Office of Law Enforcement Coordination (OLEC) – The OLEC was created following 9/11 to build on relationships with law enforcement partners at all levels, including campus officers.










Thursday, December 17, 2009

SELECT Continuous Hinges

We have added SELECT GEARED CONTINUOUS HINGES to our online store...


SELECT Products aluminum geared continuous door hinges are a secure and long-term solution for high-traffic commercial door openings. SELECT geared hinges, designed for new construction or retrofit applications, reduce maintenance costs while outperforming traditional hinges in schools, offices, airports, storefronts, hotels and public and industrial buildings. Door sag, warpage and binding, common problems in butt hinge installations, are eliminated. By eliminating the gap between door and frame, continuous hinges also enhances privacy, security and safety. In replacement work, continuous hinges alleviates the need for costly modifications to the door or frame.


We offer these hinges 83” and 95” lengths.
These hinges are available in bronze and aluminum.


Notables:
  • Tested to last five decades - Independent lab tests prove SELECT geared continuous hinges withstand 25 million open/close cycles - more than 50 years of high-traffic use. That means long life that reduces maintenance costs and hassles.
  • Covered by the only Continuous Warranty - SELECT offers the only Continuous Warranty - the warranty that never ends for the hinge that never quits - that covers any geared hinge failure under normal use. Durability and worry-free performance … guaranteed in writing.
  • Certified by the U.S. Department of State - After brutal testing that included high-powered rifle fire and assault with sledgehammers, wedges and other tools, a SELECT geared hinge was awarded the U.S. State Department's highest-level certification.

SELECT Hinges Qualify for LEED Certification Points
Think Green

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Victory Contract Sales Online Store!


Annoucing Victory Contract Sales Online Store!

Our Online Store sells commercial locks, hinges, door closers, protection plates, weather seals, electronics and washroom accessories. Look to this blog for news about changes to our store and the products that we offer.

Please visit our website.


Victory Contract Sales Estimating Services







Bid more! Close more!
In our current financial climate, your business needs to get the most out of its marketplace. If you're not increasing turnover every year, your business is shrinking. Many businesses simply try to weather the storm and pick up extra sales wherever they can. While this opportunistic approach can be effective in the short term, it is unlikely to sustain a long-term growth strategy.

Successful firms will have to find a way to sell more to existing customers; focus your customer service and marketing efforts on retaining customers; expand your customer base to include similar people who are not currently customers; sell through new channels or into new markets; or use your core competences to create new value added services. We can help!

In contract sales, our market share is governed by our bid-hit ratio. We understand that if our bid-hit ratio stays the same and our dollar volume of estimates increases, sales will increase. So if you bid more, you will close more.

Before you incur the cost of adding a new estimator to your staff, you may want consider subcontracting some of your estimating load to Victory Contract Sales Estimating Services. We prefer to bid projects that are between $100,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.  

Contact Vincent Plowright, AHC for a rate sheet.

Phone: (913) 499-0870
Fax: (913) 499-0874
Email: vincentp@victorycontractsales.com

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