Andrew Shelters Ready for New IBC2000 Code Requirements.Business Editors ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001 Andrew Corporation Andrew Corporation is an American multinational producer of communications devices. Andrew is a global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of communications equipment, services, and systems. (NASADQ: ANDW) announced that its communications equipment shelter manufacturing facilities in Newnan, Georgia Newnan is a city in Coweta County, Georgia, 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Atlanta. In 1900: 3,654 people lived in Newnan, Georgia; in 1910: 5,548, and in 1940: 7,182. The population was 16,242 at the 2000 Census. , and Burlington, Kansas, are prepared for the new International Building Code 2000. Customers can now order Andrew shelters that will meet the new IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2000 code requirements. Communications shelters typically house critical telecommunications equipment and Andrew is supportive of initiatives aimed at providing greater protection for people and equipment. "On the first of July 2001, the states of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Washington adopted the new IBC 2000 code," said Sal Granata, Chief Engineer for Andrew Corporation's shelter division. "This means that all building construction in those states must meet the new code's stricter requirements, particularly in areas of high seismic risk." The Andrew equipment shelter division now offers an IBC 2000 Seismic Option package. For states adhering to IBC 2000, this option is necessary if the shelter site is in a location with mapped spectral response acceleration greater than 50%g. When the Seismic Option package is chosen, the equipment shelter is built to conform to all the provisions of IBC 2000. The Andrew IBC 2000 Seismic Option package guarantees that Andrew-manufactured equipment shelters will meet or exceed all the new code requirements, up to the maximum mapped spectral response acceleration of 300%g. For further information on Andrew equipment shelters, call Andrew Corporation at 1-800-255-1479. Andrew Corporation is a global supplier of communications systems equipment and services. Major markets are wireless communications - which includes cellular, personal communications services See PCS. , and land mobile radio - broadcast, and common carrier. Andrew is an S&P 500 company whose common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (R) under the symbol: ANDW. For further information on Andrew products and services, including the text of this release, visit our Web site at http//: www.andrew.com |
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