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contents EDITORIAL STAFF MICHAEL G. IVANOVICH, Editor-in-Chief michael.ivanovich@reedbusiness.com SCOTT SIDDENS, Senior Editor ssiddens@reedbusiness.com AMARA ROZGUS, Senior Editor & Manager of E-Content amara.rozgus@reedbusiness.com PATRICK LYNCH, Associate Editor patrick.lynch@reedbusiness.com MYLES ADAMSON, Art Director NOVEMBER 2008 ON THE WEB @ WWW.CSEMAG.COM Fire Systems Design: Detection, Notification, Suppression, and Egress On Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, learn about the latest fire notification, suppression, and egress issues in the upcoming Consulting-Specifying Engineer webcast. Expert panelists will cover new codes and standards and provide design guidance on practical problems that consulting engineers and specifiers deal with on a regular basis. The program will have applicability to a wide range of commercial buildings, and campuses and high-rise buildings will be covered with some emphasis. Three panelists from independent consulting firms will each present on the topics and host a live Q&A session with the audience. This webcast is free and CEUs are available to all registered attendees. If you’re busy that day, register anyway and watch the webcast on-demand. Check out the schedule at www.csemag.com/webcast EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD ANIL AHUJA, PE, LEED AP, RCDD, President, CCJM Engineers, Chicago PATRICK BANSE, PE, LEED AP, Senior Mechanical Engineer Smith Seckman Reid Inc., Houston DAVID COOPER, PE, LEED AP, President and CEO WSP Flack + Kurtz, New York PETER D’ANTONIO, PE, LEED AP, President PCD Engineering Services Inc., Longmont, Colo. DOUGLAS EVANS, PE, Fire Protection Engineer Clark County Building Division, Las Vegas RAYMOND GRILL, PE, FSFPE, Principal Arup, Washington, D.C. RAJ P. 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