The Maker Faire is coming to Detroit this Summer.  If you haven’t heard of the Maker Faire before, they call it

Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things. So much to see, you will need 2 days to see it all!

If you’re creative and you’ve got something to share, you can actually contribute to this even.  Here’s the info:

The Call for Makers is now open for the 1st Annual Maker Faire Detroit 2010! We are now accepting entries for Maker Faire Detroit, July 31st and August 1st, 2010 at the Henry Ford. This year’s focus is on Young Makers, and we are excited to be engaging Makers of all ages around innovation, inspiration and education. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Key Points:

• Entry Open Date: Mar 18, 2010. Please enter early so we can reserve space for your exhibit.
• Entry Close Date: May 31, 2010. Space is limited, please submit your entry by the due date!
• Notification of Acceptance: Jun 1, 2010.
• Maker Faire Detroit: Jul 31 – Aug 1, 2010 Hours: Saturday 9:30am – 8pm, Sunday 9:30am – 5pm

Organized by the staff of Make magazine, makezine.com and craftzine.com, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers – anyone who is embracing the DIY spirit and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience.

We hope to be at the Detroit and NYC Maker Faire’s this year.   So if you’re going, let us know!!!

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If you’ve watched any of the Olympic events at the Whistler Sliding Centre then you’ve already caught a glimpse of Kee Klamp railing in action. The sliding courses are lined with hundreds of linear feet of pedestrian guardrail to keep people off the course. The usage of the railings at such a prominent venue features their durability, flexibility and overall quality.  If you are looking for a pedestrian guardrail or fall protection railing consider taking a look at our Kee Klamp Guard Railing Solutions.

Photo Courtesy of yulingl

Photo Copyrighted Cheuk-man Kong. All Rights Reserved.

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This may be a bit much for the average DIY person, but if you’re an above average DIY master or you work as an electrician or in a tool wielding trade, this may just be the item you need at the top of your Christmas List (No seriously, don’t put it on a list, if you like it, just buy it.. but for your own sake don’t obligate someone else to get it for you… I digress).  Now available from our sister site: Simplified Safety

This tool vest from Vest-Tech is a serious tool carrying piece of clothing.  Made by electricians, for electricians and other trades people who are slaves to the old fashioned tool belt.  The Vest-Tech tool vest makes your work more comfortable, efficient and even safer. 

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Months in the making and we are finally very pleased to announce the release of our new web site: simplifiedsafety.com.  Simplified Safety is a site that will focus on the following product areas.

• Safety Solutions – We know the people are looking for more than just products.  There is a need for  safety product providers, but also experts who can help people decide which safety solutions will work best in their particular context.  Our solution assistance is focused on exactly that. 
• Fall Protection Products – Over the years we have noticed that people are coming to us for railings to protect their workers from dangerous falls.  We hope to focus and drive people towards fall prevention products such as railings, guardrails, skylight screens and other barrier methods whenever possible.  In addition to this we will be offering a line of fall arrest and fall restraint equipment such as harnesses, lanyards, retractables, anchor points, and more. 
• Personal Protection Equipment – PPE is the equipment that is worn by the working individual to protect them while working in a dangerous environment.  These kinds of products include: eye protection, head protection, ear protection, hand protection, high visibility clothing and so much more. 
• We are adding more products daily, so please check out our site.  If you are a safety product provider, feel free to contact us and we may consider carrying your product as well.

Why did we build Simplified Safety?

We found that we were focusing more and more on safety products and solutions.  It started when one of our main companies that we distribute for transitioned to become a safety company.  We followed suit with this additional site to focus on safety products.  We built Simplified Safety to provide more focused education and products to our customers.  Read more about the new company.

What will happen to Simplified Building?

Don’t worry, Simplified Building Concepts is here to stay.  In fact we hope to be more focused in a couple of areas once we transition all of our safety products to the new safety web site: 1) We want to bring back the focus on projects and DIY.  That’s where SBC has its roots, and we don’t intend to lose that spirit.  We’re hoping to regain some ground that might have been lost in adding safety products to this site.  2) Add more products that embody the basic building blocks of construction and modular building.  3) SBC needs and upgrade.  We get so many compliments on our site already, but one thing you’ll notice about Simplified Safety is that it’s so much better.  We hope to bring Simplified Building up to the same level as the new site takes root and bears fruit.

Many thanks to our customers

We really appreciate our customers and we hope that this will serve you better as we launch this new site that is specifically focused on safety products: Simplified Safety.

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Apparently our blogging software was just a TAD out of date.. oh say, 3 years to be precise.  There were a couple of posts that were hacked in and came through on the RSS feed.  My apologies for any inconvenience.

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Are you using twitter to keep updated?  Simplified Building now has a twitter account and you can follow the latest happenings on our site by following our twitter feed.

Click here to start following: http://twitter.com/simplifiedbldg

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Fall protection equipment just got a little bit “green”.  Kee Safety has released a new counterbalance for its roof top railing system that is made from 100% recycled PVC.   In addition to being “green” the new counter balances are more ergonomic to carry (less weight, integrated handles), safer to walk around (reflective strips and integrated tread) and available in various colors (grey, orange, and custom). 

Find out more about about KeeGuard on our fall protection page and read a detailed brochure about the new PVC counterbalances. 

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Kee Safety has released a new warning line  that utilizes some pipe, a few fittings and recycled rubber bases to create a system that meets OSHA safety standards.

As with many of Kee Safety’s products, the focus is on modularity and durability.  Each component is very durable:

• Galvanized Steel Fittings
• Galvanized Rubber Bases
• Stainless Steel Cable & Connectors
• Vinyl Coated Cable
• High Quality Warning Flags

This is not a system that you will have to replace year after year.

Extension kits are available so that you can extend the base kit to any length and configuration.

Contact a sales engineer today to learn more about the Kee Mark Warning Line System.

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In an effort to provide our customers with a better sense of security when purchasing online, Simplified Building Concepts has joined the Better Business Bureau. 

In joining the Better Business Bureau we have agreed to the following Reliability Program Requirements. 

To find our more about our company and the BBB, click on the logo below:

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In a major company initiative which reflects the continuing evolution of the business, Kee Industrial Products, Inc. has announced that it will now operate as Kee Safety, Inc.

As Kee Safety, Inc., the company will continue to provide its market leading Kee Klamp^® fittings, KeeGuard^® roof edge protection and other popular product and system brands. This name change is being instituted across all the Group companies around the world in Canada, France, Germany, UAE and the UK to create a truly international safety company. This re-organization will enable the group to focus its business more effectively on delivering high quality safety solutions to its many global customers.

"The change to Kee^® Safety underlines our commitment to providing customers with a diverse range of effective safety products and solutions" says Mike Mumau, President of Kee Safety, Inc..

“It’s a natural evolution and one that will ensure we are better placed to meet our customer’s requirements in the future and the challenges that lie ahead in creating a safer environment for us all.”

The Kee^® Safety Group is segmented into four business sectors with a distinct and clear focus on product and system areas. Safety Components incorporates the top-selling Kee Klamp® components, the corrosion-resistant Kee Lite^® range and the ADA compliant Kee® Access range typically used in guardrailing, handrailing and other safe tubular structure applications.

Safety Systems covers the KeeGuard^®, Kee Dome^® and Kee^® Mark systems which lead the market in effective fall protection solutions.

The Safe Access Solutions business comprises the tailored industrial flooring and hand railing systems provided by the group’s British Standard Gratings business that protect construction sites with various fall protection solutions.

Finally, in Safe Steelwork Connections the company offers the versatile BeamClamp^® and BoxBolt^® steelwork connection solutions widely used in curtain walling and other secondary steelwork applications. The transition to Kee Safety, Inc. was effective from 1^st January 2008.

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