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We are extremely proud to celebrate 2023 as our 35th year in business! Our team is carrying on the excitement by reviving one of our most popular Room Alert promotions ever. Starting today, Friday September 1st and going through October 31st, 2023, every single Room Alert monitor, sensor, and accessory in the entire Room Alert […]

Train derailments are catastrophic events that can have far-reaching consequences, from loss of life and property damage to disruptions in transportation networks. Among the many factors contributing to derailments, overheating wheel bearings stand out as a significant risk. These bearings, vital components in a train’s wheel assembly, can lead to friction-induced overheating, ultimately resulting in […]

We are, once again, extremely proud of our team for being honored as having one of the 2023 Best HR Teams in America by the Best Companies Group. What makes this recognition even more meaningful is that it comes as a follow up to one of our other most recent achievements, when AVTECH Software ranked […]

AVTECH is announcing that the Room Alert 3E monitor has reached End-of-Life, effective September 15th, 2023 or earlier if we run out of available inventory. The recommended replacement for the Room Alert 3E is the Room Alert 3S. Please click the links to learn more about AVTECH’s recommended replacement monitors. Since its initial release in […]

Two years after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 became part of national labor law, Oregon passed its own workplace safety and health law called the Oregon Safe Employment Act (OSEA). This ​​state law authorizes Oregon OSHA to enforce statewide workplace safety and health rules. Oregon OSHA’s regulations are typically designed to […]

Recently, our team learned of some big news regarding an incident that occurred at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Decades of scientific work were lost when a worker allegedly turned off a lab freezer. The lab freezer was set at -112 degrees Fahrenheit (-80 degrees Celsius). According to the lawsuit that was filed, even a “small temperature […]

AVTECH Software is pleased to announce the promotion of our President & Chief Operating Officer, Richard Grundy, to President & Chief Executive Officer effective July 15th, 2023. Rick Grundy has been with AVTECH for 22 years and is excited to take on the expanded executive leadership role while AVTECH’s founder and former CEO Michael Sigourney […]

Since the conception of AVTECH in 1988, Michael Sigourney has been our Founder & CEO. Over the past 35 years, he has been deeply involved in every department and all aspects of the business. We’re pleased to announce that as we celebrate our 35th anniversary this year, along with the decades of success that Michael […]

Room Alert was named the “Environment Monitoring Solutions Provider of the Year – USA” by International Elite 100 Magazine, in their Summer 2023 edition. Room Alert is honored to be recognized by the UK-based International Elite 100 organization whose objective is “to showcase the extraordinary power to lead from the front and to honor all […]

This month marks the start of a new hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year. The NOAA, a division of the National Weather Service, is forecasting a range of 12 to 17 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, […]