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Fire Separations: A Building Safety Essential

When a building fire breaks out, it’s critical to put as much distance between evacuees and the heat and smoke as possible. For this reason, building operators and managers benefit from understanding what effective fire separation systems are and what they need to do to ensure their buildings stay up-to-code

Shawn Young, Manager with LRI Engineering Inc., shares insights into this life-saving concept.

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Fire Endurance Testing

Insights / By bangmarketing

As per the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC), the fire rating of structural steel members, structural floor and roof assemblies is to be determined based on fire tests conducted in accordance with CAN/ULC-S101, “Standard Method of Fire Endurance Tests of Building Construction and Materials.” Based on fire tests, certification and testing laboratories publish designs with unrestrained and restrained conditions.

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High Storage of Foam Bars in Unheated Spaces – Part 3 – Proposed Plan

Insights / By bangmarketing

FOAM MANUFACTURING PROPOSED PLAN
As previously noted in our earlier sections, the storage of foam bars in unheated spaces presents numerous challenges to the fire protection sector. Despite the emergence of various fire protection technologies and innovations over the past decades, this issue remains unresolved. Given the historical challenges faced in this industry, research and testing have consistently played a pivotal role in recognizing fire hazards, experimenting with diverse solutions, and providing findings to underwriters for the development of codes and standards.

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Fire Separations: A Building Safety Essential

Fire Endurance Testing

High Storage of Foam Bars in Unheated Spaces – Part 3 – Proposed Plan

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