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All the publications listed here are freely downloadable. Click on a title to obtain your copy. |
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DUCTWORK & DAMPERS
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In commercial buildings, compartment walls
and floors will have a prescribed fireresistance period, which means that the
performance criteria of load-bearing capacity (stability), integrity and insulation have been met for durations of between 30 and 240 minutes. It is therefore vitally important that where compartmentation
boundaries are penetrated by building services, the fire separation and the
performance criteria for the penetrated wall or floor are maintained and, in particular,
that all forms of ducting in a building do not become a conduit along which a fire may
spread to other areas. |
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STEELWORK
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Structural steel fire protection is required to preserve the stability of the building in the
event of a fire. Approved Document B provides guidance to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations. |
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PARTITIONS & CEILINGS
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Fire rated partitions are internal walls that provide vertical fire separation, for example in dividing walls, proprietary partitioning systems, protected shafts, stairs, lift wells, escape routes and separating roof voids
between properties. In the main, these will be non-loadbearing, although some
proprietary systems may have loadbearing characteristics. |
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FIRE STOPPING & FIRE SEALS
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Effective fire-stopping in fire-resisting separating elements plays a critical role in containing a fire at its source, thereby reducing its effect on the primary building structure. The degree of spread is controlled by creating fire-resisting compartments
which subdivide the building.
Mechanical and electrical services, by necessity, breach compartment walls and floors allowing failure of integrity and
insulation to occur where gaps around services have not been adequately firestopped. Fire-stopping products must be
able to provide sufficient insulation to the penetrating services, in order to reduce the
temperature rise along conductive materials, in accordance with the required
insulation criteria of the fire-separating element. |
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