Fire-safe building
Whilst it’s easy to appreciate that all buildings should be designed and constructed with fire safety in mind, it’s far more complex to do this in practice. A raft of passive and active products are available to consider.
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How to incorporate certified passive fire protection for a safer build
When designing, specifying, constructing or refurbishing a building or large commercial structure, it’s clear to see that minimising the risk of fire is a critical issue to manage. Architects, specifiers and contractors have a responsibility to build with an effective fire safety strategy in mind. And yet, with the available types of active and passive fire products to be considered, fire protection is a highly technical and complex issue to comprehend.
Why Passive Fire Protection is Key to the Construction Plan
With continued growth of high-rise and commercial construction across the globe, understanding the role that both passive and active fire protection should play in every new build and retro-fit has never been so important – especially when seeking the approval from regulatory bodies.
The critical role of fire doors in large buildings
The construction of every new building should include fire safety as a key focus – not just in terms of fire prevention, but also with consideration to fire safety and management, should the worst happen. This is especially true when the building is a large office block or perhaps housing many people. Andy Walsh, Technical Manager of Pyroplex – manufacturer of fire containment products – discusses the key issues around the effective specification and installation of fire doors and seals in this situation.
Understanding the role of timber fire doors
We effectively manage risk in our lives on a daily basis; whether it’s putting a car seat belt on or choosing a safe place to cross the road. But when it comes to entering a building, we put some of that responsibility into someone else’s hands. Should a fire break out whilst we’re in that building, the pace of its spread will be greatly determined by the effective compartmentation
Pyroplex Editorial – Misuse of Fire Stopping products
Pyroplex contributed the article written by Technical Manager, Andy Walsh to the July’17 issue of Gulf Fire Magazine.
Passive fire safety – an integral part of your construction plan
An essential aspect of any fire safety strategy, passive fire safety can help to slow the spread of fire and ultimately, save life and minimise damage to property. But it is a complex area of fire safety and most important to specify correctly.
Creating the nanocomposite approach to intumescent technologies
Published in the Technology and Innovation section, the September 2017 issue of IFP Magazine features editorial written by Andy Walsh, Pyroplex Technical Manager regarding the innovative approach Pyroplex took in developing its intumescent technologies.
Pyroplex Featured in July ’17 Issue of Fire Middle East Magazine
Almost every day, we will walk through at least one and often many fire doors without giving it a second thought, and yet these highly-engineered doors can often determine the extent of the spread and damage, should a fire break out in the building.