Construction Specifier
JUNE 25, 2024
and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.
CCR Magazine
MARCH 25, 2024
Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced the launch of Fire Manager, a cloud-based service that enables Active Performance Management in its industry-leading Design Envelope Fire Pumps.
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UK Construction Blog
JUNE 1, 2023
In today’s construction news , we will look into the idigitalhub that has formed a partnership with OpenSpace to deliver innovation in the construction fire safety legislation in the UK. Strategy: Improve fire safety documentation with OpenSpace. Field Notes highlighted issues and oversights for build teams to address.
Stok
AUGUST 28, 2019
Coverage of fires blazing in unprecedented proportions in the Amazon forests of Brazil has ignited a discussion around the importance of government policies to drive widescale climate change mitigation. This directly translates to building energy codes. For example, LEED v4 refers to ASHRAE standard 90.1-2010
Commercial Construction Blog
APRIL 24, 2023
OR… consider alternatives and options to current the current specifications to protect the timeline of the project without sacrificing quality, performance, or brand standards. Managing Labor Shortages : Quality subcontractors perform at a higher standard. To mitigate your risks, stick with high-quality and proven performance.
Construction Specifier
JUNE 1, 2021
Structure fires have dropped significantly over the past 40 years, and one major contributor to this decline in fires and fire deaths has been the development of comprehensive fire safety measures. These include performance testing requirements of model building codes. The International Building Code.
Safti First
MARCH 13, 2023
New “Game Changer” for Glaziers When SuperClear 45-HS (hose stream) and SuperClear 45-HS-LI (hose stream, low-iron) were introduced in January 2019, we knew that it would be another SAFTI FIRST “game-changer”. A new, “game changing” framing system that would be aluminum with a narrow, two-inch profile that is uniform throughout.
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