www.insulatemagazine.com Once a fire safety strategy has been implemented, it needs to be managed and maintained through the life of the building, a crucial consideration when you consider a building occupier might change the building fabric or materials. Unless the strategy has ongoing review, every change to the building can potentially increase risk and jeopardise life safety.
the things we can’t see, which could cause unintentional damage to the fire safety arrangements of a building.
It’s very important that manufacturers of building products are able to technically support their products with a great deal of knowledge and a comprehensive database supported by appropriate and current test data.
David joined Siderise in 2018 as a Technical Services Engineer, providing technical advice to design teams and contractors working on cavity barrier and fire stop solutions for application within facades and internal areas. To back up the site-based experience that supports this advice, David has been working to obtain the IFE Level 3 Certificate in Passive Fire Protection and is also midway through an MSc in Façade Engineering, which is led by the CWCT.
The key to passive fire protection is knowing that it really is the invisible solution. Unlike active fire protection such as fire doors and extinguishers, passive protection lives behind the scenes within a building, helping provide barriers to fire and cutting it off before it can spread. The problem with this is that it’s easy to forget
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