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Dubai’s Museum of the Future Selects Sherwin-Williams Fire Protection Technology to Safeguard Iconic Structure © Sherwin-Williams
The challenge for the Sherwin-Williams fire protection experts was the museum’s remarkable design, a joint-free assembly of 890 unique stainless steel and fibreglass fused panels.
The iconic Museum of the Future in Dubai chose Sherwin-Williams
able to leverage our world-class technical expertise and global presence
Protective & Marine Coatings to provide a fire protection coating
to offer more bespoke solutions to these regions than ever before.”
solution for its breathtaking structure.
Since Sherwin-Williams acquired Phoenix Fire Protection Group a year
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ago, its offices in Dubai and Hong Kong have been fully integrated into
he challenge for the company’s fire protection experts was the
the organisation to offer the full range of products including corrosion
museum’s remarkable design, a joint-free assembly of 890 unique
protection coatings, tank linings, resin flooring, pipeline solutions and the
stainless steel and fibreglass fused panels fabricated using methods
FIRETEX® range of passive fire protection intumescent coatings.
borrowed from the aviation industry. Sherwin-Williams technical experts
The specialist range of FIRETEX intumescent and insulation materials has
selected the Phoenix 370-120H water-based intumescent coating rated
been protecting assets worldwide for more than 15 years, with added
for 120-minutes fire protection to apply on the museum structure.
visual appeal reflected in the finished building.
Fabricator was Eversendai.
Sherwin-Williams fire protection coatings also come with the support of
“For specifiers, architects, developers and applicators, this is
software including bespoke Fire Design Estimator (FDE) 2.0 which enables
game-changing. Our comprehensive range of products and the
accurate calculations of coatings properties for complex projects.
substantial advances we have made in intumescent coating technology
Landmark projects using fire protection coatings delivered by
are delivering significant protection and operational benefits and options
Sherwin-Williams in EMEAI also include London’s The Shard, Azerbaijan’s
to our customers,” said Roger Williams, Market Director-FIRETEX,
Flame Towers and the Leadenhall Building, known as The Cheesegrater.
EMEAI & APAC at Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine. “Having strengthened the Sherwin-Williams network across the Middle
For further information:
East and Asia Pacific through last year’s acquisition of Phoenix, we are
https://protectiveemea.sherwin-williams.com/
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