FIRE SPREAD - THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM

摘要

Each day three schools in the UK suffer an arson attack with the average loss, in terms of damage to property and the environment, valued at pound 45k per incident. With over a quarter of these fires started externally many may be shocked to learn that not all materials used in school construction offer a good level of symmetrical fire protection. Particularly in the area of cladding, an increasingly popular choice for school buildings, the components of the composite wall panels you choose will be fundamental to the effectiveness a building has against the spread of fire. The metal building envelope has become a more sophisticated proposal than it once was for school construction, as with skilful design it can be used as an attractive, cost efficient solution, benefiting from fast build times and effective acoustic and thermal performance. When specifying architectural composite wall panels, there are many factors to take into account. Aesthetics, design flexibility and ease of installation are all elements that require lengthy consideration, but checking the true fire and smoke performance a panel may have is often overlooked, or taken as a given. However, not all composite wall panels provide the same level of protection.