Fire Safety of Façades, A Clear Difference

Fire Safety of Façades, A Clear Differe...

Posted on: January 23, 2020

The terms “combustible”, “non-combustible” and “limited-combustibility” are frequently referenced as part of the debate surrounding Building Regulations in relation to…
Fire Safe Buildings 2

The Holistic Design Approach to Fire Saf...

Posted on: January 20, 2020

Brief on Holistic Design approach for Fire- Safe Buildings, focusing on Façades and Fenestration Design? The holistic design approach to…
Fire Safety of Façades Need for Fire Safe Designs & Performance Testing

Fire Safety of Façades : Need for Fire ...

Posted on: January 13, 2020

A Holistic Approach To Fire Safe Facades [caption id="attachment_35093" align="alignleft" width="217"] Vijay Kumar Shaw AGM – BD (West Zone), Alstrong…
Understanding the Importance of a Fire Strategy: The Basis for Design

Understanding the Importance of a Fire S...

Posted on: January 9, 2020

It is critical that all stakeholders fully understand the importance of a robust fire strategy for the success of a…
Role Of Fenestration in Fire Safety

Role Of Fenestration in Fire Safety

Posted on: January 6, 2020

There is a perception that modern buildings are much safer from the risk of fire than the buildings of the…
IKEA Dubai

Festival Plaza – A New Retail & C...

Posted on: January 3, 2020

The Festival Plaza project is a mall (retail and commercial development) located within a planned mixed-use master community in the…
New Realities in the Fire Safety of Façades

New Realities in the Fire Safety of Faç...

Posted on: January 3, 2020

The senseless loss of many lives during the Grenfell Tower incident in June 2017 caught the attention of the media…
Facade Fire Testing on Automatic Smoke Vents

Facade Fire Testing on Automatic Smoke V...

Posted on: December 24, 2019

In the light of ever-increasing fire incidents and accidents in glass façade buildings, don’t you think a more ‘proactive approach’…
Fire Safety Designs

Fire Safety Designs on Façades and Clad...

Posted on: December 23, 2019

Fire safety design of buildings has been seen as a major focus point due to several building fires in recent…
Grenfell Tower Fire - Facade Materials Testing

Facade Materials : How Much Testing is E...

Posted on: December 17, 2019

In the present day, there is a worldwide concern about high-rise buildings’ façade fire risk. Building façade provides the barrier…
Fire Safety & Sustainable Buildings

Fire Safety and Sustainable Buildings

Posted on: December 17, 2019

On 14 June 2017, the city of London woke up to the tragic news of a devastating fire that ravaged…
Fire Safety in Façades

Fire Safety in Façades

Posted on: December 10, 2019

As urbanisation in Indian cities is continuously growing, the construction industry has also boomed, employing new techniques and materials to…
Emirates EXPO Pavilion - Fire Life Safety System

Fire & Life Safety Compliant Façad...

Posted on: December 3, 2019

What are the Impacts of Façade Design on Fire Safety of Buildings? [caption id="attachment_34545" align="alignleft" width="217"] Dr. Belarmino Cordero Head…
Fire Safety Codes

New Fire Safety Codes Revamping the Faç...

Posted on: December 2, 2019

Fire accidents in the buildings are one of the major concerns for the builders, developers, architects and government authorities in…
Fire Engineering, Fire Strategy and Façades

Fire Engineering, Fire Strategy and Faç...

Posted on: November 20, 2019

There is rarely a day that passes without a serious fire hitting the headlines and world news. Whether the fire…
Façade Fire Safety in the Middle East

Façade Fire Safety in the Middle East

Posted on: November 19, 2019

For architects, the façade of a building is a beautiful building front that defines the character of the building and…