Prefabricated composite structures allow designers and contractors to leverage the benefits of both concrete and steel to erect fire-resistant buildings with slim floors at a fast pace.
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Raked joints are commonly used in masonry walls for esthetic purposes. A widespread opinion is they reduce the fire resistance of concrete masonry. However, full-scale experimental tests and numerical studies have now found the...
Firestopping DIIM in Canada
(07/19/2017)
Fire resistance is one of the oldest protection strategies in buildings. Continuously joined fire-resistance-rated walls and floors form ‘effective compartmentation’ for an area of any size.
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