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Technical Library
Everyday resources/references:
Understanding fire-resistance rated construction
- Required Fire Resistance Ratings for Structural Building Elements
- Overview of passive fire protection
- Overview of fireproofing (e.g. steel protection)
- Trends in Exterior Curtain Walls
- Installing “poke-through” floor boxes in fire-rated concrete floors (see page 3)
- Residential Steel Framing: Builder’s Guide to Fire and Acoustic Details
- Electrical room fire protection
- Fire barrier code references in the 2006 IBC
- Fire resistance of gypsum board wall assemblies
- Fire resistance of floor assemblies in multi-family dwellings
- Fire containment in wood construction doesn’t just happen
- Townhome separation wall construction details
- Repair of fire-rated gypsum panel product systems
Fire-rated corridor construction alternatives
Part 1: http://www.iccsafe.org/news/bsj/0108_Corridor.pdf
Part 2: http://www.iccsafe.org/news/bsj/0308_CorridorVentSystems.pdf
Firestopping
- Through penetration firestopping – brief overview
- Emerging Trends in Firestopping
- Fireblocking and Firestopping: What’s the Difference?
- Firestopping liability
- Best practice guide on fire stops and fire blocks and their impact on sound transmission
- Comprehensive reference material on firestopping
Fire and Smoke Dampers
- UL Marking and Application Guide – Dampers for Fire Barrier and Smoke Applications & Ceiling Dampers
General background information
