- Firestop Systems for Maintaining Fire Ratings of Walls and Floors
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of firestop systems used for maintaining or regaining the fire resistance rating of a fire separation and includes discussions on testing standards, fire classified floor boxes, poke-thru devices, and through-wall penetration systems.
- Firestop: A Life Safety Issue
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of fire safe building construction, how to provide proper firestop protection via model building codes, and specifications. Proper and improper firestop installations, liability issues, and types of fire/smoke assemblies are also reviewed.
- Intumescent Fire Retardant Coatings: A Proactive Approach to Fire Prevention
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of intumescent paints and fire retardant coatings for wood both engineered and solid sawn, gypsum, spray polyurethane foam insulation, structural insulated panels, fabric and many other substrates offering design versatility and building code compliance. Intumescent paints and fire retardant coatings contain zero to low VOC’s and are also low emissive architectural paints and coatings. Formulated to enhance occupant and building safety, as well as sustainability, they improve indoor air quality and the built environment.
- Perimeter Fire Containment in Multi-Story Buildings
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the importance, components, and the design principles of perimeter curtain wall fire containment, along with a discussion of life safety elements and their utilization in a balanced approach to life safety.
- Sustainable Benefits of Fiberglass Insulation
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the sustainable benefits of fiberglass insulation and includes discussions on the features of fiberglass insulation, insulation as part of the building envelope, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), energy efficiency, and ‘green’ certification programs.
- The Benefits of Mineral Wool as Continuous Insulation
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of mineral wool, its manufacture and use, and its contribution to sustainable buildings as a continuous insulation.
