Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...
While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...
In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the urgency for homeowners and construction professionals to embrace fire-resistant building practices has reached a critical peak. Choosing ...
The company’s laboratories developed a whole range of systems to produce train parts rated HL3 in R1 or R17, no matter the technology used: hand lay-up, spray-up, RTM or resin infusion. For customers ...
The devastating Camp Fire of 2018, along with the numerous fires north state residents have experienced since then, have led many of us to focus on creating a defensible fire-resistant landscape ...
Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua Blvd. home still standing — which the owners credit to fire-resistant ...
Timber structures have gained significant prominence in contemporary construction due to their sustainability, aesthetic appeal and favourable carbon profile. Nevertheless, the inherent combustibility ...
A blizzard engulfed Michael Kovac’s house as the Palisades fire approached on Jan. 7 — “an absolute blizzard of embers,” he recalled. But by the time the smoke cleared, the 2 1/2-level, ...
Access to daylight and views to the outside provide well-documented benefits to occupants in all buildings. But when it comes to school design, these considerations often receive more emphasis as ...
Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua Blvd. home still standing — which the owners credit to fire-resistant ...
Twenty-five years from today, Santa Ana winds will scream through Los Angeles on a dry autumn morning, turning a small hillside campfire into a deadly, fast-moving blaze. At that moment, the city will ...
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