Fire in buildings puts the safety of occupants at risk, either directly, by exposure to the fire conditions, or indirectly, as a result of the response of the building to exposure to fire. Potential ...

Scientists in Norway have assessed how BIPV façades may react to fire accidents following a typical fire test for building façades. They found that flame propagation in the wall cavity is possible, ...

Energy storage safety is increasingly being assessed not by individual component performance alone, but by how a complete system behaves under severe and credible fault conditions.

Construction product safety has been highlighted in the wake of the Grenfell fire, with the Hackitt review pointing to serious weaknesses in the testing and certification regime. Thomas Lane unravels ...

The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) inaugurated the “Shah Bhogilal Jethalal Laboratory for Passive Fire System Testing” on December 3, 2022. Mukesh Shah, Managing Partner in the ...

Thomas Bell-Wright International Consultants (TBWIC) is a privately held engineering firm providing independent quality assurance and testing services from its laboratory based in Dubai. Started in ...

Sponsored by Soprema, this CPD module delves into the rise of flat roofs, their evolving nature, and the crucial fire testing standards that must be met in order to achieve compliance with current ...