Items Tagged with 'fire resistance'

Idaho-based Hempitecture is expanding its presence in Los Angeles with a new fulfillment hub. This strategic move will make it easier and more cost-efficient for architects, builders, and developers to access Hempitecture’s sustainable, fire-resistant building materials in one of the largest markets.

LATICRETE has achieved UL certification for fire resistance (R38963) for several of its trusted, cement-based self-leveling underlayments.

Polyglass will be exhibiting at Booth 230, where attendees can explore the latest advancements in fire-resistant roofing technology designed to slow the spread of flames and enhance building safety in fire-prone regions.

Hempitecture’s ASTM-tested Hempcrete offers fire resistance and energy savings, helping contractors build safer, more resilient structures in wildfire-prone areas.

Sto Corp. has launched Sto Fireblocking, a patent-pending solution designed to meet the latest rigorous fireblocking requirements in the 2022 NYC Building Code (BC) for combustible exterior wall assemblies.

The climate’s chaotic disposition reveals oversights commercial construction workforces have made, but these are fixable with advances in fire-resistant building materials and resilient envelopes.

CONTRAFLAM One, the industry’s most advanced product since the invention of fire-resistive glass, is now in production at Vetrotech Saint-Gobain’s new Faribault production headquarters.

Fire codes help owners protect their buildings from property-destroying blazes. Those codes, however, are often set to a minimum standard for fire safety and are not always representative of best practices. One of those instances surrounds codes related to fire-rated floor doors. 

The Garland Company announced the launch of FireTite Primer, an intumescent coating that inhibits the spread of flame and smoke on a wood substrate. FireTite Primer is available now from any of Garland’s 220 territory managers in the United States and Canada.

Bostik, Inc. announced that the PanelTack System met the stringent requirements of the NFPA 285 Standard Fire Test Method, displaying the fire stability and flame resistance capabilities of the system.