Ask most people how a building fire kills, and they picture flames. The record says otherwise. Fatalities cluster in corridors and stairwells, often on floors the fire never reached, and the cause is almost always smoke spread rather than heat.
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A client once asked why his warehouse needed fireproofing when the building contained nothing flammable. Fair question. The answer is that the steel itself is the problem. Steel does not burn, but it weakens as it heats, and a frame
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Two contractors quote the same steel frame. One price is noticeably lower. The lower quote assumes the steel arrives clean, applies a single thickness across every member, and takes readings at the end. Six months later that job is being
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Introduction There is a sentence heard on almost every construction site in the Kingdom: “Don’t worry, we used fire-rated sealant.” It sounds reassuring. It usually is not. A tube of firestop sealant does not carry a fire rating on its
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A building can have every sprinkler head, every detector and a fully commissioned alarm panel — and still lose a fire to the floor above in under ten minutes. The reason is usually invisible. Above the ceiling, where cables and
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Introduction Walk into any finished building in Riyadh, Dammam or Jubail and you can see the fire safety systems straight away. Sprinkler heads in the ceiling. Fire alarm panels near the entrance. Extinguishers on the wall. What you cannot see
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