With today’s continually advancing building engineering technology, design professionals are presented with a multitude of options for HVAC design. With such variety comes the burden of comprehending ...

The International Fire Code (IFC) requires periodic testing of life safety dampers and smoke control systems. There are some state or local variations, but the requirements are essentially the same in ...

New guidance on the fire testing, classification, application and installation of smoke control dampers has been published by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP). The new Volume 2 of ...

Keeping buildings safe from the threat of fire is a responsibility we all share as fire code inspectors, fire and smoke damper inspectors, building owners, and facility managers. Our overriding goal ...

A recent roundtable, hosted in partnership with Siniat, tackled the complexities of fire damper specifying – and explored how fire protection specifying needs to change in the light of the Building ...

Pneumatic furnace damper drives may be more common, but electro-hydraulic actuators provide several advantages to the more traditional control scheme. One fossil-fired plant in Taiwan achieved more ...

Building clients have been urged to carry out checks and repairs “without delay” on ventilation systems, after life-threatening defects were found in a large number of buildings. According to the ...

An air hygiene expert is warning that a lack of proper fire damper testing could be leaving UK buildings exposed, with potentially devastating consequences for occupants and serious liability risks ...