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Fire Protection of Structural Steel
Practical solutionspractical solutionspractical solutionsThere has been a lot of talk in recent years about Structural engineers becoming more involved in the specifying and inspecting of fi reproofi ng systems for Structural Steel . The collapse of the World Trade Center towers has focused public attention on some of the inadequacies in the way fi reproofi ng of Structural Steel has been treated in the past. There has also been a lot of debate over the adequacy of Building Code require-ments for fi reproofi ng, but the problemis not the codes, it is improper application and enforcement of the code provisions.
For architecturally exposed steel there are intumescent paints available. These usually require several coats to obtain the required thickness. The high cost of intu-mescent paints limits their use to projects where it is important to architecturally expose the structural steel. What fi re rating do I need? The Building Code defi nes 5 general
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