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Standardsin FireproofingiaWCC/GDCI s Procedurefor Inspection EnhancesWorkmanshipMeasureby Frank X. Neuwirthn the last seven or eight years, anIincreasing awareness of fire- proofing requirements by code andbuilding officials and specifiers hasbrought to light a definitive needfor proper inspection of materials, unlesslaboratory evaluated, have beenhistorically difficult to evaluate interms of to 1971, the ASTM (E119)fire test procedure guidelines usedby Underwriters Laboratories (Un-derwriters Laboratories, , IL and UnderwritersLaboratories of Canada), allowedextensive structural movement ofbeams and deck systems during afire before considering failure, pro-viding concrete slabs above thebeams stayed within certain tem-perature treated with fire protectiontested under those guidelines oftenattained a 4 hour fire endurance rat-ing, before achieving structural , using the revised ASTME119 guidelines, a beam treatedand tested in t

Standards in Fireproofing iaWCC/GDCI’s Procedure for Inspection Enhances Workmanship Measure by Frank X. Neuwirth In the last seven or eight years, an increasing awareness of fire-’ proofing requirements by code and

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