Ceiling Systems Fire Protection Systems Staircases 
Construction Specifier
JUNE 10, 2025
Photos courtesy Technical Glass Products (TGP) When designing educational spaces, project teams must meet code-driven requirements such as accessibility and fire safety. Minimal colorless spaces in these butt-glazed, fire-rated assemblies provide a cohesive design aesthetic with the stairwell’s glass railings.
Specification Product Update
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Advances in fire resistant glazing have enabled modern performance expectations to be applied to architecturally sensitive and listed buildings as a variety of Promat SYSTEMGLAS® projects demonstrate. It was used to meet demanding passive fire protection objectives as part of a major project to upgrade the historic Victorian Market hall.
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CivilJungle
JANUARY 9, 2022
Be that as it may, altering the bearing of the stairs permits stairs to fit where they would not something else, or gives protection to the upper level as guests downstairs can’t just look into the stairs o the upper level because of the shift in course. Straight Staircase. L Shaped Staircase. U Shaped Staircase.
CivilJungle
JANUARY 4, 2022
The following guides offer an overview of the many construction processes , systems, components, materials, logics, and standards that influence how buildings are built around the world. The height of the ceiling (i.e. the ceiling height may be 2000 mm to 2750 mm. A straight flight is supposed to have fire escape stairs.
CCR Magazine
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
For example, to meet modern fire codes while preserving the grand, open appearance of three existing wooden staircases, where the stairs feed out into residential hallways the architects designed new fire-rated doors that remain open unless triggered by a fire alarm and slot seamlessly into the existing fabric of surrounding walls.
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 16, 2021
In light flooring, walls, ceiling works; wooden skirting is used. As an example, if the colour of a staircase is black then the continued skirting colour is also black. Skirting is also known as mop board because it creates protection against water in the time of mopping the floor.
The Pro Builder
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Handwoven art panels and a rope ceiling in the clubhouse are a nod to the textile mill’s past, while salvaged and repurposed items from the mill are incorporated into many of the amenity spaces. An elevator is tucked away from the main hall, so as not to interrupt the view to the staircases at either end.
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