Understanding fire performance when specifying suspended ceilings
Fire safety is an important consideration in the specification of any suspended ceiling, but the terminology and requirements can be confusing. This Lunch & Learn provides a practical introduction to the fire performance of modular suspended ceilings and helps you understand what to look for when specifying and assessing ceiling systems.
What will you learn?
- The fundamentals of fire: how fire develops and how internal linings can influence fire spread.
- Reaction to Fire vs Fire Resistance: what these two terms mean and why they are not interchangeable.
- Fire safety regulations and guidance: including the requirements and guidance relevant to suspended ceilings.
- Why A1 matters: understanding Euroclass reaction-to-fire classifications and the benefits of specifying non-combustible materials.
- Finding the evidence: how Declarations of Performance and test evidence can support confident specification.
- Fire resistance: when a ceiling may need to provide 30 or 60 minutes fire resistance and why the performance of the complete floor/ceiling construction matters.
Who should attend?
This session is designed for architects, specifiers, acousticians, contractors and other construction professionals involved in the design, specification or installation of suspended ceilings.
Why attend?
By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer understanding of fire performance terminology, the regulatory landscape and the evidence you should look for when selecting a suspended ceiling system.
Most importantly, you’ll be better equipped to distinguish between a requirement for Reaction to Fire and one for Fire Resistance — helping you ask the right questions and make more informed specification decisions.
Book your Lunch & Learn
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