INNOVATIONS IN STEEL - FIRE SAFETY IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS PUBLISHED

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INNOVATIONS IN STEEL - FIRE SAFETY IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS PUBLISHED
29 September 2004 - International Iron and Steel Institute

The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has just published the latest in the Innovations in Steel series of brochures. Entitled 'Fire Safety in Multi-storey Buildings', the brochure contains a comprehensive overview of fire safety in public buildings built of steel. The inherent properties of steel, combined with active and passive protection systems, make it an ideal and affordable material to meet fire regulations around the world.

'Fire Safety in Multi-storey Buildings' provides a detailed summary of the available fire safety protection systems that can be used with steel. Active systems (such as sprinklers) and passive protection systems (such as intumescent or non flammable coatings) are featured.

The brochure contains more than 20 practical examples that show how steel has been used to meet and exceed fire-safety standards in public buildings. The featured buildings use a combination of steel with active, passive and both active and passive systems.

The buildings featured in the brochure include hospitals, schools, office buildings, car parks, apartment buildings, and warehouses. Each article contains general information about the project as well as specific fire safety details for each building.

Other brochures in the 'Innovations in Steel' series cover such varied topics as the use of steel in industrial buildings, sports structures, bridges, residential construction, passenger stations, shopping centres and multi-storey buildings. All the brochures are available from the IISI Bookshop free of charge for single copies and €6.20 per copy for orders of three copies or more. Reduced rates exist for large orders.

Ordering information:

Fire Safety in Industrial Buildings can be ordered on-line from the IISI Bookshop worldsteel.org/publications. You can also e-mail info@iisi.be

http://www.worldsteel.org

About: International Iron and Steel Institute
The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) aims to establish steel as a major foundation of a sustainable world. For the world steel industry this means valuing the interdependence of environmental, social and economic aspects in all decision making, with the aim of improving life for everyone, now, and for generations to come.

IISI was founded in 1967. It is a non-profit research organisation with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. IISI is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations and serves as a world forum for the international steel industry.

A sustainable world steel industry could not be achieved without the active participation of IISI's membership. IISI currently has a membership of more than 115 steel producing companies and over 60 national and regional steel federations and steel research organisations. The members come from more than 50 countries around the world. The countries in which IISI member companies are located account for over three-quarters of total world steel production. Nearly all the world's major steel producers are members of the Institute. Both publicly and privately owned enterprises, using both basic oxygen or electric arc process routes, are members.

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