Passive Fire Protection "PFP" is fast becoming a kicked hornets’ nest with significant issues arising in new construction and serious impacts on existing buildings.
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A service penetration that passes through a fire separation is not necessarily correctly sealed just because there is fire sealant used. Almost every building I have inspected has incorrectly sealed and non-compliant service penetrations that pass-through fire separations, yet many of these buildings still hold compliance certificates and BWOFs. “Building Warrant of Fitness”
Read MoreNew Zealand's been lucky not to have a multiple death fire tragedy in a high rise apartment or office block because many buildings' passive fire systems are compromised.
Delegates at the Passive Fire Compliance; What You Don't Know conference in Auckland on Friday paid for by giant insurer IAG heard that New Zealand had achieved "deregulation through incompetency" in passive fire safety.
They shared stories of incompetent passive fire design and installation, which is leaving lives under threat, and building owners facing rises in insurance premiums as insurers have to make "tough decisions" when assessing them for cover.
But the Fire Protection Association (FPA) has begun moves which it hopes will drive the cowboys from its industry.
Read MoreWhere there’s smoke there’s fire the old adage goes, but smoke is a potential killer and spoiler of goods and property, moving rapidly to find gaps in walls, ceilings and compromised or poorly built passive fire protection systems encouraging flames when they should be contained.
Read MoreFire protection specialists and an Auckland builder have seen many examples of substandard or badly installed passive fire protection in New Zealand buildings, they say.
7 July 2017, Radio New Zealand. By Phil Pennington, Reporter
December 2016, Partner, Heaney & Partners, Frana Divich,
Non-compliance with passive fire protection requirements is as serious an issue as the leaky building syndrome, some industry professionals believe. Building Compliance & Fire Consulting director Ron Green, who is also an Independently.
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