Structural steel can lose significant load-bearing strength under high heat, making properly specified passive fire protection essential. Fire ratings must be supported by standards-based testing that ...

Recent tests have resolved a longstanding debate among designers over the amount of fire protection appropriate for a steel floor assembly. Revisions to UL Design No. D982 in the Underwriter ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is conducting a public comment period on the update to ASCE/SEI 29-XX Standard Calculation Methods for Structural Fire Protection. The calculation ...

Maximising the value of the fire resistance of steel from the stage of conceptual design to the application of fire protection on site is vital. For most practitioners, the term ‘fire resistance’ ...

Due to global climate change, the frequency and intensity of wildfires is increasing. This poses severe problems for utility companies as both distribution and transmission lines are frequently routed ...

Lesniak Swann's campaign for Promat won Gold in B2B Limited Budget at The Drum Awards. This campaign leveraged targeted, concise content to address knowledge gaps in structural steel fire protection, ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...