Welcome to this section of our firestop blog where we will discuss general information related to firestop electrical contractors scope of work. Some of these posts will be repeated on the other trades segments because they are relevant there as well. Our focus with this blog is to educate the construction industry on firestop and improve the level of life safety on all buildings. We have worked on projects all over the US and internationally so our breadth of experience will be an asset to your next project, whether you hire us to help make sure it runs smoothly or if you just stay tuned to this blog in order to improve your own work. This is Halpert Life Safety where we focus on “Saving Lives for the Life of the Building.”TM If you are a contractor who subs out the firestop scope, you still carry the liability of your subs work so you may want to know a little about it, and this blog is designed to do just that! If you self perform your firestop scope you definitely should stay tuned because this blog will help you reduce your companies liability on your projects. If you are a building inspector, third party special inspector, you will want to keep tabs on this blog as well and we would love to hear what you like or what you think we should add. If you want to be a guest blogger then by all means let us know. Let’s get started with our first key information segment. In order to know how to look critically at firestop you have to understand some basic information about the UL listed assemblies. So please start here
Firestop- Electrical and Low Voltage Contractors
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Join us for a Firestop Pre-Construction Workshop on May 25th 2023
We are so excited to invite you to our Firestop Preconstruction Workshop on May 25, 2023. This will be a live, virtual event full of so many tips for reducing liability on a project site.
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We don’t like keeping secrets over here. So tag a friend who you think would like to learn more about reducing liability on a project via firestop practices! Share this to any friends who wants to build better.
Join us for a Firestop Planning Workshop!
What are your pain points when it comes to firestop? Does your team get the UL numbering and lettering systems confused? Are there concepts that aren’t quite clear? Do you need help communicating firestop requirements and concepts to your team?
Well, I have you covered. If you want the tools and tricks to communicating more effectively about firestop, check out the link in the bio.
We are hosting a virtual workshop on 5/25! We will help you better communicate your firestop needs to your clients, employees, and contractors!
What are your pain points when it comes to firestop?
Does your team get the UL numbering and lettering systems confused? Are there concepts that aren’t quite clear? Do you need help communicating firestop requirements and concepts to your team?
Well, I have you covered. If you want the tools and tricks to communicating more effectively about firestop, check out the link in the bio.
We are hosting a virtual workshop on 5/25! We will help you better communicate your firestop needs to your clients, employees, and contractors!
What if you could reduce your firestop issues?
What would that take?
Its not that hard really, it just takes a little planning.
If would like to know more please join us for our first ever Firestop Preconstruction Workshop, May 25th 2023
Reserve your spot now, just head to this link to register: https://firestop-coffee-break-training.mykajabi.com/offers/C5SWkafH/checkout
Join us for a new workshop!
What if you could reduce your firestop issues? What would that take?
Its not that hard really, it just takes a little planning.
If would like to know more please join us for our first ever Firestop Preconstruction Workshop, May 25th 2023
Reserve your spot now, just head to this link to register:
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QcoDUFPrU
Smoke Barrier Part 4
If you have been following me this week, you know we are talking about smoke barriers and how to ensure you are code compliant.
Today we are going to tackle step 4. So, you have your list of assemblies and your list of firestop details for each assembly, and you will need to find how many of each type is in each assembly so you can make sure you comply with this code section.
714.5.4 Penetrations in Smoke Barriers
- When you look at your firestop details you can’t have any that have a L rating over 5.0cfm per sq ft.
- Then you can’t have a cumulative leakage over 50cfm per 100 sq ft of assembly.
This means you need to run some numbers and PLEASE do this BEFORE your project starts, because once you have run a bank of conduit through a smoke barrier…you are going to have a really difficult time being code compliant if you did what I typically see. There are an array of other common issues that need to be identified BEFORE you start the project, or you WILL have issues.
This is one of the services we support teams with. If you need help, let me know. If you want to learn more on your own, please check out our list of other training programs here https://firestop-coffee-break-training.mykajabi.com
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