While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

Nora Lighting has introduced a redesigned line of fire-rated downlight housing that provides a way for owners and operators of multifamily properties to install recessed lighting while protecting the ...

Fire-rated glazing has evolved beyond 100 square-inch vision panels in fire doors. These materials can now create floor-ceiling wall panels, transparent temperature-rise doors, exterior curtain walls ...

Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

One of the most exciting new buildings to open its doors this year is the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Salt Lake City, Utah. This $125 million, 335,000-sf facility blends sustainability and ...

QUINCY, Mass.—Cloud ceilings—drop ceilings that don't extend all the way to perimeter walls—are increasingly popular in commercial and industrial buildings. But for fire protection, is a sprinkler ...