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have been appointed by the International
Fire Safety Standards Coalition [IFSS] to
help improve building safety worldwide.
A core group of twenty-two leading
fire safety experts was appointed to the
coalition’s standards setting committee
that will work to develop landmark
industry standards for fire safety in
buildings.
Past-president of the Association for
Project Safety (APS) Bobby Chakravarthy –
who is a founder member and represents
the association on the IFSS - said that in
an increasingly globalised construction
market there needed to consistent
principles so fire safety could be tackled
internationally.
The standards aim to overcome the
risk to public safety that can arise when
there is confusion and uncertainty arising
from different rules for materials testing
and certification, building regulations or
codes and standards on how buildings are
managed. Chakravarthy said the standards
being developed at an international level
would provide guidance so professionals
could improve safety locally.
Past-President Bobby Chakravarthy
said: “The standard of fire safety needs
to be improved at home and overseas.
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take the guess work out of fire safety in
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vital part in making buildings everywhere
safer for everyone.”
The International Fire Safety
Standards Coalition consists of local and
international professional bodies and
standard-setting organisations committed
to developing and supporting, in the
public interest, a shared set of standards
for fire safety in buildings. The standards
aim to set and reinforce the best practice
for professionals to ensure building safety
in the event of a fire.
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for National Gallery of Ireland
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY,
the global leader in door opening solutions, has supplied the
National Gallery of Ireland with security, ballistic and fire rated
doorsets, for the refurbishment of a 150-year-old listed building.
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an updated fire safety plan, from which
followed the need to install new security
and fire rated doorsets, complete with
locking systems.
The extensive refurbishment came
in at close to €30 million, in order to
restore the building to its former glory
and meet today’s high fire safety and
security standards.
For this prestigious project, the
doorsets were specified by Henegan
Peng Architects and then ASSA
ABLOY Security Doors worked closely
with Modubuild, a specialist trade
contractor, alongside main contractors
John Paul Construction to fulfill the
specification.
Approximately 30 steel doorsets,
including a mixture of LPS 1175 security
rating and fire rated glass doorsets, were
delivered to the Dargan and Milltown
Wings in Merrion Square in order to
maintain maximum security as well
as adhere to the strictest fire safety
regulations.
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