AAR 2198

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
AND MATERIAL 3
FIRE PROTECTION
FOR STEEL
STRUCTURE

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WHY
do we protect steel
structures from fire?

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Primary objectives:
Save lives by allowing evacuation of people
Allow safe access for fire fighters
Protect the building from structural failure

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Structural steel can be fire

protected by a variety of
methods including:
1.Concrete encasement
2. Fire resistant boards,
3. Cementitious,
4. Sprayed inorganic materials
5. Intumescent coatings.

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These methods are commonly referred to as passive fire

protection.
Their function is to insulate the steel in a fire situation and
increase the time before the steel loses its design margin of
safety. This usually occurs at a steel temperature of around
400C - 600C.
All commonly used building materials may lose some strength
when exposed to fire. Concrete may spall to expose
reinforcement, wood depletes by charring and steel starts to
lose its load bearing capacity.

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Each country has its own building regulations and

design codes, which broadly state that the load bearing
elements of a building shall be capable of resisting fire
for the advised period without loss of stability in the
event of fire.
The period of fire protection is normally 30 minutes, 60
minutes, 90 minutes or 120 minutes. This duration is
dependent on the building use, type, size and overall
height.

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METHODS FOR FIREPRROFING STEEL COLUMNS:

1. Encasement in Reinforced Concrete
2. Enclosure in metal lath and plaster
3. Enclosure in multiple layers of gypsum board
4. Spray-on fireproofing
5. Loose insulation fill inside a sheet metal
6. Water-filled box column made of a wide-flange shape
with added steel plates

Encasement in
Reinforced Concrete

Spray-on fireproofing

Enclosure in metal
lath and plaster

Loose insulation fill

inside a sheet metal

Enclosure in multiple
layers of gypsum board

Water-filled box column

made of a wide-flange shape
with added steel plates

Encasement in
Reinforced Concrete

Enclosure in metal
lath and plaster

Enclosure in multiple
layers of gypsum board

Spray-on fireproofing

Spray-on fireproofing

Loose insulation fill inside

a sheet metal
(flexible blanket protection
system)

Water-filled box column

made of a wide-flange shape
with added steel plates

Enclosure in metal
lath and plaster

Intumescents Coating

Firetherm Top seal

Firefilm

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METHODS FOR FIREPRROFING STEEL

BEAMS AND GIRDERS:
1. Encasement in Reinforced Concrete
2. Enclosure in metal lath and plaster
3. Rigid slab fireproofing
4. Spray-on fireproofing
5. Suspended plaster ceiling
6. Flame-shielded exterior spandrel girder
with spray-on fireproofing inside

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Encasement in
Reinforced
Concrete

Spray-on
fireproofing

Enclosure in metal
lath and plaster

Suspended
plaster ceiling

Rigid slab
fireproofing

Flame-shielded exterior
spandrel girder with
spray-on fireproofing inside

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METHODS FOR FIRE PROTECTION:

1. Sprays Coating
2. Boards and Similar Casings
3. Lined Steel Sheet Casing
4. Intumescents

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METHODS FOR FIRE PROTECTION:

1. Sprays Coating
2. Boards and Similar Casings
3. Lined Steel Sheet Casing
4. Intumescents

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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1. Sprays Coating

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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2. Boards and Similar Casings

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3. Lined Steel Sheet Casings

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3. Lined Steel Sheet Casings

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3. Lined Steel Sheet Casings

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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4. Intumescents

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