flame-retardant treatments

Webinar helps improve architects’ knowledge about flame-retardant treated wood
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The Wood Protection Association (WPA) has presented a webinar about flame-retardant treated wood for the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). The hour-long CPD event, which took place at the end of June, looked at the qualities that make wood products perform predictably in a fire and how treatment...
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Cladding designers should ‘improve their knowledge of flame-retardant treatments’, warns WPA
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The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is calling on timber cladding designers to improve their knowledge about the specification of flame-retardant treatments, in response to the publication of a report on fires involving thermally modified wood. The WPA's statement comes following the report on the Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK...
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International Timber advocates for certified fire retardant treated wood
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International Timber is stressing the importance of correctly specifying fire retardant wood and panel products, backed by independent certification, head of this year's Fire Door Safety Week campaign on 25-29 September. Specification errors, installation issues and poor maintenance of fire safety products can have devastating consequences. To facilitate change within...
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