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Product news
PenoLock – Easy Fire Stopping Solutions for Timber & Steel Elements Penetrating Fire Walls
PenoLock – Easy Fire Stopping Solutions for Timber & Steel Elements Penetrating Fire Walls

With its new suite of Fire Stopping Systems, Tech Coating’s has just made fire stopping timber and steel penetrations much easier!

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45-Minute Encapsulation Rating for Mass Timber Members
45-Minute Encapsulation Rating for Mass Timber Members

Tech Coating’s fire proof paint has made the leap to provide a fire rated solution for structural mass timber elements. It is compliant, quick and easy to apply and environmentally friendly.

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New tested Timber Penetrations solution for walls with FRR -/30/30
New tested Timber Penetrations solution for walls with FRR -/30/30

Tech Coatings now provides a -/30/30 tested and endorsed passive fire solution for timber penetrations with either recessed or proud vertical web.

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Intumescent Coating Achieves Excellent Fire Ratings on Specialist Plasterboards
Intumescent Coating Achieves Excellent Fire Ratings on Specialist Plasterboards

Christchurch Hospital chose to apply Tech Coating’s FBL-100 intumescent coating to existing substrates. This approach served a multitude of purposes, the primary ones being the guarantee to achieve the required FRR when upgrading fire-separating elements and at the same time disposing of the requirement to rip out and replace the existing linings.

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Tech Coatings a new Member of the NZ Green Building Council
Tech Coatings a new Member of the NZ Green Building Council

By joining the NZGBC Tech Coatings show they want to lead the way for the Passive Fire Industry and show that it is possible to make positive changes.

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IntuGuard - Intumescent Coating Solution for Upgrading Fire Separating Elements
IntuGuard - Intumescent Coating Solution for Upgrading Fire Separating Elements

Tech Coatings has formed an alliance with PaintPlus to supply IntuGuard — the only tested and endorsed passive fire coating solution for upgrading fire-separating elements in Australasia.

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Tech Coatings' Tested System Helps with Difficult Timber Penetrations
Tech Coatings' Tested System Helps with Difficult Timber Penetrations

The Tech Coatings fire rated timber penetration system came with extensive testing data and technical support, allowing the project team to quickly gain approval from the passive fire engineer and council.

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A Tested Solution for Fire Rating Timber Infill
A Tested Solution for Fire Rating Timber Infill

A change in Group Number is not sufficient for fire rating timber infill of rib and infill floor-ceilings. Tech Coatings provides a solution with their intumescent coating system tested to achieve an FRR of –/120/120.

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Intumescent Solution for Fire Rating Timber Penetrations
Intumescent Solution for Fire Rating Timber Penetrations

Combining FBL-100 Intumescent Coating with BOSS FireMastic HPE, Tech Coatings' new tested solution for timber penetrations is fast, easy and cost-effective to install.

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Meeting Fire Performance Compliance for Existing Wooden Structures
Meeting Fire Performance Compliance for Existing Wooden Structures

When looking at the fire resistance rating required by different timber elements within an existing structure, it is important to understand what each element is required to do.

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Insights

Insights
Wake Up Call for Upgrading Passive Fire Systems in Old Building Stock
Wake Up Call for Upgrading Passive Fire Systems in Old Building Stock

With at least five fatalities, the fire at Loafers Lodge puts the spotlight on the insufficient fire safety systems in our existing building stock. The unfortunate event has resurfaced a systemic problem: Insufficient passive fire protection in older, high occupancy buildings.

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Why Brock Commons Isn’t a Best Practice Example for Encapsulating Mass Timber
Why Brock Commons Isn’t a Best Practice Example for Encapsulating Mass Timber

Offering insight into Brock Common’s passive fire strategy, we discuss how the passive fire safety approach should not be considered industry best practice, and how fire testing would have supported the project’s overall goal of being a unique research and learning opportunity related to innovative construction with engineered wood products.

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Encapsulation of Mass Timber with Intumescent Coatings Part 2: Complexity of Smart Fire Solutions

In this article we explore the complexities of passive fire safety in hybrid mass timber buildings and how a focus on encapsulating a combustible substrate early on in the build process is crucial to the overall safety.

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Encapsulation of Mass Timber with Intumescent Coatings
Encapsulation of Mass Timber with Intumescent Coatings

Wood is one of the oldest building materials in the world but it is also the material of the future. Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) are currently challenging the status quo of the construction industry like nothing else and are taking this humble material to the next level.

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Encapsulation of Mass Timber with Intumescent Coatings Part 3: The Whole is More Than the Sum of its Parts
Encapsulation of Mass Timber with Intumescent Coatings Part 3: The Whole is More Than the Sum of its Parts

We finish our three part series by showcasing how encapsulating mass timber elements with an intumescent protective coating provides a passive fire solution that is holistic and truly compliant.

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Quality is the Foundation of a Trustful Customer Relationship
Quality is the Foundation of a Trustful Customer Relationship

Quality management systems are considered to be highly complex and many companies shy away from implementing them. This blog post intends to clarify some of the common concepts in quality management to make the approach more accessible.

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The Passive Fire Industry and the Organisation Factor: From Control to Commitment
The Passive Fire Industry and the Organisation Factor: From Control to Commitment

In today's blog post we discuss the influence of the cultural/organisational element as part of the human factors and how it relates to the passive fire industry.

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Passive Fire Protection and the People Factor
Passive Fire Protection and the People Factor

In this three-part series, we look at the human factors concept in relation to the passive fire protection industry, starting with a focus on the People/Individual.

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The Passive Fire Industry and the Task Factor: Creating the Work Space
The Passive Fire Industry and the Task Factor: Creating the Work Space

In our recent series of articles, we have looked at the limitations to a mere administrative/regulatory approach when fostering industry wide change. This has led us to widen our perspective and to acknowledge the importance of human factors when fostering change in human behaviour.

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Case studies

Casestudies
Ryman Retirement Village Invercargill
Ryman Retirement Village Invercargill

Rowena Jackson Retirement Village Invercargill underwent a floor plan change two years ago which involved the moving of the firewalls in two of the main buildings.

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The IntuGuard System at Christchurch Hospital
The IntuGuard System at Christchurch Hospital

The remediation of Christchurch hospital is currently the biggest hospital reconstruction project in the country. The hospital cannot be closed down for renovations. This leads to a heightened complexity when fixing the building while it is needed to deliver care.

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