Fire Performance of Metal-Faced Sandwich Panel Systems

SPEAKER:

Brent Trenga
Director of Education & Sustainability
Kingspan Insulated Panels

Brent has truly run the construction industry gamut serving in various roles including Architect, Construction Manager, Developer and even project owner, allowing him to fully understand the sustainability ecosystem. As Director of Education and Sustainability for Kingspan Insulated Panels, Brent is committed to reducing the environmental impact of business operations, products and services through continuous improvement and environmental transparency. Brent leads Kingspan’s education program, supports strategic planning for the business development group and provides insight on current and future sustainability initiatives keeping Kingspan at the forefront of our industry.

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This presentation will provide a holistic view into the fundamental difference between MCM, ACM and Insulated Metal Panels. The goal is to understand how performance needs based on building types play a key role in selecting the appropriate Insulated Panel system. We will take a deep dive into fire testing to highlight the different requirements between the FM and ASTM standards. In addition this portion will cover NFPA Standards and NBCC/OBC along with IBC. The last portion of the session will focus on real fire case studies highlighting a number different building types from across the globe.

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