Barrier Technology

30 January 2009

New Commercial Modular customer in Alabama


Great News! We have a new modular manufacturer who chose to use the Mule-Hide FR Deck Panel in their next project. Wilkins Mobile Builders located in Double Springs, AL will be receiving their first truck load of product within the next week. Mule Hide and Barrier continue to work together to expand our customer base while providing a quality product that meets/exceeds the fire resistance code requirements in Class A and Class C commercial modular assemblies.Fire rated sheathing, fire rated osb, fire rated plywood, multi-family construction, small cap, otcbb, ibtgf, barrier, blazeguard, mycoguard, fire-rated paint, intumescent paint, mold resistant, mildew resistant, fire-retardant plywood, frt, sips, fire rated structurally insulated panels, fire rated wall assemblies, fire rated commercial modular roofing, fire rated modular home construction, green building products, LEED, electrical panel backer board, SIPs; wildfire protection, forest fire protection; non combustible exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant eaves; non combustible eaves; ignition resistant soffets; non combustible soffets; ESR-1365; WUI approved/listed; California state fire marshal approved building materials

28 January 2009

Another Government Barracks Project!!!


Barrier is pleased to announce an additional large government barracks project that will require about 5,300 Mule Hide FR Deck Panels. The panels are being used in the UL listed roof assembly and represent Barrier's continued and growing presence in the government/military market.

For this project, Barrier was required to demonstrate compatibility with new product standards that apply to this and future military projects. This is just the first of several stages of construction over the next year at this base. Two additional bases are expected to start building within the year.

More updates to come...Fire rated sheathing, fire rated osb, fire rated plywood, multi-family construction, small cap, otcbb, ibtgf, barrier, blazeguard, mycoguard, fire-rated paint, intumescent paint, mold resistant, mildew resistant, fire-retardant plywood, frt, sips, fire rated structurally insulated panels, fire rated wall assemblies, fire rated commercial modular roofing, fire rated modular home construction, green building products, LEED, electrical panel backer board, SIPs; wildfire protection, forest fire protection; non combustible exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant eaves; non combustible eaves; ignition resistant soffets; non combustible soffets; ESR-1365; WUI approved/listed; California state fire marshal approved building materials

22 January 2009

It is HOT in Las Vegas - but Blazeguard is there!

Hot off the press...from the International Builders Show (IBS) still in progress in Las Vegas.

This week, Barrier Technology has the pleasure of being part of the SIPA (Structural Insulated Panel Association) Booth at the IBS show. We are showcasing how Blazeguard can be the ultimate solution for the code required thermal barrier in Structural Insulated Panels. In fact, several of the booths in the SIPA area were constructed using Blazeguard panel.

In addition, we are also highlighting the code listings and solutions we provide for the Wildfire Zones of the North West. Representing Barrier are: Michael Huddy, PhD - President and CEO; James Dukart, National Sales Manager; Wayne Crutchfield, Sales Representative - Southern California; and David Corcoran, CFO and Director International Barrier Technology.

Here are a couple photos of the event - which continues through tomorrow:

From left: Wayne Crutchfield, Michael Huddy, Jim Dukart
From left: Michael Huddy, David Corcoran
Blazeguard booth - constructed with SIPs Panels using Blazeguard (white face)
A front view of the entire SIPA booth - the table and cut outs made of SIPs panels using Blazeguard.Fire rated sheathing, fire rated osb, fire rated plywood, multi-family construction, small cap, otcbb, ibtgf, barrier, blazeguard, mycoguard, fire-rated paint, intumescent paint, mold resistant, mildew resistant, fire-retardant plywood, frt, sips, fire rated structurally insulated panels, fire rated wall assemblies, fire rated commercial modular roofing, fire rated modular home construction, green building products, LEED, electrical panel backer board, SIPs; wildfire protection, forest fire protection; non combustible exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant eaves; non combustible eaves; ignition resistant soffets; non combustible soffets; ESR-1365; WUI approved/listed; California state fire marshal approved building materials

09 January 2009

Blazeguard Catches On in California Wildfire Zone

This week Barrier received its first pictures of a new structure in a California Wildfire Zone that is using Blazeguard Fire-Rated Sheathing as exterior wall sheathing to protect against wildfires.

Pictures of the private residence in the Monterey County area are shown below. Click here to read the full case study. Blazeguard's white Pyrotite surface faces out from the stud wall, providing a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Products List-approved fire barrier and structural sheathing all in one panel. These panels were cut from 4' x 10' x 1/2" Structural 1 CDX Plywood, ordered by Hayward Lumber of Salinas, California and supplied by Southern California Blazeguard distributor Bear Forest Products.

General Contractor Peter H. Winters Construction specializes in high-end homes in the California mountains, and, along with architect Behzad Kafaie of San Francisco-based Hart Howerton, sought out Blazeguard as an ideal all-in-one panel that met their structural sheathing and ignition resistance needs while taking up less dimensional space than the two-step process of standard sheathing wrapped by half-inch Type X gypsum. An additional - and critical - benefit was that Blazeguard saved considerable time and labor cost on-site, as framer John Asunsion of Divine Construction only had to wrap the house once rather than twice.

Barrier will promote this new project next week at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas (Booth N0557). Additional wildfire zone projects in California and elsewhere are at various stages of development. Stay tuned for more throughout 2009!

Blazeguard (white face) as used as the exterior wall sheathing.
Blazeguard is environmentally friendly and easy to install.
Fire rated sheathing, fire rated osb, fire rated plywood, multi-family cstruction, small cap, otcbb, ibtgf, barrier, blazeguard, mycoguard, fire-rated paint, intumescent paint, mold resistant, mildew resistant, fire-retardant plywood, frt, sips, fire rated structurally insulated panels, fire rated wall assemblies, fire rated commercial modular roofing, fire rated modular home construction, green building products, LEED, electrical panel backer board, SIPs; wildfire protection, forest fire protection; non combustible exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant eaves; non combustible eaves; ignition resistant soffets; non combustible soffets; ESR-1365; WUI approved/listed; California state fire marshal approved building materials



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Barrier develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary fire resistant building materials designed to help protect people and property from the destruction of fire. Barrier's award-winning BlazeguardĀ® structural wood panels exceed International Building Code requirements in every targeted fire test and application. BlazeguardĀ® is coated with Barrier's patented, non-toxic, non-combustible Pyrotite formulation, which releases water when exposed to the heat of fire.