Barrier Presents at FIRE 2009 Conference in Chicago
Last week, Barrier Technology's National Sales Manager, Jim Dukart, participated in a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Products Panel Session at the FIRE 2009 Conference in Chicago, IL.
Dukart was one of five panelists on the WUI group, and one of only two companies that is currently selling product in California based on fire code changes in the Golden State enacted in 2008. Barrier sells it Blazeguard Fire-Rated Sheathing as an ignition-resistant sheathing for exterior walls as well as ignition-resistant under-eave and/or soffit material for California wildfire zone construction. Barrier currently has distribution and product on the ground in both Northern and Southern California, and have seen growing interest on the part of architects, builders and code officials throughout the state.
In addition to the WUI Panel, Dukart displayed Blazeguard product information and samples in the conference's exhibit hall and attended two full days of conference sessions, ranging in content from insurance company perspectives on fire-retardant building materials and practices to emerging "green" technologies in the fire-retardant market.
The conference was produced by Principia Partners and its full program sponsor was Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
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Second rail car of material to Camp Pendleton, CA ordered
Today, we received the purchase order for the second rail car of Barrier's Mule-Hide FR Deck Panel to ship to Camp Pendleton in California. The product is being used to meet the fire code requirement for the Class C Commercial Modular Assembly for this government barracks project. The shipment is planned for later this month to correspond with their building schedule. As more and more projects like this select the FR Deck Panel product, we hope it will start becoming the "norm" as the cost and installation benefits and success stories are shared in the industry.
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Barrier Technology's National Sales Manager, Jim Dukart, attended the International Code Council (ICC) Annual Conference and Code Development Hearings in Baltimore, MD, last week to present Barrier opposition to a code change proposal to alter the definition of fire-retardant-treated wood (FRTW) as used in building code requirements.
The proposed code change, offered by Hoover Treated Wood products, attempted to constrict the definition of FRTW to pressure-treated only products (Hoover's products are pressure-treated with fire-retardant chemicals), rather than to include products that are manufactured using alternative , ecologically friendly methods of application such as Blazeguard's inert, inorganic Pyrotite formulation.
The full proposed code change, S201 - 09/10 can be seen by clicking here:
Barrier opposed and opposes the change, primarily on the grounds that product definitions never have been and should not be concerned with method of manufacture, but rather with tested and verified performance criteria.
Barrier's full statement regarding proposed change S 201 - 09/10 can be see here.
Dukart was one of five individuals who spoke in opposition to the change, and after further testimony and some IBC Structural Committee deliberations, the proposed code change was disapproved on a unanimous vote, 14-0.
Later in the week, the same code change proposal - S 201 - 09/10, Part II - was heard by the IBC's Residential Building and Energy Committee, with similar comments from both proponents and opponents.
This committee also disapproved the proposed code change, this time by a vote of 10-0.
ICC Code Hearings will continue through November 11, 2009. For more information, including hearings results or a live Webcast, click here.
Barrier will continue to monitor proposed building code alterations as they affect fire-retardant treated wood, and will continue to blog on pertinent developments in this area.
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 Blazeguard® structural wood panels exceed International Building Code requirements in every targeted fire test and application. Blazeguard® is coated with Barrier's patented, non-toxic, non-combustible Pyrotite formulation, which releases water when exposed to the heat of fire.
