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FRS TECHNICAL GUIDE

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Inside the guide

  • Why fire resistant supports need to be treated as an engineered system
  • The fire conditions, loads, geometry and substrate that must be checked
  • The evidence routes available for channels, frames and custom steel supports
  • How to establish a clear design basis for review, handover and site installation
  • Channel-based support systems and their fire performance
  • Tested channel assemblies and the limits of their evidence
  • Bespoke brackets, frames and modular support arrangements
  • Eurocode-based assessment of custom structural steel supports
  • Design responsibilities and the project information needed
  • Fire duration and performance criteria
  • Loads, spans, geometry and connections
  • Substrate and supporting structure
  • Evidence records for review, handover and site installation
Fire resistant MIDFIX support installation below structural steelwork