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Proper Fire Protection for Unique Construction Features
Track(s): Fire Protection Engineering, Research

William Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc.

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Industrial facility designs often result in some unique construction features. In this instance, nonstructural steel penetrations were made through two-hour fire barriers. In addition, a structural steel beam was in the plane of a two-hour fire barrier and exposed on both sides of the wall. In order to determine the appropriate fire protection, small-scale tests, modeling, and full-scale fire tests were conducted. Learn about the results of the analyses and how the features were protected.

Bill Koffel is President of Koffel Associates, a fire protection and life safety engineering design and consulting firm, recognized as an expert in the fire protection and life safety aspects of codes and standards. Headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, the firm provides consulting; engineering design & construction administration; codes & standards development; seminar development & training; product testing & evaluation / representation; and litigation support to public and private clients worldwide. Bill remains active in the development process of the industry's governing codes, standards and design guidelines including International Code Council (ICC), NFPA, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and Underwriters Laboratory (UL).  A former code official with the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office, he is Past President of the SFPE