All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Specifier October 2002

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  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV

    Testing times

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Fire tests are about to be harmonised throughout the European Union. Alex Smith looks at what the new European Supplement to the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Regulations will mean for the specifier and the classification of building materials

  • Features

    Fire protection

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    How well structural steelwork is protected against fire can mean the difference between life and death. Peter Fordham, cost research associate at Davis Langdon & Everest, outlines the three main types of fire protection, along with their pros and cons

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV

    Fire proofing

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    Fire door hardware

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Control over the supply and installation of fire doors has, in the past, been haphazard and therefore dangerous. Graham Hulland, product marketing manager for Dorma Door Controls, explains how you can avoid the pitfalls

  • Features

    Doctors and purses

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    When the contractor building a hospital in Leeds decided on a new structural support system, the cost of the fire protection threatened to spiral. But, writes Alex Smith, a computerised fire-analysis tool took the heat off the specifications team and left the client with money to burn