School expansion programme protects structural steel with
PROMATECT 250 cladding by Promat
Sometimes called the City of Spires
for many church steeples that punctuate its skyline,
the capital of South Australia is better known worldwide
as the venue for the famous biennial Adelaide Festival
of Arts.
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Long recognised as one
of the premier arts fests anywhere on
the planet, the city's one million population
expands dramatically for three weeks
in March every even-numbered year as
artistes from near and far come to provide
internationally acclaimed entertainment
for local and foreign visitors.
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World famous wines from the nearby
Barossa Valley, numerous gourmet food centres and
a healthy economy based on agriculture, manufacturing
and minerals generally to tend to keep Adelaide
happily well-provisioned throughout the year.
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Long term protection
from a worldwide leader
Kings Baptist
College, a private educational institute
located not far to the northeast of
Adelaide's city centre, had in mind
a major increase in the enrolment of
its student base. In order to achieve
this realistic objective, a new school
structure was essential.
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Since the building was of steel
construction, a decision was made to use PROMATECT®
250 in various thicknesses to protect 400 l/m beams
of varying sizes and 180 l/m of square hollow section
columns.
The school owners were then faced
with a choice to:
a) Provide the steel with
an FRL of 60/-/- AND a Fire indicator Panel set
up connected to the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS),
or
b) Provide the steel with an FRL of 120/-/-
with no Fire indicator Panel.
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Direct connection to
fire services
Since the school was
already connected to a security company
with a smoke detection system also connected
to the MFS, the school owners decided
instead to use the extra PROMATECT®
protection on the steel.
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Selecting this course of action
meant only a three year repayment period for the
extra cladding.
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In the final analysis,
balancing the purchase of the panel
against considerable yearly maintenance
costs, it was quite an easy decision
to provide 2-hour PROMATECT® protection
to the steel structural components.
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