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DESIGN GUIDANCE – FURTHER READING
Evidence) should carry out an assessment. Assessments may be undertaken for a number of reasons as described in Approved Document B and equivalents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The subscribing organisation undertaking assessments should hold adequate professional indemnity insurance that covers all of its activities relating to the issuing of assessments, as defined in section 4 of the PFPF Guide to Undertaking Technical Assessments of Fire Performance of Construction Products Based on Fire Test Evidence.
The Steel Construction Industry (SCI) and FIS have a freely available guide to the design and installation of light gauge steel external wall systems available on their websites, known as
Technical Report ED017 Design and Installation of Light Steel External Wall Systems thefis.org/membership-hub/ publications/sfs-guide/ This guidance encompasses all aspects of light steel external wall systems, from design to installation and from specification to sign-off.
Guide to Undertaking Technical Assessments of the Fire Performance of Construction Products
Based on Fire Test Evidence 2021 firesectorfederation.co.uk/wp-content/
uploads/2021/02/Guide-to-Undertaking-Technical- Assessments-of-the-Fire-Performance-of-Construction- Products-Based-on-Fire-Test-Evidence-2021-1-2.pdf Where an assessment is required to satisfy the requirements as described in Approved Document B, the Passive Fire Protection Forum (PFPF) Guide to Undertaking Technical Assessments of Fire Performance of Construction Products Based on Fire Test Evidence describes the method and competencies, should this be required. For any through-wall to be successful, there must be collaboration between all parties with adequate time allowed. This would include: • Designers: principal designer, architect, structural engineer, building services engineer and specialists such as access consultants and fire engineering consultants • Building control bodies • The principal contractor • Specialist through-wall contractors with design portion • M&E contractors • Product manufacturers – SFS, insulation, membranes, fixings, drylining, M&E services • The building owner • Quantity surveyors/purchasing teams.
The FIS/SCI P433 Specifiers Guide - Light Gauge Steel Framing Systems (SFS) External Wall Systems also helps specifiers understand the granular details involved in the design process and production of an SFS specification. thefis.org/membership-hub/ publications/specifiers-guides/light-
guage-external-wall-systems/
SCI P424 provides guidance on how light steel framing, which includes SFS, should be designed and detailed to provide fire resistance in accordance with the Building Regulations.
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