What is not as well-known is how fire-rated floor doors play an essential role in passive fire protection. Building codes classify two types of doors for fire-rated openings in horizontal assemblies: fire-rated floor doors...
Tag: Performance
Indeed, as a project matures, it becomes increasingly difficult, as well as costly, to make effective changes to the performance. In response to this need, KPMB LAB, the research and innovation group at KPMB...
Room acoustics and sound control using metal panels
(11/26/2021)
The Ancient Greeks and Romans are credited for inventing modern-day architectural acoustics. However, much of this occurred by mistake.
How IMPs offer durability, efficiency, and esthetics
(09/13/2017)
Insulated metal panels (IMPs) are used across Canada, but have traditionally been most commonly used for cold storage facilities in the food industry—specifically Québec, Ontario, and British Columbia—mainly due to higher populations within these...
Improving the performance of curtain walls
(03/03/2017)
There is perhaps no building element that typifies contemporary architecture more than the curtain wall. Lightweight and flexible, these glazed assemblies not only allow more usable floor space within a building, but also epitomize...
Downtown St. Catharines, Ont., is the new home to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre—an 8825-m2 (95,000-sf) project encompassing four unique performance venues. The honey-coloured brick facility runs along St. Paul Street with a glazed...
When designers are deciding which insulation products to specify for a given project, two questions come to mind: ‘What is the R-value?’ and ‘What is the permeance?’ The answer to both these queries is,...
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