The future of fire-rated external walls for industrial buildings with enhanced performance and sustainability
Knauf FireCLAD is a fire-rated industrial exterior wall system for portal-framed industrial buildings like warehouses and factories, where external walls in close proximity to neighbouring properties or other buildings are required to be fire-resistant. Developed in conjunction with BlueScope Steel, the FireCLAD provides a lightweight alternative to precast concrete or masonry fire-rated external walls in new and existing buildings. The FireCLAD system utilises Knauf Firestop plasterboard linings attached to the building portal frame underneath Colorbond® steel cladding. It’s designed in such a way to provide fire resistance levels of 60, 90, and 120 minutes from the external side. The FireCLAD system has been assessed and certified in accordance with the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
Features
- Suitable for new construction and upgrades of existing building
- It can be prefabricated and lifted by crane where conventional construction methods are inaccessible
- External plasterboard joints are overclad and therefore don’t require taping and setting
- Fire-rating up to 2 hours (FRL 120/120/120) from outside only
- Fire ratings up to 2 hours
- Fire-rated industrial external boundary walls in portal-framed buildings
- Suitable for new construction or fire upgrade of existing external walls
- Fire-rated plasterboard linings can be fixed directly to girts of maximum 2.0BMT and 1200mm spacings
- Fire upgrade construction details available for applications where girt spacing exceeds 1200mm
- GECA certified plasterboard
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