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LEED-Certified Hearst Tower Boosts Fire Safety Fire-Alarm Renovations: High Tech at Low Cost Access Control Joins the Network Navigating the Security Landscape Building Design for Fire Safety Biometrics Gains Widespread Appeal University Wins with Lock-Core Replacements College Cuts Costs with IP Communications |
LEED-Certified Hearst Tower Boosts Fire SafetyFirestop spray adds another level of protection and cures fast. The $500 million Hearst Tower is a 46-story edifice of diagonal glass-and-steel grids, built on top of the reconstructed 1928 six-story stone Hearst headquarters building in New York City. Home to 2,000 Hearst employees, it is expected to be the first occupied office building in New York City to earn a LEED Gold rating. For employees and visitors alike, the design means a healthier, more inviting, and more productive working environment.
When it came to fire safety, managers specified products that met exacting LEED standards. The unique curtainwall design of the building required some additional firestop spray measures, in order to maintain air quality and provide a secondary level of protection. According to Dave Augello of Specified Technologies Inc. (STI, Somerville, NJ), manufacturer of firestop products, "The architect wanted to encapsulate the building from errant fibers, and this required a total encapsulation of the insulation at the slab edge." Robert Guerrerio, president of RSG Caulking and Waterproofing Inc., Mamaroneck, NY, explained the firestop installation process. "Normally where the curtainwall meets the concrete slab edge, we compress mineral-wool fire safing into the gap between the slab edge and the curtainwall. We then spray on a firestop sealant to create a fire and smoke seal," he said. "The sealant encapsulates the insulation from the topside but it remains exposed on the bottom side and is visible from the floor below. For the tower project, however, we were required to spray the underside, as well as totally encapsulate the insulation." |
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SafetyCoil wire-mesh fabric is a flexible round weave used as divider guards, securing restricted work areas, and as a barrier against unwanted objects. The material’s flow-through design allows observation of moving parts and workspaces. The panels protect objects from impeding the scissoring motion of a lift while an operator in the basket is rising and descending. The mesh is available in stainless, galvanized, and aluminized steel; steel spray; and nylon-coated galvanized steel.
