CLEVELAND, OHIO – www.mbma.com: Metal Building Manufacturers Association’s (MBMA) has developed a Fire Protecting Metal Building Systems webinar that will give the attendees knowledge of building code requirements for protecting buildings from fire and offer an advanced understanding of how to do so. The presentation will cover the IBC requirements for fire-rated construction and occupancies, focusing on specific examples for metal building systems. MBMA’s UL rated assemblies will be reviewed in detail, in addition to incorporating portions of the MBMA Fire Resistance Design Guide for Metal Building Systems.
“Fire resistance requirements for building construction continue to become more complicated with each new edition of the codes. New materials such as foam plastics and higher levels of insulation will change the way buildings are designed and change the requirements to meet the fire resistance requirements elsewhere in the codes,” says Charles Praeger, MBMA’s assistant general manager.
Instructors include Dr. Nestor Iwankiw, Ph.D., senior engineer at Hughes Associates Inc. and Dan Walker, P.E., senior staff engineer with the Metal Building Manufacturers Association.
The first Fire Protecting Metal Building Systems webinar is set for November 10, 2011 and the second webinar will take place on November 29, 2011. Additional webinars will be scheduled in the future. Each one-hour webinar session begins at 2:00 PM EST and will also include an extra 15 minutes for questions and answers. The cost for the webinar is $125 and includes a copy of MBMA’s Fire Resistance Design Guide for Metal Building Systems, a $95 value. Enrollment for these and other MBMA webinars is available on the sign-up page in the bookstore section of the MBMA webpage, www.mbma.com.
First webinar set for November 10
Contact: Charles E. Praeger
Assistant General Manager
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.241.7333
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MBMA has served metal building systems manufacturers and suppliers for 54 years. Its membership represents more than $1.6 billion in annual steel shipments and accounts for approximately 39% of the total non-residential low-rise construction market in the United States. MBMA provides engineering leadership through the many research programs that it sponsors annually, often in coordination with major universities and engineering schools throughout North America. This research is used to improve the performance, efficiency and quality of metal building systems and to elevate the technology used to produce them.
