What you’ll learn
- Review the history of fire-rated glass, from foreign-made wire glass and ceramics to clear, high-performance, USA-made solutions
- Understand the distinction between fire protective and fire resistive glazing, and how the International Building Code (IBC) differentiates these applications
- Examine how the architectural community’s demands for larger sizes, improved optical clarity, and better thermal performance have driven advancements in fire-rated glazing products, highlighted through case studies
- Discover the importance of multi-functional fire resistive glazing that offers additional performance features, such as hurricane, blast, ballistic, and forced entry resistance, with case studies for real-world context
Watch the recording
Watching the recording does not provide AIA continuing-education credit.
Webinar details
- Date: August 27, 2024
- Partner: SAFTI First