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Understanding Fire Retardant Treated Wood webinar cover In this webinar, Travis Hixon from Koppers breaks down the essentials of Fire Retardant Treated Wood (FRTW)—a code-driven product category critical to building safety and compliance. Learn how FRTW works, when and why it is required by building codes, and how flame-retardant formulations enhance fire resistance in wood construction.

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What you’ll learn

  • What Fire Retardant Treated Wood (FRTW) is and how it works
  • Code requirements that mandate the use of FRTW in buildings
  • Flame retardant formulations and how they affect wood performance
  • Applications and use cases for FRTW in modern construction
  • Key distinctions between fire resistance and flame retardancy

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Watch the recording

Watching the recording does not provide AIA continuing-education credit.

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Webinar details

  • Date: June 11, 2025
  • Presenter: Travis Hixon
  • Partner: Koppers