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NO QUESTION ANSWER
The panel can be used, if the same is tested and approved to be used. Most
Does the ACP used in the vertical wall
6 of the ACP panels available in the market is only tested for vertical
can be used in the Building Soffit
configuration.
Is there any civil defense requirement If the provided GRC panel area less than 10% of the entire building envelop,
11 to consider GRP/GRFC and GRP a dispensation can be sorted from the DCD material approval department to
systems as decorative materials consider the same as decorative panels.
Most of the GRC panels are custom design based on each building
requirement, so sorting a material approval / assembly test is very difficult as
What area problem faced while using the approval process is very long due to the various process involved such
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GRP/GRFC and GRP Panels Product approval
Factory audit
Assembly test
NO QUESTION ANSWER
Is it required to provide perimeter
fire barrier at for the granite / natural
cladding system? It is advisable to provide a perimeter fire barrier even for the granite
cladding system.
13 Whether any product test / assembly No product test / assembly test is required
test is required or not. Maximum cavity gap available in the assembly when tested as per NFPA 285
is 300 mm (lamatherm)
Maximum cavity gap available on the
tested assembly in the market
No MEP services are permitted through the cavity gap as per code. However,
Is any MEP services permitted trough in certain situations, civil defense may permit drainage pipes to be routed
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the cavity gap through the cavity gap. Also, if the same is penetrating a cavity fire barrier,
the same is provided with a tested and approved collar