{"id":41176,"date":"2017-08-03T14:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=41176"},"modified":"2017-08-03T14:35:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:35:29","slug":"recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Fire tests focusing on cross-laminated timber (CLT) and sprinkler systems in a mass timber structure have yielded encouraging results.<\/span>
Photo courtesy American Wood Council<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five fire tests conducted by the International Code Council<\/a> (ICC) Ad-hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings<\/a> at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives<\/a> Fire Research Laboratory have met with positive results. Funded by American Wood Council<\/a> (AWC) and U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory<\/a> (FPL), the scenarios focused on exposed and unexposed cross-laminated timber (CLT) and sprinkler systems, and were tested in one-bedroom apartments within a full-scale mass timber structure. In each case, the door between bedroom and living area was left open.<\/p>\n

The first of the five tests focused on a mass timber structure protected with gypsum wallboard. It was tested with a large furnishings and contents fire, which was terminated after three hours and caused no significant charring on the protected wood surfaces.<\/p>\n

In the second test, 30 percent of the CLT ceiling in each room was left exposed. Four hours, rather than three, were allotted for this test, to clarify whether the exposure would add to the fire. On the contrary, charring on the exposed CLT\u2019s surface formed a protective layer that caused it to self-extinguish even after consumption of furnishings and contents.<\/p>\n

Similar results were obtained in the third test, which featured parallel exposed CLT walls (one in each room). Again, the protective char surface formed, and the mass timber areas self-extinguished.<\/p>\n

The fourth and fifth tests focused on sprinklers, and allowed all mass timber surfaces to remain exposed. The fourth test relied on normal operating conditions, and determined a single sprinkler could adeptly combat a fire. In the fifth, 23 minutes were allotted before sprinklers were activated and after the fire began. However, the results were the same\u2014the sprinklers easily controlled the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results of these fire tests will continue to be studied and will help inform code change recommendations from the Ad-hoc Committee later this year,\u201d said Stephen J. DiGiovanni, PE, the committee\u2019s chair and a fire protection engineer for Clark County Department of Building and Fire Prevention<\/a>. \u201cThese tests are an important part of the extensive research data the Committee has reviewed to validate the performance of tall wood buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n

A General Technical Report (FPL-GTR-247) on the tests will become available from FPL later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five fire tests conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) Ad-hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory have met with positive results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1836,"featured_media":41179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[1153,3646,1819,2478,3286,20],"class_list":["post-41176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-clt","tag-fire-testing","tag-icc","tag-mass-timber","tag-national","tag-wood","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five fire tests conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) Ad-hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory have met with positive results.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Construction Specifier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carly Midgley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carly Midgley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carly Midgley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b70033b703868965f86aed130f7abb00\"},\"headline\":\"Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/feat-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CLT\",\"fire testing\",\"ICC\",\"Mass Timber\",\"national\",\"Wood\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Recent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/feat-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/feat-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/feat-1.jpg\",\"width\":533,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Construction Specifier\",\"description\":\"Solutions for the Construction Industry\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Construction Specifier\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg\",\"width\":288,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"The Construction Specifier\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b70033b703868965f86aed130f7abb00\",\"name\":\"Carly Midgley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Carly Midgley\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.constructionspecifier.com\\\/author\\\/carly_midgley\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Recent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Recent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier","og_description":"Five fire tests conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) Ad-hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory have met with positive results.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/","og_site_name":"The Construction Specifier","article_published_time":"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":533,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carly Midgley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carly Midgley","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/"},"author":{"name":"Carly Midgley","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b70033b703868965f86aed130f7abb00"},"headline":"Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic","datePublished":"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg","keywords":["CLT","fire testing","ICC","Mass Timber","national","Wood"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/","name":"Recent tests make CLT's fire performance a hot topic - The Construction Specifier","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-03T18:35:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/feat-1.jpg","width":533,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/recent-tests-make-clts-fire-performance-a-hot-topic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/","name":"The Construction Specifier","description":"Solutions for the Construction Industry","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#organization","name":"The Construction Specifier","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CS_Logo_BW_LR.jpg","width":288,"height":70,"caption":"The Construction Specifier"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b70033b703868965f86aed130f7abb00","name":"Carly Midgley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caeacaadbc68534b642cae2b16df4c17877b086817be90e56a0bef7d0c37de94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Carly Midgley"},"url":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/author\/carly_midgley\/"}]}},"views":7712,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/users\/1836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41182,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176\/revisions\/41182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/media\/41179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-json-v2\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}