Siderise CW | Perimeter Firestop & Protected Spandrel Systems for Curtain Walling – Services

Technical Support

Siderise provides the following technical support services:

• Project specific or application specific technical support at initial tender or full detailed design stage.
• Attend site meetings in a consultative capacity for either fire-stopping, acoustic design and/or thermal performance support.
• Consult with Building Control Officers, Architects, Main Contractors or Noise Consultants to provide support at any stage of the project.
• Project-specific design review, advice and details.
• Technical project proposals, project details and method statements.
• Assist with mark-up of project drawings to highlight typical locations of fire stops at visible lines of compartmentation and/or standard cavity barrier locations – with reference to standard details, building regulations and/or other code requirements.
• Provide ‘Composite SRI’ calculations and practical design advice to ensure optimum ‘floor to floor’/ ‘room to room’ sound attenuation performance.
• Introduce formally accredited, third party approved installers/contractors.
• Available for co-ordinated site visits with BCO or other stakeholders to inspect installations, putting the Client or Main Contractor at ease.
• Produce formal letters, confirming the details of site inspections and findings.

Product Design/Bespoke Solutions

Siderise provides the following technical support services:

• Project specific or application specific technical support at initial tender or full detailed design stage.
• Attend site meetings in a consultative capacity for either fire-stopping, acoustic design and/or thermal performance support.
• Consult with Building Control Officers, Architects, Main Contractors or Noise Consultants to provide support at any stage of the project.
• Project-specific design review, advice and details.
• Technical project proposals, project details and method statements.
• Assist with mark-up of project drawings to highlight typical locations of fire stops at visible lines of compartmentation and/or standard cavity barrier locations – with reference to standard details, building regulations and/or other code requirements.
• Provide ‘Composite SRI’ calculations and practical design advice to ensure optimum ‘floor to floor’/ ‘room to room’ sound attenuation performance.
• Introduce formally accredited, third party approved installers/contractors.
• Available for co-ordinated site visits with BCO or other stakeholders to inspect installations, putting the Client or Main Contractor at ease.
• Produce formal letters, confirming the details of site inspections and findings.

Engineering Evaluations

Siderise can offer engineering evaluations to provide an assessment of the project specific expected fire resistance performance of our products

Engineering evaluations take into consideration the specific arrangement of the application and the requirement of relevant building regulations or building code for the territory.

Engineering evaluations make reference to our existing product and system test library.

Certain arrangements can require project specific product or system testing.

Project Specific Details

In addition to our range of standard details (please see resources) the Siderise technical team can support the development of bespoke details to suit individual project requirements.

Product Tests and Approvals

We believe that product testing is critical to ensure that products perform exactly as intended – that is why we are committed to test our products as often as possible.

We have extensive experience in multiple BS 476-20, EN 1366-4, EN 1364-4 and prEN 1364-6 product tests.

We are always pleased to partner with our key customers to develop project specific solutions validated through project specific testing.

System Tests

Siderise recognise the importance of system testing to verify the performance of a specific arrangement.

We have been involved in several BS 8414 and NFPA 285 system tests, please see our system test library below.

We are able to support customers with system design advice, assembly drawings review and onsite support at the system testing facility.

Additionally we can assist with the understanding of system testing results and classification.

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Training and CPD

Siderise is passionate about training and education and offers both remote and onsite product CPDs.

Available Product CPDs:

• Cavity Barriers for ventilated cladding
• Perimeter barriers and fire stops for curtain walling
• Cavity barriers and fire stops for brickwork facades

Installation training and advice – please see Site Services below for more information.

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Toolbox Training

As part of our commitment to raising the bar to improve the installed quality of our products in buildings, we offer onsite product installation training tailored for both product installers and site managers.

Our training delivery method is certified to ISO 29993: 2017 (Learning services outside formal education — Service requirements).

Conducted by our Site Services Engineers, the programme blends classroom learning with practical learning, and covers practical techniques needed for accurate and efficient installation, H&S, storage, handling and cutting.

This method of training has proven to be an effective and valued process – resulting in the consistently high quality of installations carried out by the many contractors that we have worked with.

Site Inspection

Siderise can offer our customers a site inspection service where one of our site services team will carry out inspections on our installed products.

For key accounts an enhanced service can be provided (by agreement) which can include:

• Installation training
• Inspection app training
• Benchmark installation
• Installation inspection
• Completed inspection report

Inspections App

Siderise have developed a simple-to-use inspection application to enable the efficient recording and assessment of the installation of our products – and the issue of the recorded information into a clear and concise report.

The App provides a simple, easy-to-use process for recording the progress and quality of the installation of all of our standard firestop, cavity barrier and acoustic barrier systems. It allows the user to effectively inspect, record and seamlessly audit the quality of the installation work. Importantly, this process highlights any issues in need of a resolution.

Once in the field, the installer can use the App on a standard smartphone or tablet device to capture the relevant information for the installation.

Inspections App

Project Mock-ups

Our site services team can assist with benchmark installations onsite, to demonstrate optimum methods for both product performance and installation efficiency.

In a world where building designs are becoming increasingly unique, we understand that sometimes details can become complex. In these cases, a project specific mock-up can be useful to demonstrate how complex details can be resolved.