Product Spotlight: Smoke Guard TM
Posted by Jessie Woodyard on Wed, Jun 16, 2010 @ 11:11 PM
1900 The Alameda, originally built in 1965 with few interior upgrades but an iconic, six story building located on the corner of The Alameda and Hedding in San Jose. What was once a 60's style building now has a swank "W" Hotel feel - sleek and modern. It wouldn't have happened, however, had it not been for the ingenious technology developed by Smoke GuardTM.
Smoke GuardTM has created a product that makes fire- rating easy and virturally painfree. In the case of 1900 The Alameda, each elevator lobby needed code updates and meet current fire- rated corridor standards.
The options to do so were simple, 1. remodel the lobbies to be completely fire-proofed (a total cost of about $40,000 per lobby, $240,000 for the full building) or 2. install Smoke GuardTM door above the two elevators on each floor (about $20,000 per floor or $120,000 for the entire building).
Can you guess which option was chosen? If you thought Option #2, you are correct!
Smoke GuardTM doors were installed into the ceilings directly above each elevator opening and thin metal strips were attached along each elevator door. In the event of a fire, the Smoke GuardTM doors open and out comes a thin, plastic-type material outfitted with magnets to seal each elevator penetration. The plastic material is impermeable thus making the elevators and elevator lobbies fire rated.
The product is an excellent alternative to costly build-outs to meet fire codes and provides an ascetically pleasing option to normally cumbersome and highly unattractive emergency equipment.
For more information visit their website by > clicking here.
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