fire protection

18 May 2021

Fire risk in downtown areas is a hot topic

A spate of apartment-building fires in the downtown Johannesburg central business district has highlighted the need for the rational design of performance-based fire-safety systems for residential buildings in particular, according to ASP Fire CEO Michael van Niekerk. Rational design takes into account the behaviour of a building during a fire, meaning the structure must be...

21 Oct 2020

Preventive fire protection

South Africa has very strict fire safety and protection against fire regulations. The act says that occupants will be protected. The intensity of fire within the building and spread to other buildings must be minimised. Geberit fire protection for waste and drainage systems is fire resistant and sound insulating. Domestic installation risk Unsecured feed-throughs allow...

13 Nov 2019

Fire protection: greater safety in the event of a fire

Was it a cigarette? A short circuit? Sparks from welding work? In the wake of the disaster that hit Notre Dame in Paris in April 2019, there was, of course, immediate speculation as to what had caused the fire. Whatever the cause – what happened in Paris could very well happen to many other historical...

26 Mar 2019

SE Controls helps protect new industrial development

Extensive warehousing at a new industrial park development in Pretoria, South Africa, is using a range of actuators and controls from SE Controls Africa to ensure the building’s smoke ventilation systems operate effectively, while also complying with EN12101 standards for fire performance.

19 Feb 2018

Consolidated Steel Industries acquires Robertson Ventilation Industries

The directors of CSI are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with the directors of RVI that sees CSI acquiring the two trading divisions of RVI comprising the Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation Systems Division (SHEVS) and Architectural Solution Division (AS). The SHEVS Division offers turnkey solutions to the South African fire...