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15.7.2020 Cladding inspection The risk of fire spread in high-rise buildings (> 18 m) is a major concern. This has become even more pertinent since the Grenfell tragedy, which has proved... Read more

15.7.2020 MobiFire - mobile furnace test conducted in Leiden (NL) Tunnels are an essential part of the road and rail infra structure. Tunnels make it possible to connect goods and services and make economic regions grow. For this... Read more

15.7.2020 Analysis of window failure at Grenfell Tower Efectis published a new article as a further step towards understanding the Grenfell fire disaster. The fire behaviour of windows installed in a building facade has an important... Read more

15.7.2020 PFPNet Technical subcommittee for fire protection in tunnels The new PFPNet Technical Subcommittee for fire protection in tunnels recently held its first formal online meeting since the initial meeting in January, to assess the interest and... Read more

2.3.2020 Wildland Urban Interface: vulnerability diagnostics on buildings Efectis is offering an innovative approach to assess building vulnerability when facing forest, grassland or agricultural fires: it has been developed and applied in different fire-prone regions in... Read more

2.3.2020 Fire Resistance Tests of Elevator Landing Doors Fire Resistance Tests of Elevator Landing Doors A further fire resistance test has been successfully carried out for our valued customer Otis Elevator Company (Russia) in our furnace according to... Read more

1.3.2020 Ignition-limiting oxygen threshold testing Hypoxic fire prevention systems provide a mean of inhibiting the development of flaming fires and thus preventing fires from causing significant damage. They differ from fire-extinguishing systems in... Read more

30.1.2020 The International Fire Safety Standards for fire safety in buildings The International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) coalition is a group of professional and not-for-profit organisations responsible for researching, developing, publicising and implementing IFSS globally for the construction and real-estate... Read more

25.11.2019 News from the board Dear reader, The construction sector is changing significantly. More and more risks concerning the built environment are being discussed, legislations amended, and requirements tightened. In the Netherlands a... Read more

25.11.2019 Full-scale fire tests for assessment of high-pressure water mist system for data centre protection This summer Efectis conducted a full-scale fire test campaign to assess a high-pressure water mist system developed by the company MARIOFF France for use in data centres. A... Read more

25.11.2019 New equipment on reaction to fire according to EN ISO 1716 at Efectis Netherlands As mentioned before, the determination of the gross heat of combustion (calorific value) is now in operation. The test method is part of the EN 13501-1 to realise... Read more

25.11.2019 Efectis Era Avrasya - Allianz cooperation: Allianz Teknik Earthquake fire Test and Training Center Allianz Teknik Earthquake and Fire Testing and Training Center started operating on 15 October 2019 at the Turkish-German University campus in Beykoz, Istanbul. Efectis Era Avrasya provided the... Read more