These are normally non loadbearing and are used to provide protection from fire attack from below. The ceilings generally incorporate steel grid systems suspended from a structure.
Suspended membrane ceilings should normally be tested or assessed in accordance with BS 476: Part 22: 1987 and/or AS 1530: Part 4: 2005 to satisfy the failure criteria of integrity and insulation.
These ceiling systems allow for the protection to or from services contained within the ceiling void. They also provide protection to steel beams that are required to meet the criteria of BS 476: Parts 21 and 23: 1987 where exposure to fire is from below.
Advantages
•Up to 4 hours FRL
•Easy installation methods hence Increase productivity
•Less Material required to achieve fire resistant levels
•Less overall installation cost
•Lightweight
•Less complex framework
•Acoustic performance
Region availability
Asia | Oceania |
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Armenia | American Samoa |
Azerbaijan | Australia |
Bangladesh | Cook Islands |
Bhutan | Federated States of Micronesia |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Fiji |
Brunei | French Polynesia |
Cambodia | Guam |
China | Kiribati |
Christmas Island | Marshall Islands |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Nauru |
Georgia | New Caledonia |
Hong Kong | New Zealand |
India | Niue |
Indonesia | Norfolk Island |
Japan | Northern Mariana Islands |
Kazakhstan | Palau |
Kyrgyzstan | Papua New Guinea |
Laos | Pitcairn Islands |
Macau | Samoa |
Malaysia | Solomon Islands |
Maldives | Timor-Leste |
Mongolia | Tokelau |
Myanmar (Burma) | Tonga |
Nepal | Tuvalu |
North Korea | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
Pakistan | Vanuatu |
Philippines | Wallis and Futuna |
Singapore | |
South Korea | |
Sri Lanka | |
Taiwan | |
Tajikistan | |
Thailand | |
Turkmenistan | |
Uzbekistan | |
Vietnam |