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Building services and fire safety

Tests and services

  • Relevant fire safety-specific tests for building services installations
  • Support with applications for certificates of usability (e.g. European Technical Assessment or general building inspection approval)
  • Development and coordination of customised test programmes, including obtaining the respective certificate of usability required
  • Development of general building authority test certificates as certificates of usability required by building authorities.

Penetration seals and joints

  • Fire tests in accordance with national and European standards (e.g. EN 1366-3, EN 1366-4, DIN 4102-9 or DIN 4102-11:1985-12)

Electrical functional integrity and installation ducts

  • Fire load on cable ducts or cable support structures in accordance with European as well as national standards (e.g. DIN 4102-12)
  • Fire load on installation ducts ("internal fire load") in accordance with European as well as national standards (e.g. DIN EN 1366-5 or DIN 4102-11)

Ventilation construction products

  • Fire tests on fire dampers
    • Against the spread of fire and smoke in ventilation systems with CE labelling in accordance with EN 15650
    • With general building inspection approval for use in suspended ceilings, in facilities in accordance with DIN 18017-3
    • In exhaust air systems of commercial kitchens
  • Fire tests on fire-resistant ventilation ducts

Smoke extraction construction products

  • Tests for all fire protection-specific components of ventilation and smoke extraction systems (All installation situations can be tested either with gas or oil burners.)

Fire simulation and smoke tests

  • Concept creation to develop the optimal fire protection measures, e.g. by
    • Determining the tripping time of fire detection devices
    • Calculating the temperature load of structural members above a fire source
    • Calculating the equivalent fire duration
  • Calculations with zone or field models (Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD) with subsequent evaluation of the flow fields, temperature distributions and local concentrations of flue gases to determine the flue gas extraction system suitable for the respective geometry of the building.

Your contact persons

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Rabbe +49 531 391-8257 c.rabbe@ibmb.tu-bs.de
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Rose + 49 531 391-8274 m.rose@ibmb.tu-bs.de
Dipl.-Ing. Christian Maertins Electrical functional integrity and installation ducts +49 531 391-8265 c.maertins@ibmb.tu-bs.de
Michael Schynawa Ventilation and smoke extraction + 49 531 391-5467 m.schynawa@ibmb.tu-bs.de
Nils Baumgarten Fire dampers +49 531 391-5406 n.baumgarten@ibmb.tu-bs.de