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Gaiker organizes a workshop about the behavior to fire of building materials

02/05/2007

May 12, 2007

The Foundation Gaiker has organized, on 7 June, a conference entitled "Technical demands of the behavior to fire of building materials, of the CTE and the CE marking to hide", aiming to raise with the professionals of the sector, the new challenges resulting from the new building code (CTE).

The Council of Ministers adopted on 17 March 2006 the new building code (CTE), a regulatory framework laying down the basic requirements of quality, safety and habitability of buildings and their facilities applicable to both new buildings and the refurbishment of existing ones. This adoption has resulted in the definitive repeal the past September 29, 2006, except for very special cases due dates set out in licensing of work, the NBE-CPI-96 "Conditions of fire protection in buildings" and of the NBE-CT "Thermal conditions of the buildings".

On the other hand the implementation of Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products determines essential requirements both for traditional materials such as plastics and composites for the new. This should merge the entry into force of the CE for a number of products as a reality at European level and in our country. 325 Harmonised rules are now available (was planned around 600) and 26 guides DITE (technical suitability document) already affecting a large part of the different sectors of manufacturers of such products.

These two facts have led to a certain confusion in the various fields of the construction sector (manufacturers, designers, specifiers, responsible for work, laboratories for testing, end-user, etc) that must implement this new legislation both new products appearing in the market as reviewing the characteristics of the existing ones. In order to put a bit of light on the issue is proposed to the present day which has the following objectives:

Identify the duties and tasks that the manufacturers of construction products must meet to obtain and maintain the CE marking.
Identify the duties and tasks, relating to the new European regulation, which must be aware of the different actors of the building and civil engineering.
Identifying collected reaction/fire resistance requirements in the technical building code. Basic document of security in the event of fire in relation to the planned final use condition.
Expand the knowledge of the reaction/resistance tests applicable to construction materials fire.

The day is aimed at:

Manufacturers of both traditional and innovative construction products.
Agencies involved in the CE (consultancies, consulting, inspection, etc.)
Agencies involved in the correct design of the buildings: schools of engineers, architects, surveyors, etc.
Construction companies and personnel responsible for work (work managers, heads of work, etc).

As for the proposed talks, they are:

1. The technical building code. Basic document of security in the event of fire. Requirements of reaction/resistance to fire of building materials. Interior and exterior propagation.

Rapporteur: José Luis Posada Escobar
Head of the Department of safety and accessibility
Ministry of housing.

2.-Construction products. Directive 89/106/EEC and CE marking. How is it established?

Rapporteur: Luis Alonso Caballero
Chief of section in the General Bureau of quality and Industrial safety
Directorate General of Industrial development. Ministry of industry, tourism and trade.

3.-Description of the trials of reaction to fire according to the new European norm. The euro-class System.

Speaker: Jesus Ballestero Maeztu. GAIKER-IK4.

4.-Description of test of resistance to fire according to the new European norm.

Speaker: Vicente Moliner AIDICO.

5. Experience on site.

Speaker: Javier vines CAATM (College surveyors and technical architects of Madrid).