Sentence examples for cladding system from inspiring English sources

Its cladding system failed fire safety tests in July, following the Grenfell Tower disaster – as if it wasn't obvious enough before that wrapping towers in foil-coated plastic wasn't a great idea.

Dr Barbara Lane, a director at the Arup consultancy appointed as a technical expert by the inquiry, made the discoveries during five days investigating the cladding system at the burned-out building.

The fire at Lakanal House in Camberwell, south-east London, in 2009, which killed six people, was deemed to have been exacerbated by the cladding system – in this case a fibre composite known as Trespa, which offered less fire resistance than the asbestos panels they had replaced.

While various methods have been proposed for obtaining optimal systems that meet serviceability constraints set on the performance of non-structural components, e.g. the cladding system, methods are still lacking for optimizing under constraints aimed at ensuring occupant comfort.

This paper explores the variation of the total energy of building integrated photovoltaic systems (BiPV) as a wall cladding system applied to the UAE commercial sector and shows that the ratio between PV output and saving in energy due to PV panels is within the range of 1 3 1 4.

The north, west, and south atrium walls will feature a terra cotta cladding system.

It also covers special topics on shortening analysis and cladding systems for tall buildings.

A series of fire safety tests designed to investigate cladding systems on high-rises have concluded, finding 228 buildings at risk across the UK, the government said.

Therefore, a series of two-span cladding and small scale tests was conducted on a range of crest-fixed steel cladding systems under simulated wind uplift loads.

Industry research suggests at least 160 apartment, hotel and student blocks are among high-rise properties built with materials in their rainscreen cladding systems that have not been accounted for in the government's targeting of buildings with ACM panels.

It includes descriptions of lintel systems, portal frame cladding systems, attaching of steel members to walls and the embedment of structural steel posts within the wall panels.