FIRE RISK – HOW NOT TO GET BURNT
Feb 25, 2018
3 minutes
The impact of fire where Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) sandwich panels feature in building construction can be catastrophic.
Insulated metal panels are commonly used as walls or wall/ceiling combinations in industrial and commercial buildings. Typically they have an EPS core, but modern panels also utilise non-combustible rock wool, or fire resistive PIR (polyisocyanurate) or Xflam.
But a number of recent – and large – losses have the insurance industry talking.
The global insurance market in this sector has been contracting
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