FIRE RISK – HOW NOT TO GET BURNT
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
