But when it comes to school design, these considerations often ... large lites of glass within narrow-profile frames. Meeting fire-resistive code requirements, such systems make it possible ...

Officials figured it was safer to build fire-resistant buildings than evacuate ... 1,600 structures from Westlake Village to Malibu, the school’s policy was questioned and criticized.

The school has had a shelter-in-place plan for ... But students who sheltered in fire-resistant structures were unharmed. Cost alone is one likely hurdle. The nonprofit Insurance Institute for ...

The resulting mineral-polymer composites demonstrate extraordinary mechanical strength, fracture toughness and fire- resistance capabilities ... at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

Fire-resistant walls, roofs ... As dean of the Woodbury University school of architecture, she considers resilience and fire hardening to be a priority for her family’s reconstruction plans.

For many people, however, it is an approach that has largely been out of reach given the high costs associated with renovation and use of fire-resistant materials. Under a relatively new state ...