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SafeCoat
Fire Retardant Coatings
Fire Protection Simplified!
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SafeCoat
Fire Retardant Coatings
Fire Protection Simplified!
®
SafeCoat
Fire Retardant Coatings
Fire Protection Simplified!
®
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It's all in the Chemistry!
High Performance
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It's all in the Chemistry!
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It's all in the Chemistry!
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Renovation: Fairmont Empress Hotel
Exposed Structural Steel Beams Gain Added Purpose
August, 2023 • 721 Government Street, Victoria, BC
You never know what treasure may evolve from a renovation. It could be a beautiful hardwood floor buried under years of lino, or in this project, some pretty messy looking steel beams hidden in the walls. But with a little vision and the right products, the end result is really quite stunning.
Bob Heyes was the Trade Sales Representative from Cloverdale Paint responsible for providing his expertise for this project and sourced Quantum Chemical’s SafeCoat® Steel and Cloverdale Paint’s WeatherOne Acrylic Flat Black to turn these beams into an architectural dream.
Once exposed, these beams required a one-hour fire resistance rating. The beams, W460x74 and W610x125, totalled 690 linear feet requiring ~270 gallons of product. This was based on 160 mils DFT SafeCoat® Steel and a single top coat of Cloverdale WeatherOne.
The pictures below speak for themselves. Perhaps your next renovation will uncover a treasure you need to protect. Quantum Chemical’s Engineer, Dave Martin (dmartin@quantumchemical.com), is available to provide support, calculating mil thickness requirements and product quantities to protect structural steel for up to two hours.
Quantum Chemical is a specialty coatings formulator and manufacturer involved in the containment, utility infrastructure, transporation and building construction/refurbishment industries with a keen focus on fire retardant and Zero VOC products. Quantum Chemical’s Canadian-made fire retardant products support and protect infrastructure. For additional information about our products contact info@quantumchemical.com.
SafeCoat® Latex TBI White: Bringing it Home with a New Canadian-Made Fire Protection Used Directly on Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation
Tested to the CAN/ULC S145:2018: Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of Protective Coverings for Foamed Plastic Insulation - Full-Scale Room Test
Newest addition to Quantum’s SafeCoat® Brand provides thermal barrier when applied directly on polyurethane spray foam insulation.
Developed and Manufactured by: Quantum Chemical, St. Albert, AB Oct. 7, 2023
Independent Testing: Intertek Testing, Elmendorf, TX – June 29, 2023
Ready for Market: July 28, 2023 as an ‘Alternative Solution’ as specified below
Scope
The purpose of the CAN/ULC S145 method is to determine the contribution to fire growth of protective coverings over foamed plastic insulation when tested in a Full-Scale Room Test in accordance with CAN/ULC-9705, Fire Tests – Full-Scale Room Test for Surface Products. This method measures the time to flashover under specified test conditions and evaluates specific combinations of protective materials and foamed plastic insulation as individual systems.
The SafeCoat® Latex TBI White meets the intent of the building code requirement as a thermal barrier ‘alternative solution’ where the NBC Part 9 interior finishes (Clauses 9.10.17.10.(1)(a) of the NBC 2010/2015) can be approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). SafeCoat® TBI, applied at 17 mils WFT/12 mils DFT prevented the foamed plastic from reaching flashover in the first 10 minutes following CAN/ULC-9705 that can be used as an alternative solution in combustible construction where 11.7-mm Oriented Strand Board (OSB), 13-mm oak-veneered plywood, 13.13-mm spruce plywood, 11.9 DF plywood; 13-mm particleboard, or insulating wood fibreboard are specified. The SafeCoat® TBI performed >10 times better than these NBC approved substrates.
Above: Elmendorf, TX Corner Test Room coated with spray foam insulation and SafeCoat® TBI (Thermal
Barrier Innovation).
“Code Compliance via Alternative Solutions
Where a design differs from the acceptable solutions in Division B, then it should be treated as an "alternative solution." A proponent of an alternative solution must demonstrate that the alternative solution addresses the same issues as the applicable acceptable solutions in Division B and their attributed objectives and functional statements. … Clause 1.2.1.1.(1)(b) makes it clear that an effort must be made to demonstrate that an alternative solution will perform as well as a design that would satisfy the applicable acceptable solutions in Division B — not “well enough” but “as well as.”
National Building Code of Canada, Sentence A-1.2.1.1.(1)(b)”
SafeCoat® TBI was independently tested at the Elmendorf Intertek Testing Lab, located just outside of San Antonio, TX, which specializes in all things fire and flammability testing for building products.
Quantum Chemical is a specialty coatings formulator and manufacturer involved in the containment, transportation, utility infrastructure and building construction/refurbishment industries with a keen focus on fire retardant and Zero VOC products. Quantum Chemical’s Canadian-made fire retardant products support and protect infrastructure.
For additional information about SafeCoat® Latex TBI White contact:
Dave Martin: dmartin@quantumchemical.com
FR Spray-Applied Containment Provides Greater Safety for Hi-Temp Hydrocarbons
Canadian-Made, Fire Resistant Polyurea Installation Compliant to CAN/ULC S668
December 9th, 2022 • Fort McMurray, Alberta
Above: WEC crew installs PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR Membrane at Tank Farm in Fort McMurray.
Photos: Courtesy of Western Engineered Containment
Quantum Chemical and Western Engineered Containment are pleased to announce the installation of 22,000 square meters (236,500 sq. ft.) of PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR fire resistant polyurea at a Tank Farm in Fort McMurray.
PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR was developed and tested in Quantum's R&D Test Lab to exceed the required property performance of spray-applied liners and geotextile systems for secondary containment and the stringent CAN/ULC S668. For environmental sustainability this product emits zero VOCs - a signature of Quantum's green product development. For environmental aesthetics, the green was selected to blend in. Product development and manufacturing are completed at Quantum's facility in Alberta.
The facility required a fire retardant lining material which met the CAN/ULC S668, Standard for Liners Used for Secondary Containment of Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tanks, and complied with the National Fire Code. PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR was selected after extensive testing showed it could maintain containment when exposed to diluted bitumen at 185°C. The versatility of a spray-applied system to seal around tanks, pipe racks, and ground penetrations and ease of future repairs during service, were also desired on this major infrastructure project.
Western Engineered Containment constructed and installed this secondary containment system in two phases. The initial 45 mils of PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR were robotically sprayed onto geotextile panels at their facility in Leduc, AB. These pre-sprayed panels were transported to site and joined together using the same PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR material to form a versatile and continuous containment. Western Engineered Containment's comprehensive QA/QC program was in place at both the factory pre-spray and field installation phases, ensuring complete and reliable containment was achieved throughout.
Quantum Chemical is a specialty coatings formulator and manufacturer involved in the containment, transportation, utility infrastructure and building construction/refurbishment industries with a keen focus on fire retardant and Zero VOC products.
For additional information about PRECIDIUM™ ECS™ 150D-FR, please be sure to visit us at https://www.quantumchemical.com/precidium-secondary-containment.
Contact: Dave Martin: dmartin@quantumchemical.com
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Spray-Applied FR Geomembrane
TRANS MOUNTAIN BURNABY TERMINAL: Seamless Compliance to CAN/ULC S668 with the Installation of a Fire Resistant, Canadian-Made, Composite Liner
November 11, 2022 • Burnaby, British Columbia
Quantum Chemical is pleased to announce the installation
of 13,000 square meters (139,900 sq. ft.) of PRECIDIUM™
150D-FR fire resistant polyurea at Trans Mountain Burnaby
Terminal.
PRECIDIUM™ 150D-FR was developed and tested in
Quantum's R&D Test Lab to exceed the required property
performance of spray-applied liners and geotextile
systems for secondary containment. Notably, it also
passes the stringent CAN/ULC S668 Standard for
Secondary Containment of Flammable and Combustible
Liquids - a requirement of the National Fire Code of Canada. The 150D-FR is green by nature, with zero VOCs, for environmental sustainability. For this particular project, it is also green by design to blend into the area's forest environment. Product development and manufacturing are completed at Quantum's facility in Alberta.
Layfield Geosynthetics constructed the secondary containment portion of this project which involved the application of 60 mils of PRECIDIUM™ 150-DFR onto their GeoVolt™ geosynthetic conductive composite. This composite liner system was placed over vertical shotcrete walls to form a key component of the secondary containment for hydrocarbons at the Burnaby Facility. Use of a conductive GeoVolt™ allowed the geomembrane liner to be electrically holiday tested for immediate detection and repair of any voids in the polyurea system. The composite secondary containment liner was then covered by an additional layer of shotcrete.
Kiewit-Ledcor Trans Mountain Partnership (KTLP), the General Construction Contractor for the Lower Mainland portion of the Expansion Project, required a flexible, spray-applied material to conform to the shotcrete substrate and seal easily around the steel anchors which penetrated the shotcrete.
Quantum Chemical is a specialty coatings formulator and manufacturer involved in the containment, transportation, utility infrastructure and building construction/refurbishment industries with a keen focus on fire retardant and Zero VOC products.
For additional information about PRECIDIUIM™ 150D-FR, please be sure to visit us at https:www.quantumchemical.com/precidium-secondary-containment.
Above: Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal. Right: Application of spray-applied polyurea.
Article Photos: Courtesy of Layfield Geosynthetics
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