Certification & Building Regulations Certification & Building Regulations The Fusion system is fully certified by both the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in the UK and the Irish Agrément Board (IAB). When you choose Fusion you can be assured of reliable compliance with Building Regulations. Part A – Structure The wall connections and in particular the floor cassette design, which incorporates a ring beam, ensures comfortable compliance with Disproportionate Collapse design requirements – without the need for excessive additional fixings and straps. Fusion can easily accommodate disproportionate collapse design requirements using joist and deck, cassette panels or composite steel concrete deck. Part B – Fire All of the Fusion wall and floor components have been extensively tested with various combinations of plasterboard, to achieve ratings of between 30 minutes and 2 hours. The Neopor® contains a fire retardant and does not contribute to the spread of a fire. Part E – Acoustics The Fusion party wall/separating wall adopts the same principles for sound reduction as illustrated in the UK Robust Standard Detail (RSD) utilising the twin steel frames and provides excellent levels of sound attenuation between dwellings. Party floors can be created using a composite metal deck concrete slab or a steel joist floor system in conjunction with various floating floor build-ups – all of which have been proven in practice to comfortably exceed the onerous requirements of the UK Part E regulations. The Fusion system comfortably exceeds the Irish Technical Guidance Document E requirements in both airborne and impact sound. The average performance of Fusion’s Party Wall/separating wall is a minimum of 5 dB better than the current requirements. Our Technical specialists will provide advice on the options available to meet your specific requirements. Part F – Ventilation Being an engineered structure (albeit a very air-tight one), which has predictable performance by comparison with traditional building methods, the Fusion system is particularly suited to the use of mechanical ventilation systems – which become increasingly necessary as air-tightness values improve. Part L – Thermal (U-values & Air Tightness) A masonry clad wall constructed with the Fusion system will achieve a u-value of 0.21 W/m 2 K. Lightweight claddings will generally achieve values below 0.25 W/m 2 K. Elemental wall U-values of 0.12 W/m 2 K are achievable with the use of complimentary insulation products. A variety of measures can be used to achieve lower elemental wall U-values and advice is available from our Technical specialists. BPS 2020

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Certification & Building RegulationsCertification & Building Regulations

The Fusion system is fully certified by both the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in the UK and the Irish Agrément Board (IAB). When you choose Fusion you can be assured of reliable compliance with Building Regulations.

Part A – StructureThe wall connections and in particular the floor cassette design, which incorporates a ring beam, ensures comfortable compliance with Disproportionate Collapse design requirements – without the need for excessive additional fixings and straps.

Fusion can easily accommodate disproportionate collapse design requirements using joist and deck, cassette panels or composite steel concrete deck.

Part B – FireAll of the Fusion wall and floor components have been extensively tested with various combinations of plasterboard, to achieve ratings of between 30 minutes and 2 hours. The Neopor® contains a fire retardant and does not contribute to the spread of a fire.

Part E – AcousticsThe Fusion party wall/separating wall adopts the same principles for sound reduction as illustrated in the UK Robust Standard Detail (RSD) utilising the twin steel frames and provides excellent levels of sound attenuation between dwellings. Party floors can be created using a composite metal deck concrete slab or a steel joist floor system in conjunction with various floating floor build-ups – all of which have been proven in practice to comfortably exceed the onerous requirements of the UK Part E regulations.

The Fusion system comfortably exceeds the Irish Technical Guidance Document Erequirements in both airborne and impact sound. The average performance of Fusion’s Party Wall/separating wall is a minimum of 5 dB better than the current requirements.

Our Technical specialists will provide advice on the options available to meet your specific requirements.

Part F – VentilationBeing an engineered structure (albeit a very air-tight one), which has predictable performance by comparison with traditional building methods, the Fusion system is particularly suited to the use of mechanical ventilation systems – which become increasingly necessary as air-tightness values improve.

Part L – Thermal (U-values & Air Tightness)A masonry clad wall constructed with the Fusion system will achieve a u-value of 0.21 W/m2K. Lightweight claddings will generally achieve values below 0.25 W/m2K. Elemental wall U-values of 0.12 W/m2K are achievable with the use of complimentary insulation products. A variety of measures can be used to achieve lower elemental wall U-values and advice is available from our Technical specialists.

BPS 2020