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Closing the Gap: How Tested Party‑Wall / SFS Junctions Strengthen Fire Safety Assurance

In modern light‑steel framing, designers have long understood how individual wall systems perform under fire exposure. Through‑wall SFS systems are supported by decades of standardised testing, and gypsum‑based party‑wall systems have equally well‑defined datasets. What has been missing, however, is clear evidence of how these systems behave where they meet. The junction between a party … Read more

Cable Management launches new brochure at Data Centre World 2026

Metsec Cable Management will use Data Centre World to launch the latest version of its Cable Management brochure, a 172-page document which covers all aspects of the company’s products and services for the mechanical and electrical services industries. Metsec Cable Management is the only company to achieve accreditation to the BSI Kitemark for Cable Management, … Read more

New high performance zinc magnesium finish for cable management

Metsec Cable Management has introduced a new high performance Zinc Magnesium (ZM) finish to its ranges of cable tray, ladder and trunking systems as well as channel straights. The new finish broadens the finishes available to the company’s range of cable management products and complements the existing material finishes, which include Pre-Galvanised (PG), Hot Dip … Read more

Successful CCPI assessment for Metframe

voestalpine Metsec’s commitment to ensuring that product information is conveyed in a clear, unambiguous fashion has been further underlined with the addition of its Metframe pre-panelised framing solution to the company’s expanding list of products and systems which have been successfully assessed under the Code for Construction Products Information (CCPI). Introduced by the Construction Products … Read more

What is Through-Wall Design?

Assessing the suitability of a building system requires consideration of characteristics such as quality, versatility, sustainability and technical support, often meaning experience and judgement is needed to arrive at an informed decision. Where performance is concerned, however, the specifier will be able to assess a structural system’s ability to meet requirements for loadbearing capacity, acoustics, … Read more

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