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UMASS - Integrated Sciences Building

 

The University of Massachusetts’s state-of-the-art Integrated Sciences Building opened for classes in February 2009 and became the cornerstone of science education and research in the biological and biomedical sciences at UMass Amherst.

The $92 million building was designed by internationally respected and specialist high-technology architects Payette. The new facility encompasses 155,000 square feet and boasts laboratories, computer centers, a 300 seat auditorium, an 85 seat classroom, cafeteria and office space, plus an impressive atrium that spans all four floors.

The development is open, modern and flooded with natural lighting. It also features the very latest in building innovation and green technology: rainwater is reused, the heat exchanges and ventilation systems are super efficient, passive solar power is harnessed, and there is extensive use of materials like bamboo, which have great longevity and are eco-friendly.

So, when it came to designing the smoke extraction system the Fire Protection Engineers looked to Smoke & Fire to provide safety equipment that would satisfy the complex requirements of the building’s smoke and fire protection system.

In partnership with U.S. Smoke & Fire, BLE supplied and installed the UL-approved SD60 smoke curtain system tied into a Siemens control panel. This created a smoke and fire system that comfortably exceeded the National Fire Protection Association’s latest standard for smoke management systems in malls, atria and large spaces (NFPA92B).

The products supplied by BLE and U.S. Smoke & Fire impressed the UMass architects, engineers and fire officers because of their uncluttered yet highly effective design. Which, when fitted, did not detract from the simplicity and integrity of the building. For more information please download our Atrium Shield™ Application Note.

Why Choose Fire Protective Smoke Curtains for Your Open Floor Plan?
  • Rated as for 1 hour, 2 hours and 3 hour smoke and fire partition, barrier and opening protective.
  • Only a 7 inch by 7 inch housing for up to a 18 feet length with a 10 feet drop height.
  • Housings of 7 inch by 11 inches for lengths longer than 19 feet.
  • Typical 60 feet length curtain housing with 40 foot drop only 8 inches by 13 inches.
  • Accordion smoke and fire barrier systems makes turns and angles without posts and rails.
  • Gravity Fail Safe Deployment.
  • Fully Integrates with Fire Alarm System with optional building management system relay per UL 864.
  • Report holder for Elevator smoke containment and elevator lobby smoke containment per ICC AC-77.
  • Utilized to Rate Corridor in lieu of fire rated glass, washing glass In lieu of horizontal accordion doors and cross corridor area separation with pass through egress.
  • Enclose monumental stairways and secondary Egress paths makes fixed glass draft curtains a thing of the past.
  • Curtains with redundant forms of egress, pass through egress, rewind switches, two stage descents, delayed descents.
  • Curtains used for stages per NFPA 80 guidelines.
  • Restricts Atrium Volume as part of an Atrium Smoke Management System per IBC 909 and IBC 404.5 exception 3.
  • Provides Atrium Separation per IBC 404.5 Exception 6 back to 2 floor rule for removal of smoke management system.
  • Horizontal Curtains to separate two floors allows architects to design more open floor plans.
It's not just what we make,
it's what we make possible.
Dr Steven S. Sadeghian CEO, U.S. Smoke & Fire

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