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Computing (Commercial Software Systems)
IFC's fire engineers are among the most computer literate
in the industry. IFC maintain the development of IT solutions as a maximum
priority item, both for use within the practice itself and as a vehicle to
enable the most effective uptake of our consultancy in the field.
IFC software is written by engineers for engineers. It's
therefore understandable, easy to use and hits the mark. Defining the scope
for a software system is a much easier task for our clients as we understand
their technology and all the relevant issues. This gives the client confidence
in the knowledge that the product they get is the one that they want within
the budget which was quoted.
A range of in-house software has been developed by IFC to
help evaluate the implications of fire within buildings. The programs have
been developed to take the guesswork out of many aspects of fire protection.
FIREWISE Software range currently consists of:
• International Fire Consultants Computerised Assessment of Doorsets (IFCCAD)
IFCCAD is structured around a database
which contains the IFCCAD users' own fire resistance test data. IFC
customise each client's IFCCAD package based on their particular door
construction types and the scope of their test evidence.
Based on a set of Fire Resistance tests, IFCCAD
analyses this data to provide a basis of approval for bespoke doorsets
which differ in one or more ways from those which were tested. The
variation may be in terms of door size, configuration (i.e mode of
action), ironmongery type, intumescent specification, glazing or
door thickness, etc. For joinery doors IFCCAD is also able to analyse
differences in timber type.
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IFCCAD gives the user the ability to provide underwritten
approval documentation in-house. IFCCAD produces figures & a text
report which together form a valid assessment document to BS476:Part
22: 1987.
By providing a means by which clients' enquiries
can be quickly checked out, IFCCAD gives the specifier the ability
to rapidly & confidently quote for contracts against a consistent
set of limiting parameters. As additional test are undertaken & added
to the system the scope of application available from the system
is revised.
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• Temperature Development and Distortion Prediction
Model (TDDPM2)
Has been customised using Rapp Marine
Group fire test data. IFC TDDPM is a
user-friendly computer program designed to enable the rapid evaluation
of the fire performance of layered steel door assemblies under BS 476
fire test conditions.
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IFC TDDPM is capable of displaying the unexposed face temperatures
as well as the steel door temperature profile & mechanical response
or “Bow”.
Outputs include:
• Door construction summary
• Client/Customer/Project Details
• The unexposed face temperatures displayed in 1 minute intervals
• The Steel door temperature profile in a graph & tabular formats
• The mechanical response or “Bow” in millimetres for the exposed & the
unexposed face displayed in 5 minute intervals |
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