Free reference tools for architects, estimators and specifiers working with GRC, FRP and GRG facade panels. Every default is stated, every source is named, and each tool links to the relevant entries in the Fibre Reinforced Facade Encyclopedia.
Pick two jurisdictions and compare their cladding fire test regimes side by side: the non-combustibility test, reaction-to-fire classification, internal lining grade, full-scale facade test and fire resistance test.
Three quick checks for early design: what a facade will weigh and what it takes to lift it, what it costs in embodied carbon, and what the fixings and rails have to carry.
ShapeShell-RC and ShapeShell-RT test results, with the laboratories named, are on the material fire rating page. Corrections and suggestions for new tools are welcome: contact the technical team.
