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Building Guards: Field and Laboratory Testing – Free webinar on Sept 20th with UL



Join our friends at UL for a FREE webinar on September 20th for Fenestration Canada Members!


Speaker:

Robert Jutras P.Eng., principal engineer, Building Envelope Performance, UL Solutions


September 20, 2022

2:00pm to 3:00 EDT



Learn about the new CSA A500 standard for the design, construction and installation of building guardrails and discover how laboratory and field testing is conducted.


This interactive question and answer webinar will familiarize you with the new CSA A500 standard for building guards, which governs the design, construction and installation of building guardrails.


Experts will help you clarify the details of this new standard and help you better understand how the various compliance tests are conducted, both in the laboratory and on-site. During the webinar, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to the CSA A500 standard

  • Laboratory performance tests

  • Different types of loading and measured deflection.

  • Impact and retention after breakage.

  • Penetration cone.

  • Marking

  • In situ performance tests

  • Different types of loading and measured deflection.

Objectives:

Understand the scope of the CSA A500 standard.

Present the various test criteria required to evaluate compliance with the standard.





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