All Guns Aren’t Blazing as A1S Group Wins Fire Curtain Package for London’s Imperial War Museum.

All Guns Aren’t Blazing as A1S Group Wins Fire Curtain Package for London’s Imperial War Museum.

A combination of compliance and price has helped the A1S Group win the fire curtain package for the Imperial War Museum’s new creative hub annex. The main contractor Reds 10 selected A1S after a careful review of compliant submissions.

The requirement was for a fire curtain to BS 8524, specifically with third party accreditation by an external UKAS accreditation body (in this case IFC) and the Flameshield 8524 fire curtain was selected because of its ability to meet the required EW 60 classification of 120 minutes integrity performance and 85 minutes radiation at 15kw/m2. Careful analysis of the required BS 8524 annex testing, particularly C1 class Annex D durability testing, again satisfied the client that the A1s submission was the clear choice.

Winning this prestigious contract is another important contribution to the A1S group’s impressive portfolio of active fire barriers within museum and gallery building structures. Recent successes include, the National Archive, the British Postal Museum, the British Vehicle Museum and necessary replacement works for existing non-compliant fire curtains at Liverpool Museum.