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Mighty Fire Breaker President, Steve Conboy, to Speak at the Advancing Mass Timber Construction Conference in Boston

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This week the Advancing Mass Timber Construction Conference will be held in Boston and feature Mighty Fire Breaker (MFB) President Steve Conboy who will speak on a variety of fire prevention and elimination topics including adding coating science to lower risk premiums, increased worker safety and to create a potential carbon trade.

Key Points: 
  • The Mass Timber movement primarily uses solid wood glued together to create long spans of up to 60 feet.
  • Steve Conboy is a former Truss Joist Technical Representative, and he sees this as the next evolution in building with wood.
  • Today's Mass Timber wood structures are supported by accredited engineering values that support ground movement and high wind loads.
  • During the Advancing Mass Timber Construction Conference, Cpnboy will address the risk reduction benefits of adding more science to raw mass timber and E119, and introduce MFB's patent-pending, risk reduction, safe chemistry value-add.

Freres Lumber Mass Plywood Panels Awarded Patents in U.S. and Canada; MPP Passes Fire Safety Standards

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Additionally, Freres Lumber received fire test results from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), verifying that MPP demonstrates the necessary life safety fire protection performance for single- and multi-family, and multi-story structures up to 18 stories high.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, Freres Lumber received fire test results from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), verifying that MPP demonstrates the necessary life safety fire protection performance for single- and multi-family, and multi-story structures up to 18 stories high.
  • MPP has met or exceeded multiple industry building and fire safety standards tests, including APA certification and SwRI fire safety performance evaluation.
  • "Freres Lumber has spent the last three years researching, developing and testing MPP, and our hard work has come to fruition with the patents being awarded and industry tests verifying the strength, safety and versatility of this product," said Tyler Freres, vice president for Freres Lumber.
  • During testing of the MPP panels for the E119 standard, test chamber temperatures reached in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius.