RC120 SeptOct 2025 - Magazine - Page 36
CONSTRUCTION
GOING TO EXTREMES
Fire test validates new floor system’s performance
under extreme conditions
by Angela Gismondi
“It was an unprecedented opportunity for people such as
code officials, designers and fire officials to come and see
with their own eyes how the system performs in a fire.”
EllisDon’s Building and Materials Sciences team, with the help of its partners, successfully executed the largest fire
demonstration test in the organization’s history.
Angela Gismondi is a
journalist with over 20
years of experience. She
has spent the last eight
years writing content
for the Canadian
construction industry.
lLISDON RECENTLy set its Hybrid Timber Floor System
(HTFS) on 昀椀re to challenge assumptions and misconceptions about mass timber and demonstrate what is
possible with sustainable construction in the future.
In March, EllisDon’s Building and Materials
Sciences team, with the help of its partners,
successfully executed the largest 昀椀re demonstration test in
the organization’s history.
“It was an unprecedented opportunity for people such
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as code o昀케cials, designers and 昀椀re o昀케cials to come and
see with their own eyes how the system performs in a
昀椀re,” said Mark Gaglione, director, Building and Materials
Sciences at EllisDon, adding this was a unique event as the
industry doesn’t get very many opportunities to witness a
full-scale building product burn test.
The system demonstrated its ability to remain
structurally sound under extreme 昀椀re conditions.
“It’s our goal to really showcase the strength of mass
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