Fire Safety

A guide to four critical questions to answer when one-hour fire-rated containment is required for an occupied renovation project.   Short on time? Download our tipsheet.

When STARC Systems launched its first product in 2014, we brought to life the industry’s most innovative, durable temporary dust barrier and containment system – RealWall™. It was an exciting time because we knew we were onto something. LiteBarrier™, our reusable modular wall system, quickly followed suit. It impressed ...

FireblockWallTM stops fires, installs 4 times faster than drywall, and has superior noise-blocking—solving some of the biggest temporary containment challenges for contractors and facility managers working in occupied healthcare environments. 

Spend a little time talking with our Vice President of Product Development, Bruce Bickford, and you’ll quickly realize just how deeply ingrained safety is into our design program. Keeping patients and staff safe during an occupied renovation is at the core of our mission. The pandemic certainly heightened infection prevention ...

When conducting an occupied renovation in a hospital, a one-hour fire-rated temporary construction wall is often required by national or regional jurisdictions, particularly when a working sprinkler system is not in place. Requirements and testing specifications can vary by state, city, hospital and even by project - and can ...

We recently surveyed our customers and email subscribers about safety during hospital renovation and maintenance projects. Our survey asked respondents to describe which safety issues they feel are most commonly overlooked before and directly after a project starts; which safety concerns keep them up at night - and for one ...