Hotels are complex buildings with high occupancy loads and so a lot of different requirements when it comes to fire protection:

• Design the correct type of fire protection system,  in accordance with relevant legislation and standards.
• Design effective compartmentation to help preserve the stability of the building’s structure in the event of a fire and allow enough time for the safe evacuation of its occupants.
• Consider Budget, space and weight and time constraints.

Designing the correct type of Fire Protection for Hotels can have significant space, weight and cost savings. Our involvement with the Double Tree Hilton Project in Northbridge Western Australia has highlighted PROMATECT 100’s versatility as an internal fire wall system for Hotels.

PROMATECT® 100 was specified as 2-hour fire rated wall for an area of approximately 18,000 m2. The system only requires a single layer of PROMATECT® 100 on either side of the stud work.

The project architects relied on PROMATECT® 100 fire walls for the following reasons:

• Lighter than conventional double layer plasterboard systems
• Thinner overall walls, allowing for larger hotel rooms
• Structural steel protection approvals as well as fire wall approvals, allowing for one type of board for the whole project

The PROMATECT® 100 wall system was installed by WA Ceilings and Fit Out (WACAF). They ordered custom made sheets for the project, to reduce waste and cutting on site.
The team at WACAF installed the custom sized PROMATECT® 100 boards to a very high standard, quickly and efficiently as they were able to reduce the amount of cutting required on site.

PROMATECT® 100 provides excellent acoustic properties and was used to fit out the 17 level Hotel in Northbridge for all of the internal walls. Progressive Materials was involved in project specification, and site support during construction.
This project also featured the supply of our Promat System Floor for fire separation between levels, as well as a wide selection of fire stopping products from our range.