CONSTRUCTION GLOBAL of implementing the use of an intumescent fire safety coating . Steel structures are becoming more common in Toronto , and need to be treated with this intumescent coating for better protection on the chance that a fire breaks out . Cervini has traveled to New York and other markets where this process is already taking place . While Cervini knows that it is only a matter of time before the coating becomes mandatory , he ’ s decided to take a proactive approach and become familiar with the method now so that he has “ time to learn it and run his business with it .”
The sole purpose of this special coating is to keep the fire and heat away from a steel beam long enough for people to have an opportunity to evacuate the building during a fire . Depending on the fire rating or particular code of a structure , a certain amount of coating thickness is used on the metal . If a fire were to take a place , the coating expands to four or five times the actual surface it ’ s covering and acts as a barrier to keep the beam from getting too hot and collapsing under pressure .
Cervini noted that , while this isn ’ t an “ aesthetically pleasing looking paint , it ’ s not meant for looks .” He did mention that in most cases the fire safety coating can be painted over with regular paint to better match the surroundings .
Painting Their Way to the Top Cervini Painting & Decorating Ltd . is recognized as a “ Top Specialty Contractor ” in Toronto , as the company has worked on the most high-rise condominium projects in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area over the last 20yrs — at one point in the last few years , Toronto had the most highirse projects in the world . “ We ’ ve never lost a project because of quality ,” said Cervini . “ If we ’ ve lost a project , it ’ s more for budgets and costs than anything .” The majority of the jobs that the company is working on at the moment and the vast amount of clients are those associated with high-rise buildings . “ We ’ ve been painted into being a high rise painter ,” Cervini quipped . However , the team does have lots of experience doing commercial work .
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