Fire Resistance Tests of Building Products and Systems

The CSI Fire Resistance Laboratory classifies the fire resistance of numerous construction systems, load-bearing and non-load-bearing, compartmentalization but also without the partition function, of the premises subject to fire prevention regulations.

CSI is a laboratory authorized by the Ministry of Interior , according to the Ministerial Decree 16.2.2007 and is also an accredited laboratory (unique in Italy, in many cases) by the national accreditation body, Accredia, for the classification of fire resistance of load-bearing elements, separating and not, both horizontal (attics) and vertical (masonry), in the civil and industrial building sector.

CSI carries out tests and classifies fire resistance according to national regulations since 1988, it was the first laboratory in Italy to perform tests and issue classifications, according to the new European standards, in the context of the experimental verification of fire resistance based on Decree of the Ministry of Interior of February 16, 2007.

CSI boasts almost thirty years of experience in the experimental verification of fire resistance, in particular for the most common dividing systems (masonry walls of blocks, light walls) or floors of the most different types (mixed steel and concrete, predalle, floors with lightening , in wood) and for special vertical load-bearing elements (wooden walls and mixed wood-slabs, walls in modular elements in reinforced concrete); to these standard services, CSI has added qualification services, the only body in Italy, for special systems (protective systems for structural elements according to the EN 13381 series standards), for service supply systems such as, for example, fire dampers, balconies and walkways or curtain walls.

In detail, CSI offers the testing and classification service for the following systems:

  • Fire doors (EN 1634-1)
  • Accessories for doors and windows (EN 1634-2)
  • Smoke control doors (EN 1634-3)
  • Masonry, block or prefabricated walls (EN 1365-1)
  • Floors (EN 1365-2)
  • Beams (EN 1365-3)
  • Balconies and walkways (EN 1365-5)
  • Stairs (EN 1365-6)
  • Masonry, block or prefabricated walls and light walls (EN 1364-1)
  • False ceilings (EN 1364-2)
  • Curtain walls in partial and complete configuration (EN 1364-3 e EN 1364-4)
  • Landing doors for lift (EN 81-58)
  • Protective membranes (EN 13381-1)
  • Protective systems, passive and reactive, for reinforced concrete structures (EN 13381-3)
  • Passive systems to protect structural steel elements (EN 13381-4)
  • Reactive systems (intumescent paints) to protect structural steel elements (EN 13381-8)
  • Fire dampers (EN 1366-2)
  • Sealing of crossings (EN 1366-3)
  • Linear joints (EN 1366-4)
  • Canalizations and walkways (EN 1366-5)
  • Raised floors (EN 1366-6)
  • Safety cabinets (EN 14470-1)
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