Get education on fire retardant wood and earn CEUs at eUniversity
Learn about fire retardant wood, how it works and how to specify it with web courses on two different platforms offering Continuing Education Units, or CEUs.
The courses are now available on the AEC Daily and Architectural Record's Continuing Education Center. Both online education services offer contining education to architects, designers, specifiers, contractors and building product distributors.
Links to the courses are available on the Wood That Lasts eUniversity featuring online education on preservative- and fire-retardant-treated wood products. Visitors must complete a free registration on each respective platform to view or download the courses and receive CEUs.
The illustrated courses detail the history of fire retardant wood and how those products are used in construction today. They explain how fire retardants work to protect wood, the applications and types of fire retardants that are available and the factors that should be considered to ensure FR wood products are properly specified for code compliance.
At the end of each course, users can take a 10-question quiz to earn CEUs. The fire retardant wood course has qualified for CEUs from more than two dozen different organizations, including American Institute of Architects, National Assn. of Home Builders. and National Assn. of the Remodeling Industry.
Head to the campus and start earning those credits!
Discover why pressure treated retardants offer better protection
When it comes to protecting wood against fire, integrating fire retardants into the wood fiber offers more durable protection than surface coatings. The advantages of pressure treating compared to surface coatings are detailed in the new FireSpec sheet Fire Retardant Treating vs. Coatings.
The one-page guide explains the benefits of impregnating fire retardants by pressure treating into sawn lumber and plywood for protection, noting code requirements where paints, coatings and stains are not approved under the codes for fire protection. While some coating are promoted as the same as pressure treating, they can be damaged during construction or over time from moisture, handling or changes in the wood.
The FireSpec sheet provides guidance on identifying approved fire retardant wood, noting that color should not be the only indicator the wood has been pressure treated. The presence of a code-mandated quality mark is the best way to know the wood has the proper protection against fire.
Click here to review the FireSpec sheet.