Gent

National test standard

NBN 713.020 + addenda: Beveiliging tegen brand - Gedrag bij brand bij bouwmaterialen en bouwelementen - Weerstand tegen brand van bouwelementen

European test standards

General

EN 1363: Fire resistance tests - Part 1: General requirements
EN 1363: Fire resistance tests - Part 2: Alternative and additional procedures

Non-loadbearing elements

EN 1364: Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements - Part 1: Walls
EN 1364: Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements - Part 2: Ceilings
EN 1364: Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements - Part 4: Curtain walling - Part configuration

Loadbearing elements

EN 1365: Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 1: Walls
EN 1365: Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 2: Floors and roofs
EN 1365: Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 3: Beams
EN 1365: Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 4: Columns

Doors & shutters

EN 1634: Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies and openable window assemblies and elements of building hardware - Part 1: Fire resistance tests for door and shutter assemblies and openable windows
EN 1634: Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door, shutter and openable window assemblies and elements of building hardware - Part 2: Fire resistance characterization test for elements of building hardware

Protection of structures

CEN/TS 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 1: Horizontal protective membranes
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 2: Vertical protective membranes
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 3: Applied protection to concrete members
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 4: Applied protection to steel members
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 5: Applied protection to concrete/profiled sheet steel composite members
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 6: Applied protection to concrete filled hollow steel columns
ENV 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 7: Applied protection to timber members
prEN 13381: Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members - Part 8: Applied reactive protection to steel members

Lift landing doors

EN 81-58: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Examination and tests - Part 58: Landing doors fire resistance test

Service installation

EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 1: Ducts
EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 2: Fire dampers
EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 3: Penetration seals
EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 4: Linear joint seals
EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 6: Raised access and hollow core floors
EN 1366: Fire resistance tests for service installations - Part 7: Conveyor systems and their closures

Classification standards

EN 13501-2 + A1: Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 2: Classification using data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services
EN 13501-3 + A1: Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 3: Classification using data from fire resistance tests on products and elements used in building service installations: fire resisting ducts and fire dampers

Ventilation systems

EN 1751: Ventilation for buildings - Air terminal devices - Aerodynamic testing of dampers and valves

International test standard

IMO Res. A.754 (18): Recommendation on fire resistance tests for "A", "B" and "F" class divisions (decks, bulkheads, pipe penetrations and cable transits)

By car:

WFRGent nv is located near the motorway-junction E17 - E40.

E17 from Kortrijk:
take exit No. 9, UZ Gent. Turn left at the end of the exit. Take the small road next to EASTMAN (on your left-hand side) and continue the road until the end.

E17 from Antwerp:
take exit No. 9, UZ Gent. Turn left at the end of the exit and go over the bridge just across the traffic lights. Take the small road next to EASTMAN (on your left-hand side) and continue the road until the end.

Please bear in mind that there will be a lot of road works on the ring around Ghent (R4) until 2014.

For more information and the current situation: http://www.r4verbindt.be.

By train:

Take a train to the station Gent Sint-Pieters. At the station, take bus No. 65 or 67 "Gent Arteveldepark" at platform 12. Get off the bus just beyond the Holiday Inn (bus stop: Proeftuinstraat), cross the street and take the small road next to EASTMAN and continue the road until the end.
Alternative: take a taxi at the train station (± 9 euros).

By plane:

Brussels National Airport (Zaventem):
take the direct train - or the train with a change at one of the three stations in Brussels (Noord, Centraal of Zuid) form Brussels National Airport (level -1) to Gent Sint-Pieters (± 1 hour).

Attention: the trains do not have Gent Sint-Pieters as terminus (see SNCB website).

Brussels South Charleroi Airport:
take the train with change in Brussels-Zuid to Gent Sint-Pieters (± 1,5 hours). Attention: the trains do not have Gent Sint-Pieters as terminus (see SNCB website).

Delivery of goods / test specimens:

Deliveries from 8h till 11h45 and 13h till 16h after signing in at the reception.

Opening hours for mounting test specimens:

From 8h till 17h after signing in at the reception.