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OCTOBER 2018 | 15 PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY ARMTEC; TECH-CRETE PROCESSORS LTD. Insulation The second issue is the demand for fire separation in buildings, driven by the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 72 people in 2017. "That tragedy is having enormous ramifications for fire prevention around the world, and our fire- rated Rockwall wall panels are used extensively in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors, both as exterior cladding, interior partitions, as mezza- nine fire separations, and in many other applications," says Rogers. With production facilities and offices in every region of Canada, Armtec is a leading infrastructure solution provider, and its provision of insulation solutions enables the company to live up to its mandate of delivering environmental and economic benefits for a rapidly changing world. Specifically, the insulation of Armtec's Insulated Architectural Precast Panel is sandwiched between the reinforced/prestressed precast wythes; and while this fulfills energy efficiency objectives of a building envelope design and facilitates rapid construction, Armtec provides a selection of patterns, surface treatments, textures, and colour choices so that the panels can contribute to the building proj- ect reflecting the corporate identity of the end user. Armtec's exterior insulated load bearing walls consist of three key attributes: the exterior architectural finish; the building envelope; and the interior wythe that makes up the structural integrity of the building. The walls can be designed to meet building energy code prescriptively or by energy modelling, and they accommodate accelerated construction schedules because their installation replaces three different trades. In fact, "ease of installation" is becoming the magic phrase every contractor wants to hear as fast-track projects have shifted from being the exception in the Canadian construction industry to the rule. Accordingly, one of the many benefits of the CTI and SRI insulated roof panels from Tech-Crete Processors Ltd. is that they can be installed in any weather, with moderately skilled labour. CTI and SRI roof panels are pre-finished exterior insulated roof panels intended for use in commercial, industrial, and institutional new and retro- fit applications. They consist of Styrofoam brand foam insulation with a factory applied nine-millimetre thick latex modified concrete topping. The panel size is 610 millimetres by 1,220 millimetres with a tongue and groove profile. The SRI roof panels offer superior insulation, membrane protection, and solar reflectivity in one easy step, the white concrete topping maintains its solar reflec- tivity throughout its entire thickness, there is no reflective coating to maintain or reapply (a light pressure wash will rejuvenate the solar reflectivity). As for the CTI panels, which are intended for protected membrane roof assemblies, the Styrofoam brand extruded polystyrene insulation has proven durability and out- standing moisture-resistant qualities, providing excellent long-term R-values. Installation of SRI insulated roof panels. Texture Total insulated, structural, architectural wall panel. SUPERIOR INSULATION. COMPLETE SOLUTION. S O P R E M A . C A 1 . 8 7 7 . M A M M O U T H ROOFS WALLS FOUNDATIONS PARKING DECKS BRIDGES ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE WATERPROOFING INSULATION VEGETATIVE SOLUTIONS ACCESSORY PRODUCTS SOUNDPROOFING