11. October 2022
Large-scale fire tests should bring clarity – prefabricated building construction is being further researched in North Rhine-Westphalia
The Ministry for Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia is funding a project on innovative building by the Center Building and Infrastructure Engineering of RWTH Aachen Campus. This includes a series of large-scale fire tests of entire prefabricated buildings, which will be carried out at the Fire Testing Centre Erwitte of the Materials Testing Office of North Rhine-Westphalia (MPA NRW).
Erwitte, 11th October 2022 – Today, the Center Building and Infrastructure Engineering (CBI) starts the first of six planned large-scale fire tests on entire prefabricated building constructions under standardized fire loads at the Materials Testing Office of North Rhine-Westphalia at the fire testing center in Erwitte. The aim of the series of tests, which are funded with 350,000 € by the Ministry for Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, is to gain further knowledge about the fire resistance of modular building constructions. With the tests, CBI would like to contribute to further strengthening prefabricated construction not only in North Rhine-Westphalia but throughout Germany and to streamlining planning and approval processes in the future. CBI of the Construction Cluster on RWTH Aachen Campus has already been investigating the topic of modular building since 2019. In addition to numerous representatives from science and industry, Ina Scharrenbach, Minister for Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, is also on site and will personally get an idea of the trials.
Additional information
Thomas Krause-Czeranka (MPA NRW), Jörg Blöming (Member of State Parliament District Soest), Ina Scharrenbach (Minister for Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of NRW), Dr. Carl Richter (CBI) and Hendrik Henneböhl (Mayor of Erwitte) at the Materials Testing Office NRW
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Minister Ina Scharrenbach got a personal impression of the large-scale fire tests on site and started the test
Copyright: Mirko Klute/MPA NRW
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