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GTL-81-3

EXTERNAL FIREPROOFING OF EQUIPMENT SUPPORTS AND

STRUCTURES

REVISION REV A REV 01 REV 02 REV

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DATE Oct 01 Feb 02
ORIG.BY RC RC
APP.BY (PEM) JB JB
APP.BY (PD) DKM DKM
APP.BY (Owner)

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Contents

1 PURPOSE 3
2 SCOPE 3
3 REFERENCES 3
3.1 Engineering Standards 3
4 RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRECEDENCE 3
4.1 Responsibilities 3
4.2 Precedence 3
5 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 4
5.1 General 4
5.2 Extent of Fireproofing 4
6 FIREPROOFING SYSTEMS 5
6.1 General 5
7 MATERIALS 5
7.1 General 5
7.2 Material Storage 6
8 APPLICATION 6
8.1 General 6
9 QUALITY CONTROL AND INSPECTION 7
9.1 General 7

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1 PURPOSE
This Engineering Standard specifies the requirements for external fireproofing of
equipment supports and steel structures.

2 SCOPE
The scope of this is Engineering Standard covers the external fireproofing of
equipment supports and steel structures within fire hazard areas to minimise the
possibility of collapse of steelwork supporting equipment and piping containing
flammable or toxic materials, the release from which would add materially to the
intensity of a fire and to the problems and hazards of fire fighting and personal
injury.

This Engineering Standard shall also cover structures in warehouses but does not
cover fireproofing systems designed for interior use or for architecturally designed
buildings.

3 REFERENCES

3.1 Owner Engineering Standards

GTL-05-3 Classification of Hazardous Chemicals
GTL-43-5 Concrete Fire Protection
GTL-81-1 Protective Coatings
GTL-84-6 Submission of Fabrication Procedures for
Review
3.2 Miscellaneous Standards
NFPA Code #30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
BS 476 Part 21 Methods of Determination of the Fire
Resistance of Load-bearing Elements of
Construction

4 RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRECEDENCE

4.1 Responsibilities

4.1.1 Contractor shall ensure that the requirements specified herein are incorporated
into any procurement specifications, material or sub-contract requisitions and/or
other purchase documentation produced by, or on behalf of, Contractor.

4.2 Precedence

4.2.1 Any conflict between this Engineering Standard, other Owner documentation,
industry codes and standards and local regulations shall be referred to Owner for
clarification prior to proceeding.

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4.2.2 Any deviations to the requirements of this Engineering Standard shall be subject
to Owner review and approval before proceeding.

5 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

5.1 General

5.1.1 Contractor shall review and specify additional fireproofing of selected equipment
in order to satisfy requirements for emergency relief capacity.

5.1.2 No extension of fireproofing shall be made with the object of reducing the time
required to bring a unit back on stream after a fire.

5.1.3 Contractor’s detailed specification shall provide a 2½-hour hydrocarbon fire rating
in accordance with BS 476, Pt. 21.

5.1.4 Towers, vessels, heat exchangers, drums, tanks, pumps and fired heaters and
other equipment containing hydrocarbon or other flammable or combustible liquid
or vapours shall be considered as fire potential equipment. Classification of
flammable and combustible liquids and vapours shall be in accordance with the
NFPA Code # 30 and GTL-05-3. Contractor shall develop “fire hazardous area”
drawings based on the equipment layout taking into account the “fire potential
equipment”. Fire hazardous areas shall be determined by the likelihood of:
• A “pool fire” resulting from accumulation of hydrocarbon liquid.
• Flame impingement resulting from flange or other leak source in gas service.
5.2 Extent of Fireproofing

5.2.1 Steel structures supporting fire potential equipment in fire hazardous areas shall
be fireproofed up to the beams transmitting the equipment load to the support
structure. These steel structures shall include all stanchions, equipment
supporting beams and also all structural members that reduce the effective
buckling length of stanchions. Wind bracing shall not be considered as structural
steel requiring fireproofing.

5.2.2 Structural steel elements supporting non-fire potential equipment in a fire

hazardous area shall be fire proofed only if the following conditions exist:
• The equipment is essential for controlled shutdown of the plant
• Failure of the equipment would damage fire potential equipment or other
equipment essential to controlled shutdown of the plant
5.2.3 When applicable, fireproofing shall extend to 10m above and 6m horizontally from
the edge of the expected pool fire and/or gas leak source.

5.2.4 Steel structures supporting air-cooled heat exchangers shall be fireproofed from
grade or elevated level, up to and including the supports to the tube bundle(s).

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5.2.5 In fire hazardous areas, pipe rack and interconnecting pipeway bents that support
piping only, shall be fireproofed from their bases up to the first level including the
pipe support beam, leaving the upper most surface of the top flange bare.

5.2.6 Steel saddle supports for vessels, drums and exchangers shall be fireproofed
when they exceed 300mm in height measured at the lowest support point.

5.2.7 In fire hazardous areas, vessel support skirts 1220mm outside diameter and
greater shall be fireproofed over both internal and external surfaces. Skirts of
lesser diameters need not be internally fireproofed providing the skirt rests on a
concrete pedestal constructed as a solid base and the skirt is provided with a
single opening no larger than 500mm equivalent diameter.

5.2.8 Extent of fireproofing on vessel skirts shall be as follows:

• On insulated vessels, fireproofing shall extend from the foundation up to the
insulation
• On non-insulated vessels, fireproofing shall extend form the foundation to the
top of the skirt
5.2.9 Legs, lugs and brackets supporting vessels and exchangers in fire hazardous
areas shall be completely fireproofed.

5.2.10 Vessel anchor bolts shall be completely fireproofed in a manner that allows
access to the anchor bolts and securing nuts.

5.2.11 Anchor bolts for structural steel shall be completely fireproofed.

5.2.12 Main structural members and bracing supporting fired heaters shall be fireproofed
from the column base to the floor level, including all horizontal supports at floor
level.

6 FIREPROOFING SYSTEMS

6.1 General

6.1.1 Fireproofing systems shall be selected to satisfy specific requirements from the
materials listed in Table 1 and further defined in Section 7.

6.1.2 Thicknesses as quoted shall be regarded as a minimum requirement to obtain a

2½-hour hydrocarbon fire rating from a fire test in accordance with BS 476, Pt. 21.

7 MATERIALS

7.1 General

7.1.1 The use of fireproofing materials containing asbestos in any form is not permitted.

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7.1.2 Cementitious materials mixed to form concrete, gunite and vermiculite cement
shall be as specified in GTL-43-5.

7.1.3 Sprayed intumescent mastic shall consist of a two-pack epoxy composite material
with insoluble blowing agent and inorganic fibre reinforcement.

7.1.4 Heat subliming mastic shall consist of subliming compounds, water suspending
agents, fillers, intumescents, inert fibres and emulsifiers to give a ready mixed
mastic compound.

7.1.5 Mechanical fixings and reinforcement materials and requirements for sprayed
intumescant and heat subliming mastic, shall be in accordance with
manufacturer’s recommendations.

7.2 Material Storage

7.2.1 Storage of fire protection materials at the site of usage shall be the responsibility
of the Contractor and the storage planning shall take into account the
geographical and meteorological conditions and make provisions for any
abnormality, such as temperature fluctuation.

7.2.2 Contractor shall advise the fire protection material manufacturer of the intended
storage conditions. Recommendations received in reply from the manufacturer
shall be taken into account in storage arrangements.

7.2.3 Records of fire protection materials batch numbers, together with date of receipt
of each batch, shall be kept by the material applicator, in order that a sequence of
storage can be arranged to ensure material is issued from store in the same
sequence as received at the application venue. Owner reserves the right to
inspect these records and check the issuing organisation at any time.

7.2.4 Storage shall take into account, and provide for, governing local safety
regulations. The disposal of waste and empty containers shall be subject to
regulations laid down by Contractor before the commencement of material
deliveries. Empty and/or partially empty containers shall be collected and
disposed of in accordance with the regulations.

8 APPLICATION

8.1 General

8.1.1 Surfaces to be fireproofed shall be clean, dry and free from loose scale.
Contractor shall ensure that all loosely adhering scale and dirt shall be removed
prior to applying fireproofing material.

8.1.2 The specified protective paint and coating systems, in accordance with GTL-81-1
shall be in an acceptable state of repair prior to the application of fireproofing
material.

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8.1.3 Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that ambient temperature and
humidity conditions at the time of application are within material manufacturer's
specified requirements.

8.1.4 Contractor shall ensure that surfaces adjacent to those requiring fireproofing are
protected by tarpaulin or equivalent screening to shield them from overspray or
spatter.

8.1.5 The selected fireproofing system shall be installed after steel structures are in
place but prior to piping, equipment and similar plant installation. Contractor shall
ensure that other construction operations shall be restricted until fireproofing
material is dry enough or sufficiently cured to avoid mechanical damage.

8.1.6 At positions where fireproofing terminates and steel members continue without
fireproofing, water shedding and sealing arrangements shall be installed by
Contractor.

8.1.7 Contractor shall ensure that mastic fireproofing systems are spray applied by
specialist applicators, employing operators fully trained and qualified by prior
experience. Contractor shall submit evidence of operators training, qualification
and experience for Owner review. Contractor shall ensure that the fireproofing
material is applied in strict accordance with the material manufacturer’s
application instructions and all recommended spraying equipment and nozzles.

9 QUALITY CONTROL AND INSPECTION

9.1 General

9.1.1 Contractor shall ensure that all aspects of fireproofing are adequately controlled
throughout all phases of manufacture and application including workmanship,
mixing, surface finish and applied thicknesses.

9.1.2 During application, Contractor shall perform frequent random thickness

measurements of all coverings and coatings to assure adequate applied
thicknesses. The final thicknesses shall be measured using an approved
thickness gauge, dependent upon the nature of fireproofing material, following a
minimum 48 hours curing and drying time.

9.1.3 The fireproofing application shall be subject to rejection if the average thickness
over the whole application is less than the nominal thickness required by design
or any individual thickness measurement is shown to be less than 95 per cent of
the required nominal thickness.

9.1.4 Procedures for fireproofing, providing detail of materials, reinforcement fixing,

application, testing and inspection, shall be submitted for review and approval by
Owner prior to work start.

9.1.5 Procedures for fireproofing shall be submitted for Contractor review in accordance
with GTL-84-6.

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9.1.6 All work shall be subject to inspection by Contractor.

Table 1: Fireproofing Systems

2
Minimum Mass (kg/cm )
Thickness (mm)
System Material
Cementitious Cement – gunned(1)
50 115-125

Cement - poured 50 115-125

(3) (4)
Vermiculite cement - sprayed
Mastic
Intumescent coating – sprayed(2) (3) (4)

(2) (3) (4)

Heat sublimating mastic – sprayed
Notes: 1. Includes gunite, sprayed concrete and any other form of concrete applied by pneumatic
pressure
2. Requires mechanical and weatherproofing protection where applied in outdoor situations
3. Minimum thickness shall be confirmed by the material manufacturer based on the
requirements of paragraph 6.1.2
4. To be confirmed by the material manufacturer

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