Dublin’s Aviva Stadium has been fitted with passive fire protection by Promat.
Promat Promatect-B reinforced calcium silicate board has been used in many partly-exposed areas of the stadium.
A combination of 9 mm thick Supalux and 9 mm thick Promatect-HD has been used to protect other areas of the building such as semi-exposed wall linings which might be subject to both direct rain and impact damage.
Promat Promatect HD is a dense compressed building board manufactured from an autoclaved mixture of Portland cement, organic fibres and selected mineral fillers.
“This is a very complex building with lots of semi exposed locations,” says Peter Keenan, Promat business manager for Ireland.
“As it was a rebuild project there were also numerous space limitations, and so being able to accommodate these by sourcing a variety of different fire protection products from a single specialist manufacturer was a significant advantage.“
The project saw the rebuilding of the famous Lansdowne Road Stadium – one of the oldest international rugby stadiums in the world – to create a modern new facility that can seat an audience of over 50,000 people.
