Guilford Technical Community College Emergency Services Training Facility, Burn Building

The burn building is designed for Class A combustible burns with burn shields directly above the burn pads to protect the concrete ceiling slabs from spalding due to the heat. The structural floor is protected at each burn area by a sloped topping slab and fire brick. The facility is also designed so a sloped residential style roof can be added to practice residential roof venting. Stewart Cooper Newell also provided master planning services for this facility. This was Phase I of a three phase project, phased to meet the owner's capital outlay schedule.