Welcome to the Norwegian BMB
The Norwegian Masonry and Concrete Fire Protection Association – BMB The Norwegian Masonry and Concrete Fire Protection Association is an association that joins most of the Norwegian concrete- and masonry industry to work towards common goals. BMB was establsihed in 1981, and has as a superior goal to initiate to research and to spread information concerning the advantages of masonry and concrete in fire protection applications.
The owners of BMB are:
• Norcem AS
• Optiroc AS
• FABEKO – The Norwegian Ready Mixed Concrete Association
• The Norwegian Masonry Institute
• The Norwegian Precast Concrete Association
The address of BMB is:
PO Box 2916 Solli
N-0230 Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 23 28 25 16
Fax: +47 23 28 25 01
e-mail: post@brannmurbetong.no
Home page: www.brannmurbetong.no
BMB has used much effort to focus on the problems in Norway connected to the spread of fire in terraced houses built in timber frame structures. In these matters BMB has used untraditional ways of spreading information, through press releases and aggressive use of mass media.
In 1998 BMB published a construction manual aimed at architects and consulting engineers, as a practical tool for the design of fire safe buildings in masonry and concrete, related to the new Norwegian building regulations.
In 2003 the very popular brochure “Sjekk Brannveggen” (Check the fire wall) was updated according to new requirements concerning existing and new buildings. The work was sponsored by building authorities and insurance companies.
The main object in 2004 is to focus on fire safety in high rise domestic buildings. The reason for this is a very massive R & D and marketing campaign from Scandinavian timber industry, promoting timber frame structures in buildings until 8 storeys high.
BMB is looking for collaboration and exchange of experiences from similar organizations in other countries. If you as a reader of this message have some information in this connection, please contact us at post@brannmurbetong.no.
Oslo July 2004
Bjørn Vik
Managing director