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- 01 Jan 01
Spotlight Academia: Evaluating the safety of monolithic toughened glass as an infill panel in a balustrade
For 15 years, CWCT guidance for glazed balustrades has been to use laminated safety glass capable of providing containment. This guidance has been widely followed. The introduction of the ‘ban’ on combustible materials in certain buildings prohibits the use of laminated glass as a balustrade, with the risk that designers will instead turn to monolithic toughened glass, which does not provide containment when broken.