fischer increases passive fire protection at Istanbul Airport

Promoting mobility, tourism and the economy - these are the goals of Istanbul Airport, which will be the largest airport in the world when completed. Numerous fischer FireStop products were used to protect the lives of passengers and airport users as well as the infrastructure in the event of a fire breaking out.

After the first construction phase of Istanbul Airport was successfully completed from 2014 to 2018, the airport already handles around 90 million passengers per year. In five years, two runways, an air traffic control tower and a passenger terminal were built on an area of approximately 1.4 million m². When all construction phases are completed, the passenger capacity is expected to more than double to over 200 million. Six runways on a total construction area of about 76.5 million m² will enable passengers to be transported safely to their destinations.

The client is the joint venture iGA, which was established for the construction of the airport. The partnership comprises the companies Kalyon, Cengiz, Mapa and Limak, which operate in Turkey and globally across various sectors, including construction, energy, tourism, mining, and port and airport management. As a crucial safety measure for people, property and infrastructure, Istanbul airport is fully equipped with fischer FireStop passive fire protection solutions, which help to prevent the spread of fire, smoke and toxic gases in the event of a fire. Safety for use in Turkey is ensured by assessments according to European standards, such as the European Technical Assessment (ETA). The installation companies commissioned for the technical building equipment (MNG, EHA, Qubi, 3Gen, Redgon and many more) installed the easy-to-fit and highly effective products from the fischer range for passive fire protection in the terminal, tower and all other utility buildings at Istanbul Airport – all of which are constructed using reinforced concrete as a skeleton structure.

Object profile

Building area:

76.5 million m²

Building owner

Joint-Ventura iGA

Future passenger capacity:

200 million passengers per year

Object type:

Airport

The products installed to seal off the penetration openings include the FCPS panel system - a rock wool core coated with the ablative sealant FPC. The FCPS is designed to provide up to four hours of compartmentation and two hours of temperature resistance. In addition, there were 1-component, water-based acrylic emulsions. These include the fischer FiAM, which provides up to five hours of compartmentation by allowing the product to form a highly insulating barrier for fire sealing when exposed to fire. Also used was the intumescent 1-component compound FiGM, made of a graphite-based material that foams up under high pressure. Through intumescence, it expands up to 20 times its own volume when exposed to fire and hardens to form an elastic, flexible fire seal.

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fischer increases passive fire protection at Istanbul Airport

Object profile