5. Safety, impact, spandrel height

There are numerous standards and texts on the subject of life-safety impacts in the building industry; one standard in particular concerns facades: NF P 08-302. Not to be confused with the double-tire test defined in product standard NF EN 13830, which characterizes facade strength and has nothing to do with personal safety.

5.1 Impact test, NF P 08 301

This standard defines the shock bodies to be used for the tests and the method :

hard body impact: a steel ball weighing 500 g (D 0.5) or 1 kg (D 1). This is, for example, what corresponds to a kick through a pane of glass;
impact of small soft bodies: spherical bag φ of 100 mm of 3 kg (M3). This is, for example, what corresponds...

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Standards and norms

Curtain wall design documents
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- Curtain walls, semi-curtain walls, panel façades – CLA – CGM – CCS – 1- Technical specifications – 2- General material selection criteria – 3- Special clauses – 4- Maintenance information appendix - DTU 33.1 P 28-002 indice 1 à 3 -
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Regulations

Article 111.15 of the French Construction and Housing Code.

Article 5 Circulaire du 13/12/1982 relative à la sécurité des personnes en cas de travaux de réhabilitation ou d'amélioration des bâtiments d'habitation existants.

DRT circular no. 95-07 of 14/4/1995 on workplaces. This text specifies, among other things, the need to use safety glass in doors, adjacent parts, lower...