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What are the benefits of continuous ceilings?
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Acoustics
Field Painting
Fire Performance
Seismic
Product Selection
Clean Room
Indoor Air Quality
Mold & Mildew
Cleaning
Installation
Continuous Ceilings
vs. Exposed Structure
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Costs |
- Budgets for continuous ceilings are very stable
- Exposed structure ceilings cost more than what’s typically budgeted given the aesthetic and plenum organizational requirements
for HVAC and lighting
- Our Excel cost calculator can be used to look at considerations your customer may not be aware of
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| Safety |
- A continuous ceiling provides added fire protection that allows sprinklers and smoke detectors to activate faster, providing
added escape time for occupant evacuation
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| Acoustics |
- Continuous ceilings increase speech intelligibility and speech privacy
- The wrong ceiling product selection can have a major impact on speech intelligibility and privacy
- There are low cost solutions to acoustical & design challenges for existing exposed structure spaces
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| Energy |
- Continuous ceilings typically consume less energy
- Lighting and heating/cooling in continuous ceilings require less maintenance and deliver consistent performance
- Ceiling product selection can have a major impact on lighting and energy costs
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