2024 Editions of GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound
Control Design Manual
and GA-216 Application and Finishing of
Gypsum Panel Products Available
SILVER
SPRING, Md., July 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gypsum Association (GA) is
pleased to announce new editions of the Association's
code-referenced publications GA-600-2024 Fire Resistance
and Sound Control Design Manual and
GA-216-2024 Application and Finishing of Gypsum Panel
Products. Revised and released every three years, in
alignment with the building code cycle, work on these publications
is undertaken by GA technical staff and members of the Building
Code and Technical Committee (BCTC), which is comprised of
representatives from each of the Association's member
companies.
Long considered the best organized and most accessible of the
available fire design manuals, GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound
Control Design Manual is referenced by
the International Building Code, and The
National Fire Codes. Many state and local jurisdictions in
the United States and Canada rely on GA-600 as a source document for
fire-resistant and sound-control rated designs. The 2024 edition of
GA-600 contains nearly 800 systems rated for fire and sound and
more than 65 of these systems are new to the manual.
While GA-600 is the Association's flagship publication, GA-216
Application and Finishing of Gypsum Panel Products is
colloquially known as the "Drywall Hanger's Bible." GA-216-2024
provides detailed information about hanging interior gypsum panels
of every type and under a variety of circumstances commonly
encountered in the field. Where other GA publications provide
greater detail or clarity on the issue, GA-216 directs readers to
those publications.
The GA partnered with The ATP Group, Inc., to produce the
publications. All GA technical documents, including more than 30
free publications are available at gypsum.org. As codes, design
expectations, and construction practices change, the Gypsum
Association and its member companies are dedicated to increasing
the design and technical solutions available to the A/E/C
community.
The Gypsum Association is in its 94th year of service
as the technical, promotion, and information center of the gypsum
industry. Representing companies located throughout the United States and Canada, the Association is based in
Silver Spring, MD.
View original
content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gypsum-association-releases-revised-code-referenced-publications-302210022.html
SOURCE Gypsum Association