Acknowledgements
Author is grateful for the support and sponsorship of Hilti and
support from International Firestop Council (IFC). Their strength,
as well as their valuable input and guidance in the development of
this publication, are keys to the success of education in this
industry. The membership directory of the IFC can be found at
www.firestop.org/ifc-members.
The author would like to thank several people who have helped to
create this publication. Even though their names may not be listed
on the cover, there should be no doubt that this document would
not exist without their assistance and effort. First, Jayant Kumar,
Managing Director of Hilti India Pvt Ltd who had the original idea
for this book.
Grateful appreciation is due to a great number of people who
provided reviews and suggestions, and photos for this book. This
is a much better publication due to the efforts of these individuals
which includes Mark Johnson and Hamid Naderi from ICC, Paul
Langford, Markus Schneider, Edward Goldhammer, John Valiulis,
Sameer Sarin, Sandeep Arora, Ritika Rastogi, Loveleen Arora,
Remya Sadanandan, Deepanjan Sengupta, Priyadarshini Singh,
Rajshekar Patil, Dinesh Kumar, Tanya Manchanda from Hilti and
Disha Agarwal from Delhi College of Engineering.
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