(1) Fixing. – Service-pipes, cables and other service equipment may be embedded in the fire-resistant protection to, and construction of, columns and other structural members if –

a) After such equipment is fixed, such members still maintain the required fire-resistance rating and the thickness of fire-resistant protective covering, as laid down in Tables IV and V of the Second Schedule; and

b) The service equipment is so fixed that the required fire-resistance rating of the member concerned is not impaired by any subsequent maintenance or replacement of such equipment.

(2) Protection of fire-resistant protective covering. – Where the fire-resistant protective covering to columns and other structural members is exspoed to the risk of damage, as, for example, from vehicular traffic, or the handling of merchandise, such covering shall be protected by vertical guards or by wheel-guards or other approved means of protection