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SUMMARY:TALK POSTPONED: Structural Fire Resiliance - How we’re getting i
 t wrong\, and why - Professor Luke Bisby\, University of Edinburgh
DTSTART:20180524T230000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Structural designers are responsible - both ethically and in a
 ccordance with the Building Regulations - for ensuring that buildings "sha
 ll be designed and constructed so that\, in the event of fire\, (their) st
 ability will be maintained for a reasonable period.” However\, most stru
 ctural designers give little detailed thought to structural design for fir
 e safety - in contrast to other loading cases such as gravity\, wind\, sei
 smic\, etc. \n\nLuke’s talk will explore\, with examples\, two postulati
 ons to suggest that current structural fire engineering practice fails to 
 necessarily deliver fire-resilient buildings\, both because of the ongoing
  evolution of construction materials and design methods\, and because of a
  lack of awareness of fire safety issues amongst the majority of building 
 designers. \n\nThese postulations can be summarised as follows:\n1) Despit
 e the (apparent) success of the engineering community at mitigating struct
 ural collapses in fires\, we only very rarely explicitly consider the fire
  ‘resilience' of designs.\n2) Improper or unthinking application of ‘f
 ire resistance’ testing and ‘fire resistance’ ratings represents a s
 ignificant threat to the fire resilience of the built environment. \n\nThe
  talk will conclude by highlighting opportunities to address these shortco
 mings in the future.\n\nBrief Bio:\n\nProfessor Luke Bisby\, BEng MSc(Eng)
  PhD PEng(Ontario) CEng(IStructE) FIFireE FIStructE\n\nSchool of Engineeri
 ng\, The University of Edinburgh\n\nLuke is the Chair of Fire and Structur
 es within the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh\, where
  he was formerly Acting Director of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Enginee
 ring. He is a graduate of McGill and Queen’s Universities\, both in Cana
 da\, and author of more than 183 peer reviewed technical publications in a
 reas related to structural design for fire safety\, structural strengtheni
 ng and rehabilitation\, fire safety engineering\, and engineering educatio
 n. He is involved as an advisor or contributor to government\, technical b
 odies\, and building and fire code committees in the UK and internationall
 y. He is a chartered structural engineer and a fellow of the Institution o
 f Structural Engineers and the Institution of Fire Engineers.\n\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LT6
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