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SUMMARY:Structural Fire Resilience - How we’re getting it wrong\, and wh
 y - Professor Luke Bisby\, University of Edinburgh
DTSTART:20190128T150000Z
DTEND:20190128T160000Z
UID:TALK116593@talks.cam.ac.uk
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 postula
 tions to suggest that current structural fire engineering practice fails t
 o necessarily deliver fire-resilient buildings\, both because of the ongoi
 ng evolution of construction materials and design methods\, and because of
  a lack of awareness of fire safety issues amongst the majority of buildin
 g designers. \n \nThese postulations can be summarised as follows:\n1) De
 spite the (apparent) success of the engineering community at mitigating st
 ructural collapses in fires\, we only very rarely explicitly consider the 
 fire ‘resilience' of designs.\n2) Improper or unthinking application of 
 ‘fire resistance’ testing and ‘fire resistance’ ratings represents
  a significant threat to the fire resilience of the built environment. \n
  \nThe talk will conclude by highlighting opportunities to address these 
 shortcomings in the future.\n\nLuke Bisby is the Chair of Fire and Structu
 res within the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh\, wher
 e he was formerly Acting Director of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engine
 ering. He is a graduate of McGill and Queen’s Universities\, both in Can
 ada\, and author of more than 183 peer reviewed technical publications in 
 areas related to structural design for fire safety\, structural strengthen
 ing and rehabilitation\, fire safety engineering\, and engineering educati
 on. He is involved as an advisor or contributor to government\, technical 
 bodies\, and building and fire code committees in the UK and international
 ly. He is a chartered structural engineer and a fellow of the Institution 
 of Structural Engineers and the Institution of Fire Engineers.\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 4
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