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Innovation in Fire Safety Engineering: Unveiling Hidden Risks

Explore cutting-edge advancements in fire safety engineering, structural optimization, and innovative construction techniques, uncovering unquantified risks in modern buildings. Join us to stay ahead in fire safety knowledge and skills.

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Innovation in Fire Safety Engineering: Unveiling Hidden Risks

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  1. IT-SAFE? Luke Bisby Arup Chair of Fire & Structures The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

  2. BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering www.eng.ed.ac.uk/fire/ Principal Sponsors:

  3. Innovation in one area brings hazards in another... • Energy conservation & efficiency • Sustainability & structural optimization • Non-conventional building shapes & sizes • Innovative materials of construction • Non-conventional construction techniques = Unquantified & Hidden Risk Heron Tower London

  4. World Trade Centre 7, NYC, 2001

  5. Technical University of Delft, 2008

  6. TVCC Building, Beijing, 2008

  7. Camberwell, London, 2009

  8. WTC 1&2, NYC, 2001 Torre Windsor, Madrid, 2005 Channel Tunnel, UK/France 1996, 2006, 2008 Parque Centrale, Caracas, 2004

  9. The Built Environment is continually and ever more rapidly evolving... ... is the Fire Safety Community keeping up?

  10. Existing design codes, risk assessments, and fire fighting strategies are decades behind innovations in building constructionDr Jim Marsden Manchester Fire & Rescue 4th Nov, 2009 “ ”

  11. Mission Statement A leading fire research centre with > 50 members from > 18 countries • Equip tomorrow's leaders in the field with the skills they require • Support proactive fire safety through multidisciplinary research • 1st class unique education in Fire Safety & Structural Fire Eng. • Fire safety consultancy services to industry & other consultancies • Promote & disseminate information about advances & research in fire safety engineering through all levels of education, symposia, publications & popular media

  12. Why IT-SAFE matters (to me)… • (Un)scientific American • How to make $110,000,000.00 based largely on nonsense

  13. 1. (Un)scientific American

  14. 2. How to make US$110,000,000.00 … based largely on nonsense

  15. Time will tell…

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