AIA NSS4 Timber Fire Engineering Seminars

TOPIC: Fire safety Solutions Using Timber

PRESENTER: Paul England, Director, EFT Consulting

SCOPE:

The presentation will provide a brief overview of the advantages and limitations of timber with respect to fire safety followed by a series of examples showing how you can retain design freedom while satisfying fire safety requirements.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Getting the most out of the current BCA deemed-to-satisfy requirements
• Simple alternative solutions to address minor deviations from the BCA deemed-to-satisfy requirements
• International Developments extending the use of massive timber (including Cross Laminated Timber-CLT) and timber framed construction in multi-storey buildings and how technical barriers to the application of these initiatives in Australia can be addressed under the National Construction Code - BCA.
• The advantages and limitations of timber systems when exposed to fire.

PAUL ENGLAND

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Paul England is a director of EFT consulting and has been involved in fire research, testing and consultancy for over 30 years. He founded Warrington Fire Research in Australia in 1991 (now known as Exova Warringtonfire) and was responsible for its development as a leading NATA accredited fire test laboratory, research facility and fire safety engineering practice over a period of 20 years.  He chairs Standards Australia Committee FP18 which is responsible for developing fire testing and fire safety engineering standards. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and is a past president of the Society of Fire safety. He is also a member of SFPE (USA) and the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand.

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