Live Member Webinar: Fire Safety of Building Envelopes - An International Perspective

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Significant building envelope fires are continuing to happen all over the world. The presentation will describe some of these events, outline why they may have occurred and what impact they have had on international regulatory systems, existing buildings and new building designs.
The speaker will discuss the typical prescriptive code requirements for fire safety of building envelopes, limitations of these and the challenges faced by designers when building envelopes comprise combustible materials/components. Finally, some thoughts on possible future approaches to fire safety of facade systems will be proposed.

Contributors

Susan Lamont

Dr Lamont has worked in the fire protection industry for over 20 years in the UK, USA, Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa. She is a leader of fire engineering at Arup, a chartered engineer, Fellow of the SFPE and a board member of the Fire Protection Research Foundation.
She has worked though all stages of design and construction on a diverse range of projects from large assembly buildings, hospitals, schools, shopping malls and offices to masterplans and transport hubs.
Fire safety challenges associated with sustainable construction such as timber, alternative energy sources, green facades and other solutions are a focus for her research and work with Arup as they strive to deliver net zero in construction and operation of their projects without reducing fire safety.

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Contributors

Susan Lamont