CPD Fire Seminars 2013

Unprotected steel beams at Plantation Place South, London.
Image courtesy of Arup Fire

The BCSA and Tata Steel held two Fire Engineering Seminars during June 2013 to educate architects and engineers in the principles and techniques that they need to know about fire-safe designs and to explain how these are applied in practice.

Leading fire engineering practitioners from the UK shared their knowledge and presented case studies. The Association for Specialist Fire Protection outlined their work in maintaining standards and supporting specifiers within the construction sector, and informative presentations by expert speakers from the BCSA helped to raise awareness on the most recent developments in the most cost-effective methods for designing buildings for fire.

Online versions of the CPD presentations are provided here.

These presentations were last reviewed in January 2021 and whilst they are beginning to become dated in some areas, they still contain much valuable background information and are retained here for that purpose.

Legislation and trends in fire protection

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Note:

1. Since the Fire Engineering Seminars were held in June 2013, there have been a few changes to the documents referenced in this presentation, so;
   1. Check the latest issue of relevant codes and Approved Documents
   2. Note that there are different documents covering requirements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The work of the Association for Specialist Fire Protection

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Note:

1. Since the Fire Engineering Seminars were held in June 2013, UKCA marking has been introduced for construction products in GB (England, Scotland and Wales), which is replacing CE marking (by 30 June 2025). CE marking remains relevant for construction products in the EU (including the Republic of Ireland), and special arrangements apply in Northern Ireland.

Fire engineering: Testing, principles and practice

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Simplified structural fire engineering

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Note:

1. Since the Fire Engineering Seminars were held in June 2013 the TSLAB software from SCI has been discontinued. However, alternative free fire calculation software is available called MACS+, which designs composite floor slabs at elevated temperatures by taking into account the enhancing effects of the membrane action in the slab.

Structural fire engineering of unusual steel structures

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The Shard - Structural fire engineering

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Getting value from fire engineering for Architects and Engineers

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