Hosted by the IFE Northern Ireland branch
This virtual event will discuss the specification, testing and identification of cavity barriers applied within buildings.
The talk provides a high-level overview of the requirements for cavity barriers both within the internal fabric of a building and in external wall systems, and outlines the decisions made by designers and Fire Risk Assessors in assessing compliance with relevant cavity barrier standards.
The talk is intended to introduce the audience to cavity barrier theory and provides practical examples of both compliant and non-compliant arrangements, as well as fire test results from the Delta Fire Research Centre on real-world case studies.
About the speakers:
Joe is a fire engineer with extensive experience in the design and management of fire safety in buildings. He is Director of Delta Fire Engineering Ltd where he specialises in fire engineered solutions and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling.
As well as working in the fire industry Joe is Lecturer in Fire Engineering at the University of Central Lancashire where he teaches across a wide range of degree programmes, primarily teaching industry-focused modules related to engineering practice and application of performance-based design.
Alongside his teaching role at the university Joe is actively involved in fire engineering research, with a focus on emerging technologies such as neural networking, artificial intelligence and virtual reality (VR). Joe holds a degree in fire engineering from UCLAN and a masters degree in Fire and Explosion Engineering from the University of Leeds.
Joining Joe will be Katherine Burgum, Fire Engineer at Delta Fire Engineering Ltd. Katherine has recently graduated the University of Central Lancashire with an MEng in Fire Engineering. For her undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, Katherine focused on an experimental study into wildfire mitigation strategies to be used in the UK. She has a strong interest in the behaviour of wildfires and the effect they can have on people, property, and the environment.