Use of Qualitative Design Review in the Design Process | Part One – Overview
September 19, 2013 3:51 pmFire risks and scenarios in buildings are unpredictable and there are a vast number of different scenarios that could occur;... View Article
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August 30, 2013 10:20 amThe UK’s Building Regulations are primarily concerned with providing a standard of life safety, in case of fire. They do... View Article
Buildings & Architecture | Fire Resistant Ductwork & Dampers
August 22, 2013 10:33 amNot much notice is taken of the ductwork in a building – indeed it and its associated dampers are often... View Article
Building Design | Fire Strategy at Conception
August 14, 2013 10:14 amDesigning a building without including fire strategy at conception is like a beautiful cart with no horse. If you have... View Article
Evacuation Modelling | The Human Behaviour issue
August 8, 2013 11:36 amEvacuation modelling techniques are designed, in the main, to be straightforward and simple to implement. They may be complicated by... View Article
Composite Steel-framed Buildings | The Benefits of Fire Engineering Solutions
July 31, 2013 10:21 amSince the changes to building regulations in 1991, building requirements in relation to fire safety have been performance based rather... View Article
Building design & fire safety | Basement car park solutions | Part two
July 26, 2013 11:30 amLWF’s mission to assist designers, architects and building project managers to provide fire safe design continues with the theme of... View Article
Building design & fire safety | Basement ventilation solutions | Part One
July 18, 2013 10:06 amFire engineering and fire risk assessment assists designers, architects and building project managers to utilise new ideas and design features... View Article
Thinking outside the box – Part two – Internal planning of flats – fire engineering solutions
July 8, 2013 10:17 amIn part one of this series, we looked at how the demand for increasingly innovative builds has led to a... View Article
Thinking outside the box – Part One – Escape stair and common corridor – fire engineering solutions
July 2, 2013 10:03 amHistorically, residential buildings have been restricted in design by prescriptive building standards and codes of practice. These stereotypical layouts have... View Article