ITSAFE Luke Bisby Arup Chair of Fire Structures

IT-SAFE? Luke Bisby Arup Chair of Fire & Structures The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering www. eng. ed. ac. uk/fire/ Principal Sponsors:

Innovation in one area brings hazards in another. . . • • • Energy conservation & efficiency Sustainability & structural optimization Non-conventional building shapes & sizes Innovative materials of construction Non-conventional construction techniques = Unquantified & Hidden Risk Heron Tower London

World Trade Centre 7, NYC, 2001

Technical University of Delft, 2008

TVCC Building, Beijing, 2008

Camberwell, London, 2009

WTC 1&2, NYC, 2001 Torre Windsor, Madrid, 2005 Parque Centrale, Caracas, 2004 Channel Tunnel, UK/France 1996, 2008

The Built Environment is continually and ever more rapidly evolving. . . is the Fire Safety Community keeping up?

“ Existing design codes, risk assessments, and fire fighting strategies are decades behind innovations in building construction ” Dr Jim Marsden Manchester Fire & Rescue 4 th Nov, 2009

Mission Statement A leading fire research centre with > 50 members from > 18 countries – Equip tomorrow's leaders in the field with the skills they require – Support proactive fire safety through multidisciplinary research – 1 st class unique education in Fire Safety & Structural Fire Eng. – Fire safety consultancy services to industry & other consultancies – Promote & disseminate information about advances & research in fire safety engineering through all levels of education, symposia, publications & popular media

Why IT-SAFE matters (to me)… 1. (Un)scientific American 2. How to make $110, 000. 00 based largely on nonsense

1. (Un)scientific American

2. How to make US$110, 000. 00 … based largely on nonsense

BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh Time will tell…