Fire Safe Design of Timber Buildings

Start/End Date
13 Nov 2018 12:15pm
Location
RMIT University (City Campus) Building 56 (Level 3, Room 82) 115 Queensbury Street, Melbourne
Cost
FREE for all design and building professionals 

The change to the National Construction Code, Volume One (NCC) in 2016 introduced fire-protected timber as a Deemed-to-Satisfy (DTS) solution for Class 2 (apartments), Class 3 (e.g. hotels/motels) and Class 5 (office) buildings up to 25 metres in effective height incorporating automatic sprinklers throughout. There is also a desire by building professionals to vary from the DTS provisions requiring a Performance Solution. This WoodSolutions seminar will describe principles for the fire safe design of timber buildings.

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We are very fortunate to have a range of experts who will present and discuss the:

  • structural timber systems available for the construction of tall timber buildings,
  • fire engineering principles behind the NCC provisions
  • aspects to consider when undertaking a Performance Solution,
  • standard DTS fire tests and natural fire tests to support Performance Solutions, and
  • using furnace test results as part of fire engineering analysis.

The seminar is a must for all fire engineers, building surveyors/certifiers, fire services, local government authorities, regulators and building and is also of interest for design professionals including architects, building designers, engineers, builders, developers and educators.

 

Date: 13th November 2018
Venue: RMIT University (City Campus) Building 56 (Level 3, Room 82) 115 Queensbury Street, Melbourne
Time: 12.15 pm registration for 12.30 - 5.00pm
CPD: 4.0 Informal CPD points available for attendance.
Cost: FREE for all design and building professionals 
RSVP: by 9th November here

 

Program & Speakers

12.15pm - Registration – RMIT (City Campus), Building 56, Level 3, Room 82
12.30pm - Welcome & Introduction - Adam Jones, WoodSolutions

  • Risk-based Approaches Underpinning the Changes to the NCC 2016 - Paul England, EFT Consult
  • DTS Requirements for Low-rise and Mid-rise Timber Buildings - Boris Iskra, Forest and Wood Products Australia
  • Fire Engineering Exposed Timber - Travis Stirling and Robert Dixon, Arup

Afternoon Tea & Networking

  • Standard-test Based DTS Approaches - Steven Halliday, Exova Warringtonfire
  • Natural Fire-testing for Performance Solutions - Nathan White, CSIRO
  • Extending the Application of Furnace Tests for Performance Solutions - Paul England, EFT Consult

Panel session & Question time
5.00pm - Finish

see full program here

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