Thursday 15th February 2007
Frederick Delve Suite, Southwark Training Centre,
94 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 0EG
New Concretes and Fire Design
AGENDA
10.00 – 10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30 – 10.40 Welcome and Chairman’s Introduction
Professor Colin Bailey, Manchester University
10.40 – 11.10 The NewCon Project
Professor Gaby Khoury, Imperial College
The presentation will discuss modern concrete material design for fire applications.
11.10 – 11.40 Modern Concretes and Spalling
Fabienne Robert, CERIB and Horacio Colina, ATLITH
This presentation will report on the fire performance of modern concretes produced by CERIB and ATLITH.
11.40 – 12.00 Tea and coffee
12.00 – 12.20 Update on European Activity on Fire Safety
Pal Chana, BCA
CEMBUREAU is carrying out a series of projects including insurance/
e-insurance companies, FSE and presentations of case studies.
12.20 – 12.40 Basis of Eurocodes 1-1-2 and 2-1-2
Tom Lennon, BRE
Tom will give a short introduction to the basis of the EC 1-1-2 (Actions on Structures exposed to fire) and EC2-1-2 (Concrete structural fire design).
12.40 – 13.00 New Concrete Fire Design
Jenny Burridge, The Concrete Centre
The Concrete Centre and the BCA are producing a guide on Fire Safety and Concrete Structures. This talk will introduce this publication.
13.00 – 13.45 Lunch
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13.45 – 14.05 Dalmarnock Fire Tests
Ian Fletcher, University of Edinburgh
In July 2006 the University of Edinburgh carried out some full scale fire tests in a 1960’s concrete tower block in Glasgow. This presentation will discuss the results found so far.
14.05 – 14.25 Post-tensioned Slab Fire Tests
Colin Bailey and Ehab Ellobody, University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is doing tests on post-tensioned slabs to discover their performance in fire. This talk will present the results obtained so far.
14.25 – 14.45 Macclesfield School Fire
Stephen Blundell, The Concrete Centre
In August 2006 there was a major fire in a concrete framed school in Macclesfield. This presentation will discuss the damage done and the repair works that have been carried out.
14.45 – 15.15 Open Session for Presentations (15 mins each)
15.15 – 15.30 Summary and Close