A continuing Professional Development Course in Structural Fire Engineering

Internally, the course forms part of an MEng/MSc module in Structural Fire Engineering. For external delegates, it is possible to attend, either in person or online, for any combination of days, with the fees being pro rata. Powerpoint handouts will be provided, together with additional background materials and spreadsheets.

The course will be of use to structural engineers, building control authorities and others involved in ensuring fire resistance of buildings. It will be of use to those who wish to understand the background and principles of structural fire engineering, particularly in the context of the considerable advances in the state of the art which have taken place over the past two decades.

Day one
Introduction

UK legal requirements and fire strategies

Building fires and introduction to Eurocode structural fire engineering

Fire testing and protection

Design fires

Hands-on session on standard, parametric and travelling fires

Day two
Eurocode 3 Fire design of steel structures

Eurocode 4 Fire design of composite structures

Eurocode 2 Fire design of concrete structures

Timber in fire

Fire engineering design in practice

Hands-on session on Eurocode fire-resistant design of steel and composite structures

Day three
The Cardington full-scale fire tests and whole structure behaviour

Post-Cardington design guidance and performance-based design

Firefighting in modern buildings

Case study: 7 World Trade

For more information please visit: https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/structuralfire/courses

Towards a circular built environment: bridging the gap between research and practice.

A shift to a circular economic built environment is essential to reduce global material demand and associated carbon emissions. Despite this, it is still far from mainstream practice. This one-day symposium hosted by the University of Sheffield will bring together international researchers and practitioners to share leading work progressing towards a circular built environment.

The event aims to facilitate meaningful, bi-directional knowledge transfer and discussion between researchers and practitioners on techniques to both implement and assess circularity within the built environment. It will be made up of keynote speakers, shorter oral presentations and poster sessions, and we actively encourage attendance of researchers and practitioners from across the built environment and at all career stages.