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

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

3. 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

4. World Trade Centre 7, NYC, 2001

5. Technical University of Delft, 2008

6. TVCC Building, Beijing, 2008

7. Camberwell, London, 2009

8. Torre Windsor, Madrid, 2005 WTC 1&2, NYC, 2001 Parque Centrale, Caracas, 2004 Channel Tunnel, UK/France 1996, 2006, 2008

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

10. 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 “ ”

11. 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

12. Why IT-SAFE matters (to me)… 1.(Un)scientific American 2.How to make $110,000,000.00 based largely on nonsense

13. 1. (Un)scientific American

14. 2. How to make US$110,000,000.00 … based largely on nonsense

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