AIA UK Technical Lecture: Architects on Fire
When: Wednesday 15 September 2021@ 08:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 13:00 (UK time)
CES Credits - 1.0 LU/ HSW for AIA Members (TBC)
Description
Can architects provide information that is tolerably design safe in all respects including fire, whilst still maintaining holistic design quality… at a profit… and can contractors build it?
Architects in the UK, since the Grenfell Fire, are under increasing pressure to become “more competent and to demonstrate it“ in terms of Fire design and Health and Safety integration into projects. This lecture is a synopsis of the RIBA core curriculum 2021 lecture, with added information for discussion about the passage of the Building Safety Bill, its secondary legislation and the possible implication for Architects in the future. Also UK Architects could be in some jeopardy if the Defective Premises Act 1974 is invoked, 15 years retrospectively, on all the thousands of buildings that have combustible cladding on them (and other non-compliant defects). Was this regulatory incomprehensibility, fraudulent product information or professional negligence… or simply the result of industry complacency on fire issues?
Speaker Bio
Paul Bussey FIIRSM, Senior Technical Consultant at Allford, Hall, Monaghan & Morris Ltd. Architects
Paul is a Senior Technical Consultant architect at AHMM (Allford Hall Monaghan Morris) and has worked in architectural practices for over 35 years on many types and sizes of projects in a variety of roles. Paul has established a track record of assisting professional design teams in delivering outstanding and innovative design solutions whilst still achieving compliance with the increasing burden of legislation and technical guidance.
Specialist expertise within the fields of Fire Engineering, Construction Design and Management (CDM) and Accessible Design combined with considerable experience in the interpretation and implementation of Building Regulations, British Standards and Codes of Practice is augmented by his many years of practical architectural design experience on a diverse range of projects and sectors.
Paul is leading the way for the RIBA to embed the role of Principal Designers into everyday architectural practice by his authorship of a book on CDM 2015 and developing and delivering courses for Architectural Principal Designers.
Email: pbussey@ahmm.co.uk
