BS9991:2011 - Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings. Code of practice Changes and Overview
About the event
In this overview of the new BS9991:2011, which has replaced BS5588 Part 1, the speaker will give recommendations and guidance on the design, management and use of the following building types, to achieve reasonable standards of fire safety for all people in and around:
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dwellings (single-family dwelling houses, self-contained flats or maisonettes)
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residential accommodation blocks (e.g. for students or hospital staff), with individual bedrooms and the provision of kitchen/sanitary facilities constructed within a fire compartment, accommodating not more than six persons
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sheltered housing and extra care housing.
BS 9991:2011 is applicable to the design of new buildings, and to material alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existing building. It also provides guidance on the ongoing management of fire safety in a building throughout its entire life cycle, including guidance for designers to ensure that the overall design of a building assists and enhances the management of fire safety. It can be used as a tool for assessing existing buildings, although fundamental change in line with the guidelines might well be limited or not practicable.
About the speaker
Martin Davidson Chartered Engineer is Managing Director with Jeremy Gardner Associates, and is responsible for the Belfast, Dublin and Galway offices. Over the past 18 years he has been involved in many major projects in large complex buildings. These include residential, offices, third level education, schools, mixed use, airports, shopping centres, atria, historic and industrial buildings.
He has advised on projects in Ireland, the UK, Europe, Africa, the Carribean and South East Asia. He has also been actively involved in fire engineering research and has carried out research in fire engineering in historic buildings, full-scale office fire tests using the Fire Research Stations full scale calorimeter rig and a shopping centre occupancy study.
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