Fire Safety of Combustible Construction May 20

3-Day Short Course
Fire Safety of Combustible
Construction and Tall-Wood Buildings
May 20 – 22, 2015
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Carleton University is pleased to announce a
3-day Short Course on Fire Safety of Combustible Construction and Tall Wood Buildings, to be held at
Carleton University on May 20 - 22, 2015.
Course description
In recent years there has been an increase in the use of combustible construction in buildings. This trend
is a result of many contributing factors including the move towards sustainable construction, growing
interest in “green buildings”, and changes in building codes that allow performance-based fire safety
design. To facilitate this move a considerable amount of research has been done in many centres
around the word and in Canada that focussed on combustible construction. A number of provinces in
Canada have already modified their building codes to allow the construction of up to six-storey buildings
of combustible construction. The National Building Code of Canada committees are already in the
process of making changes to the NBCC to allow six-storey combustible construction. The short course
will provide some of the background that led to these changes and describe some of the issues that
designers need to consider. It will cover changes in building codes and areas where alternative solutions
need to be developed and show some examples of such solutions. It will also provide details of some of
the research done at the National Research Council and Carleton University that have demonstrated the
fire performance of different types of construction, including light frame combustible and non-combustible
construction, and massive timber construction employing glulam and cross-laminated timber (CLT).
Some of the issues addressed are the fire resistance of building elements and the contribution of
combustible construction to the development of compartment fires.
Who should attend?
This course would be beneficial to all fire safety practitioners, engineers and architects who would like to
be up to date on trends in building codes and building construction. In particular the course will be of
great benefit to those involved in the design and approval of fire safety for buildings including architects.
civil engineers, fire protection engineers, building officials, code consultants, fire safety officers, building
science practitioners, fire prevention officers and students in fire safety programs.
Registration
To register, please complete the registration form shown on the last page, or go to
http://www1.carleton.ca/cee/conferences-and-workshops/
Time
Wednesday May 20, 2015
8:30
Registration
8:45
Welcome and Introductions, George Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University
9:00
Current code requirements for combustible construction and alternative solutions,
Ineke Van Zeeland, Canadian Wood Council
10:15
Break
10:45
Engineered wood products, Michelle Maybee, WoodWorks, Ontario
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Fire resistance and service penetrations, Steve Craft, CHM Fire Consultants
2:00
Tall wood guide, Jim Mehaffey, CHM Fire Consultants
3:00
Break
3:30
Sprinklers in combustible construction, Paul Lhotsky, CIVELEC Consultants
5:00
Adjournment
Thursday May 21, 2015
9:00
NRC research on timber construction, Joseph Su, National Research Council
10:30
Break
11:00
Contribution of combustible construction to fire, George Hadjisophocleous,
Carleton University
12:00
Lunch
1:00
CUrisk model case studies, George Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University
2:15
Fire Risk Assessment of Mid-rise and High-rise Wood Buildings, Jim Mehaffey,
CHM Fire Consultants
3:15
Break
3:45
Fires in combustible vs non-combustible construction, Steve Bodzay, Bodzay and
Associates
5:00
Adjournment
Friday May 22, 2015
9:00
Wood Innovation Design Centre Building, Steve Craft, CHM Fire Consultants
10:00
Break
10:30
Related research at Carleton University: Timber connections in fire; Alternative
solutions to NBC limiting distance requirements
11:30
Fire safety during construction, Steve Craft, CHM Fire Consultants
12:30
Lunch
1:30
Moderated Panel Discussion, Jim Mehaffey, CHM Fire Consultants
3:00
Adjournment
A Short Course – Fire Safety of Combustible Construction and Tall Wood Buildings
Carleton University, May 20 - 22, 2015
Course Registration Form
Name:______________________________________Title:____________________________________
Organization:______________________________________
Address:__________________________________________
City:____________________________Province/State_______________Postal code:______________
Phone number:_(____)___________Fax number: (____)_________
Email: ___________________________________________________________
Regular registration fee (before April 30, 2015): $530.97 + HST ($69.03)
Total: $600.00
Late registration fee (after April 30, 2015): $619.46 + HST ($80.54)
Total: $700.00
Full-time student registration fee: $132.74 + HST ($17.26)
Total: $150.00
Course Dinner, May 21, 2015 (Optional):
$60.00
3-day parking permits (Optional): 3 days x $10.00/day
$30.00
Total payment:
$_________
Fee covers three days of instruction, course notes, break refreshments and lunches.
Registration
For online registration please go to http://www.carleton.ca/cee/conferences-and-workshops/ and select Fire
Safety of Combustible Construction
To pay by cheque, please fill out this form and mail it to the address below along with your cheque or
bank draft payable to Carleton University
Fire Safety Engineering Short Course
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Room 3432 ME, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6
Tel:
(613) 520-2600 (1228)
Fax:
(613) 520-3951
Email: Firesafetycourse@carleton.ca
Accommodation: Participants are responsible for making their own arrangements. For a list of hotels in the
Ottawa area please go to www.ottawahotels.com.
Directions: For directions on how to get to Carleton University please go to: http://carleton.ca/campus/directions/.
and for a campus map please go to http://carleton.ca/campus/map/