Presentation Archive

Day 1 - Monday, December 2nd 2024

• 10:10 Keynote 1 – Kate Lamble: Grenfell: Lessons from the public inquiry work - Download
• 10:50 Presentation 1 – Jim Glockling: Green & Living walls as Cladding: Introducing new joint guidance on managing risk - Download
• 11:20 Presentation 2 – Ian Doncaster (SCA) - Construction of Smoke Shafts - Download
• 11:50 Presentation 3 – Nick Atkinson, Ambar Kelly – Riser Shaft Fire Safety - Download
• 12:50 CTec Presentation - Download
• Chairperson: Amanda Long CEO of Construction Product Information Limited - Download
• 14:00 Keynote 2 – Ben Levy, High Rise Lead NFCC - Download
• 14:40 Presentation 5 – Capt. Eng. Mohamed Alhanaee Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority
• 15:10 Presentation 6 – Michael Spearpoint: HRB Evacuation Research - Download
• 15:40 Presentation 7 – Julie Butterworth & Andy Fry, TPAS: Tenant Engagement - Download

Day 2 - Tuesday, December 3rd 2024

• Chairperson: Jane Duncan, RIBA Conference Agenda
• 10:10 Keynote 3 – Paul Bussey: Architects view of Two Stair Challenge - Download
• 10:50 Presentation 8 – Charles White, Hydrochute UK: Refuse Chute Fire Safety - Download
• 11:20 Presentation 9 – Sreenivas Narayanan - Siderise Façade Presentation
• 11:50 Presentation 10 – Karel Lambert: Murphy visits Brussels: The story of a fire in an older high-rise building - Download
• 12:20 Presentation 11 – Adam Briggs, Citizen Housing Group: Preparing a Safety Case for HRB's - Case Study - Download
• 12:50 Tribute to Paul Grimwood
• 14:00 Keynote 4 – Ben Blackwood, Ballymore - Download
• 14:40 Presentation 12 – Elspeth Grant: Status Of PEEPS in HRB's - Download
• 15:10 Presentation 13 – Conor Logan: BS 9991 – What's Changed? - Download
• 15:40 Presentation 14 – Oliver Sapsford: Research into Crisis Command Decision Making - Download

Day 3 - Wednesday, December 4th 2024

• 10:10 Keynote 5 – Prof Paul Christensen: Electric vehicles Fire Safety Update
• 10:50 Presentation 15 – Paul Hayles, Canary Wharf: Feedback Lessons from a Sub-service EV Fire Desktop Exercise - Download
• 11:20 Presentation 16 – Peter Reid, NAAD: Fire Safety Issues with Dampers in High Rise Buildings - Download
• 11:50 Presentation 17 – Sam Bryant OFR: Balconies Research - Download
• 12:20 Presentation 18 – Prof. Guilermo Rien, Imperial College: Latest Research - Download
• 14:00 Keynote 6 – Tom Roche, FM Global 'What the Insurer Thinks' - Download
• 14:40 Presentation 19 – Jonas Schwering, Frankfurt am Main Fire Service, Germany: Impact of Grenfell Fire on Frankfurt Fire Service - Download
• 15:20 Presentation 20 – Michael Kinsey: Elevating Safety: Challenges with High-rise Residential Fire Lift Evacuation - Download
• 15:50 Presentation 21 – Russ Timpson: Dealing with the after Fire Crisis - Download

Presentations from the 2024 Conference, Indianapolis, US

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• Tall Buildings Conference Programme 2024 - Download

Day 1 - Monday, April 15th 2024

• Strategic and Tactical Considerations for Large Scale Incidents - Frank Leeb - Download
• Escape Hoods in Tall Buildings - Suzanne Johnson - Download
• If These Walls Could Talk - Jack Murphy - Download
• When Tall Buildings Come to Town - Randall W. Hanifen - Download
• Repurposing Vacant Tall Office Buildings and Spaces - Jerry Tracy - Download
• The World of Pressure Regulating Devices - Terin Hopkins - Download
• Pressurization Systems Innovations for Safe Evacuation in High Rise Buildings - Radek Sikorski - Download

Day 2 - Tuesday, April 16th 2024

• Firestop The Hidden Liability and Five Steps to Reduce Them - Sharron Halpert - Download
• Fire Testing Facade Systems and Materials - Sreenivas-Narayanan - Download
• Who Has Seen The Wind? - J. Peter McBride - Download
• The Case for a Second Stair - Russ Timpson - Download
• When Buildings Fail Us Lessons Learned Captain - Jimmy Davis - Download
• Calm the Chaos!Highrise Fires - Anthony Kastros - Download

Day 3 - Wednesday, April 17th 2024

• Tactical Decision Making High Rise Firefighting - Gerard Mann - Download
• Firefighting Smoke Control - Dr Michael Reick - Download
• Virtual Reality Firefighter Training for Firefighting in High Rise Buildings - Mark (Ted) O'Brien - Download
• Tablet Command - William Pigeon & Dave Franklin - Download

Presentations from the 2023 Conference

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• Tall Buildings Conference Brochure 2023, Day 1 - Download
• Tall Buildings Conference Brochure 2023, Day 2 - Download
• Tall Buildings Conference Brochure 2023, Day 3 - Download

Day 1 - High Rise Construction Fire Safety

• Facilites for FF during Construction - Steve Lakin - Download
• Fire Safety during Load out - Lendlease - Download
• HSE BSR High Rise Regulation Update- Colin Blatchford - Download
• JCOP V10 HSG 168 Update May 2023 - Mark Cooper - Download
• Tackling the BSA with a digital Golden Thread - Steve Rudge - Download
• NFPA 241 and the US Experience - Ray O'Brocki - Download
• Lithium Ion Batteries on Construction Sites - Matthew Pearce & Andrew Lack - Download
• Insurance View of JCOP V10 - Dave Dexter - Download

Day 2 - Green Fire Safety Issues

• Green Fire Safety Conf Opening Remarks - Peter Wilkinson - Download
• Photo Voltaic Panels Fire Safety - PVStop - Download
• Lithium Ion Batteries Fire Safety Research - Francesco Restuccia - Download
• LI Battery Cloud Explosions and Testing - Paul Christensen - Download
• Ventilation High Rise Solutions - SMAY - Download
• The Insurers View of Green Fire Safety Issues - Mark Redding - Download
• The Conflict of Sustainability and Fire Safety in Facades - Simon Bate - Download
• Tall Timber Construction and Fire Safety - Jim Glockling - Download
• Green Wall Fire Safety and Tallbuildings - Ed Galea - Download

Day 3 - Crisis Management in High Rise Complex Buildings

• Horizon Scanning for Crisis Events - Matt Moon - Download
• Ethical Crisis Leadership - David Lowe - Download
• Resilience for High Rise and Complex Buildings - Chris Phillips - Download
• Martyns Law Assessment of Bill - Risk to Resolution - Download

Presentations from the 2022 Conference

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• Tall Buildings Conference Brochure 2022 - Download

Day 1 - Fire Engineering

• Decade of Action for Fire Safety Project - Brian Meacham - Download
• Facade Fire Safety Product Selection - Sreenivas Narayanan, Siderise - Download
• Fire Safety in Very Tall Buildings - Chris Jelenewicz, SFPE - Download
• Research into Facade Fires - Prof. G. Rein, Imperial College - Download
• Tall Timber and Insurance - Jim Glocking, FPA - Download
• The Relationship between Building Design and Fire Spread - Frances Maria Peacock - Download
• Understanding Fire Safety Compliance of Facades - Abhishek Chhabra, Bell Wright - Download
• US Tall Building FS Post 9_11 - Beth Tubbs, IBC - Download
• Using BIM in Fire Safety Engineering - Fredrik Hiort, Symetri - Download

Day 2 - Fire Risk Management

• Building Safety Alliance - Anthony Taylor, Resolve Risk - Download
• Digital Golden Thread - Chris Chennell, Hydrock - Download
• Evaluation of High Rise Fire Safety Data in the UK - Hodkinson-Murphy, Uni of Leeds - Download
• Fire Detection and Alarm in High Residential - Andy Scott, CTec - Download
• Green Walls and Facades - Alistair Law, Vertical Meadow - Download
• Mobilising Fire Safety in 22 Bishopsgate - Annie Panteli and Peter Bicknell - Download
• Safe Compliant Residential Smoke Control High Rise, Ian Doncaster - Download
• Waste management in High Rise, Nigel Deacon - Download

Day 3 - Firefighting

• Escape Hoods in Tall Buildings - Suzanne Johnson, Draeger - Download
• Establishing a High Rise Firefighting programme in Melbourne - Gerard Mann - Download
• High Rise Dynamic Firefighting - Brent Brooks - Download
• PEEPs in High-rise Buildings - Elspeth Grant, AAA - Download
• Smoke Control in High Rise when Firefighting - Dr. Michael Reick - Download
• Wind Driven Fires in High Rise - Peter McBride - Download

Presentations from the 2020 Conference

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• Tall Timber Buildings - The US Experience - Download
• The Role of Building and Fire Inspectors During Construction - The US Perspective - Download

Construction Fire Safety

• Construction Site Evacuation Safety Evacuation Strategies for Tall Construction Sites, Professor Ed Galea, Director FSEG, University of Greenwich, UK - Download
• Fire Safety in Construction, Sandra Tomlinson, HSE - Download
• High-Rise Fire & Life Safety During Major Redevelopment at the Willis Tower - Download
• Insurance Aspects of Construction Fire Safety - Download

Crisis Management in Tall Buildings

• Extending Security to the Airspace, Amit Samani - Download
• Virtual and Mixed Reality Training Environments for First Responders, Professor Ed Galea, Director FSEG, University of Greenwich, UK - Download
• Practical Pandemic Planning, Shane McMahon - Download
• Security & Risk Mindedness in Corporate Organisations, Stuart Osborne QPM MSc - Download
• Crisis Management in Tall Buildings Major Water Damage, Sam Dawson, BELFOR UK - Download

High Rise Firefighting

• Tactics for Dealing With Electric Car Fires in High Rise and/or Covered Car Parks, Adam Course - Download
• High Rise Building Safety Regime, Mark Hardingham QFSM - Download
• Smoke Controlin High Rise Fires, Prof. Dr. Ing. Michael Reick - Download
• High Rise Firefighting Conference, Gary Oakford - Download
• Tactics for Dealing with External Ascending Wall Fires, Mark Reilly - Download

Presentations from the 2019 Conference

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• A Concept Map for Fire Safety Management - Dr. Kathryn O'Brien - Download
• A Glogal Unified Fire Safety Approach - Gary Strong, RICS - Download
• Building Safety Presentation June 2019 Neil O'Connor - Download
• Carl Petterson - FIRE SAFETY IN HIGH-RISE TIMBER BUILDINGS - Download
• Cladding Toxicity - Dr Jim Glockling FPA - Download
• Defining Combustibility - MC Hui RED - Download
• Fire Safety Engineering Design for High Rise Building - Download
• High Rise Construction Site Eveacuation Research - Dr. Ed Galea - Download
• High Rise Firefighting in Santiago, Chile - Sergio Hasbun - Download
• High Rise Firefighting in Toronto - Brent Brooks - Download
• High Rise Firefighting, RICE System - Paul Grimwood, Kent FRS - Download
• Hoarding - Petra Duvanna, LFB - Download
• Hyde Housing Fire Safety Task Force - Brent O'Halloran - Download
• Impact of Grenfell on US Codes and Standards - Beth Tubbs - Download
• Making Compliance Digital - Matt Hodges-Long - Download
• Procuring Fire Safety for High Rise Social Housing - Mathew Baxter - Download
• Tall Building Fire Database - Michael Spearpoint, OFR - Download
• Tall Buildings Safety Management Information Process - Anthony Taylor - Download
• Tall Timber Buildings - Carl Petterson, RED - Download
• The Future of Building Control - Geoff Wilkinson - Download
• UK National Alerting Scheme - Nigel Brown - Download
• Water Mist for Tall Building Use - Gary Howe, Zurich - Download

Presentations from the 2018 Conference

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• Arup Presentation on Tall Building Fire Engineering - Download
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) on "The Past, Present and Future of the European Skyscraper - Download
• London Fire Brigade Presentation on Tall Building Firefighting - Download
• Tall Building Insurance Issues - Download