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Presentation Archive

Video Archive

Take a look through the presentations below and click any to download them. We will be adding to this page and our tall building fires page regularly in future to make it a useful reference point for those in the industry.

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
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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
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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

Presentations from the 2017 Conference

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  • ETICS - Download
  • Considerations for elevator evacuation KONE - Download
  • Doug Evans - Exterior Facade Fires Handout B&W - Download
  • Frank Leeb Tall Building - FDNY - Download
  • Groner - Occupant Movement Design and Management - Download
  • Michael Schroeder High-Rise Conference 2017 - Download
  • Russ Timpson New Realities - Download

Presentations from the 2016 Conference

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  • A Forensic Examination of Tall Building Facade Fires - Download
  • Fighting Full Height Fires in Tall Buildings - Mark Fishlock - Download
  • Stayput in High Rise Residential - Download
  • Tall Building Passive Fire Issues - Download
  • Tall Building Design Fires Eoin O'Loughlin - Download
  • Use of Lifts Elevators for Evacuation - KONE - Download