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/