REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY

Grenfell Tower - fire safety investigation:

Module 1- Relevant CVs

Experience, qualifications, appointments, speciality of the Expert & of those who have assisted in the preparation of the Module I reports

Dr Barbara Lane FREng FRSE CEng

Fire Safety Engineering

23rd October 2020

Specialist Field Fire Safety Engineering

Assisted by Dr Susan Deeny, Dr Graeme Flint, Mr Tom Parker, Mr Mark Maddison, Mr Daniel Thomson, Mr Alfie Chapman

On behalf of Grenfell Tower Inquiry

On instructions of Cathy Kennedy, Solicitor, Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Subject Matter To examine the circumstances surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017

Inspection Date(s) 6th October, I st November, 7 -9th November 2017

Dr Barbara Lane Ove Arup & Partners Limited 13 Fitzroy Street London WIT 4BQ

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Experience, qualifications, appointments, speciality of the Expert and of those who have assisted in the preparation of Dr Lane's Phase 2 Module 1 reports

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CONTENTS

Al Curriculum Vitae of Dr Barbara Lane 2

A2 Curriculum Vitae of Dr Susan Deeny 7

A3 Curriculum Vitae of Dr Graeme Flint 9

A4 Curriculum Vitae of Tom Parker 11

A5 Curriculum Vitae of Daniel Thomson 12

A6 Curriculum Vitae of Mark Maddison 13

A7 Curriculum Vitae of Alfie Chapman 14

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Al Curriculum Vitae of Dr Barbara Lane

DR BARBARA LANE FREng, FRSE, CEng MIEI, BA BAI (Hons)

Roles at Ove Arup + Partners Ltd 1997 - 2001 - Fire Engineer 2001 - 2002 - Senior Fire Engineer 2002 - 2004 - Associate 2004 - 2008 - Associate Director 2008 - present - Director 2012 - present -Arup Fellow 2017 - present-Member of Arup University Council for the Arup Group (Global) 2017 - present - Member of the UKIMEA Board, Ove Arup + Partners Ltd

Education BA BAI (Hons) 2.1, Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, 1992 PhD, Multi-storey steel frame buildings in fire, University of Edinburgh, 1997

Professional memberships and awards

Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2000 - to present Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers, MIFE, 2001 - 2020 Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Fire Engineers, C Eng MIFE, 2002 - 2020 Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland, CEng MIEI, 2020 - to present Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2016 - to present Awarded for leadership in crystallising fire safety engineering as a profession by immersing it in the field of building design and construction, and driving competence, education, regulation and stakeholder relationships. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2018 - to present Silver Medal Royal Academy of Engineering 2008 For outstanding personal contribution with a commercial benefit to British engineering. Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh, from 2008 - 2017

Current operational roles at Ove Arup + Partners (Arup) Member of the UK Middle East India and Africa Boardfor Arup - which has overall responsibility for business operations and performance, as well as the success and well­ being of -6,400 staff across 4 countries.

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Dr Lane is also responsible for the Arup University function, for this Board. The purpose of Arup University is to provide a learning, research, foresight and skills function for all staff, as well as enable knowledge transfer throughout the firm, and provide information management systems to all staff for use in their project work. Operating Group leader -the Technology UK Group - a £26M operational business in the UK region - Staff numbers -270. The Group consists of highly specialised teams of practitioners in fire safety engineering, lighting design, building performance + systems, acoustics and venue consulting, inclusive design, and digital visualization modelling. It operates throughout Arup's offices in the UK and provides innovative services to clients in a variety of sectors; the core approach of the Group being the application of cutting-edge research and advanced technologies to enable complex project types in the built environment. Fellow ofArup - for fire safety engineering. This is a life-long, honorary title awarded to exceptional individuals in the firm considered role models with world-class vision and initiative.

Selected project experience Dr Lane is recorded as having provided her professional services on 448 projects since she commenced work at Arup. This is in her capacity as a fire safety engineer, and has incorporated fire safety strategic advice on projects around the world, numerical analysis including structural fire analysis, smoke control analysis, evacuation analysis, external fire spread analysis; outputs include the production of reports for RIBA stages, final project handover reports (as-built condition and management requirements), existing building fire strategies, fire risk assessment reports; as well as the production of life safety strategies, property protection and business continuity strategies; etc In her project work, and expert witness project work, she has had to review many fire test reports and third party certification documents, both for projects the responsibility of Arup, and on half of contractor clients. She has witnessed fire tests for ductwork, doors, sprinklers, glazing, structural fire performance, etc. Dr Lane is recorded as having worked on 95 projects classified as Design and Build, with the Principal Contractor as her client for 62 of these projects.

Building Manual and Health and Safety File Terminal 2 Dublin International Airport; client Dublin Airport Authority; 20 I 0 Sign off and preparation of the fire certificate (as built fire strategy), and associated fire drawings, for Part I of the Safety File required by Regulations 13 and 21 of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006. Sign off and preparation of the fire safety manual in accordance with BS9999 for Part 2 of the Safety File (O&M Manuals). Compliance and completeness check of the fire safety information for all active and passive fire protection systems relied upon in the as built fire strategy, before accepting into the O+M Manual. This required participation in testing, commissioning and

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St George's Court, office building London; Client London+ Regional, Principal contractor Kier, 2014 Preparation of the fire safety manual index for the principal contractor Kier. This was then located in the Health and Safety File, forming Part A of the O+M Manual produced by Kier and their team. Preparation of the detailed as built fire strategy for the purposes of handover, and compliance with Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations. This document contained the fire safety information to enable Kier comply with BS9999, and specifically the relevant parts of Design Information, Fire Safety Policy Statement, and Fire Safety Documentation.

Holland Green, high rise residential buildings (3No.) Kensington; client Chelsfield Developments Ltd, principal contractor Mace, 2015 Preparation of the final fire strategy for the buildings (7-9 storeys), provided for the principal contractor Mace, for handover to the Responsible Person as required by Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations. This report included handover information for the building manager with a summary of pertinent fire safety information in order to develop the building's fire risk assessment, and guidance on where to find more detailed fire safety information. Preparation of a fire safety manual index in accordance with BS9999 for incorporation in the Health and Safety file, referring to the information provided in the final fire strategy and in other parts of the O+M Manual produced by Mace and their team. The Health and Safety File, formed part of the O&M manual.

Existing building fire strategies Tate St Ives Commission to produce a fire strategy and drawings recording the existing fire strategy in the art gallery at that time.

40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London Preparation of an existing building fire strategy, for this high rise office building, incorporating an assessment for a new rate of occupancy, relying on the existing fire safety measures.

Jubilee Place, Canary Wharf, London Preparation of a fire strategy for the expansion of the existing Jubilee Place Retail Mall at Canary Wharf, London; incorporating existing building levels and the existing building fire safety measures.

Canadian embassy, London Existing fire safety strategy, and then the final fire safety strategy to enable the refurbishment works which included the upgrade and interconnection of Canada House and 2-4 Cockspur Street; relied on existing and new fire safety measures.

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University College London (UCL) campus Masterplan fire strategy and interactive PDF drawings recording the existing fire safety provisions in the buildings and their surrounding access routes, for the campus. The purpose of the report was to ensure any existing fire safety provisions were not compromised as a result of any new works proposed.

High Rise Residential buildings/developments - fire safety design including fire safety strategies and fire safety compliance activities Canary Wharf Estate London - multiple high-rise buildings on the site. Project Director responsible for developing fire strategies (multiple design stages to as built condition) that demonstrate compliance with the UK Building Regulations and Canary Wharf's own framework which has additional fire safety requirements to meet specific fire safety objectives. Elisabeth House, London - Project Director for this mixed-use, high rise development, including commercial, residential and retail accommodation. Detailed analysis regarding external fire spread for the purposes of consulting with LFEP A, and Building Control, during a highly complex Planning Application.

Project Neptune - Seventeen high rise residential buildings, on a campus in Scotland. Review of existing active and passive fire protection measures, production of existing building fire safety strategy information and following up with detailed fire risk assessment analysis.

High rise buildings UK and International Transforming Tate Modern Project Director for the fire safety strategy for this unique building designed by Herzog+ De Meuron, addressing life safety, property protection, business continuity and art collection protection and security. The Pinnacle, London Project director for the advanced structural fire analysis and design of this 63 storey tower rising 288m from street level. Leadenhall St Tower, London Project Director for the structural fire analysis of this 50 storey development proposed for the City in London, for British Land. Heron Tower, London Project Director for the structural fire analysis of this 50 storey development proposed for the City in London; also, evacuation analysis for specific extreme events. Lime St Commercial development, London Project Director for the structural fire safety strategy and assessment for two office towers in central London. Kings Place Development, London Project Director responsible for the structural fire analysis and design of this new build office headquarters, in London CCTV building, Beijing Project Director for Structural fire analysis and strategy development and presentation, for this Rem Koolhaus structure in Beijing Plantation Place South, London Project Director responsible for the structural fire analysis this multi-storey composite steel frame structure in fire conditions which removed the fire protection from 67% of the steel beams.

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Existing building services, incorporating construction works, enabling handover from contractor to client Gateway Birmingham New Street Station Project, UK (part-time on site) Project Director for a large fire team working full time on site, dealing with the construction stage fire risk assessment of all works on this £600M redevelopment. This role was as competent advisor to the principal contractor (Mace) to enable compliance with their duties under CDM 2007 and the RR(FS)O, in what was a shared premises ( operational station, shopping center, and large construction site). Technical aspects of the role include analysis and inspection of the performance of construction materials, and construction processes; systems installation auditing; fire alarm cause and effect testing and defining alterations; on site construction inspection; on site enforcement of the fire safety measures; ongoing review of the sub-contractor's fire risk assessments underpinning their works; occupancy analysis and safety solutions for the 140,000 members of the public on the "site" daily including platform and public areas; plus, reviewing firefighting access and facilities and creating amended approaches throughout each construction stage as required; final statement on handover and inspection of handover documentation for the statutory authorities.

The Shard (part time on site) Responsible for on-site compliance works regarding the approved fire strategy including fire alarm testing, detailed passive fire safety systems inspections; preparation of defects lists prior to handover, seeking out compliance matters for handover. Production of relevant fire safety information as part of the wider Building Manual works.

Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam -Lounge 2 and OneX Projects Project Director for a site­ based team of engineers undertaking fire risk assessment work for the Schiphol client Organisation Terminal Real Estate. Focused on reducing risk from fire during a programme of extensive reconstruction, building modification and fire safety system renewal within the extended range of existing terminal buildings; works took place simultaneously in different areas with different main contractors for each area. Also included review of documentation and compliance, prior to handover.

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A2 Curriculum Vitae of Dr Susan Deeny

Susan Deeny (CEng PhD MEng MIFireE) Senior Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Fire Engineers, CEng MIFE, 2017 PhD, the implications of compartment fire non-uniformity for the membrane action of reinforced concrete slabs, University of Edinburgh 2010 MEng, Civil Engineering, First Class Honours, University of Edinburgh 2005

Past and present positions Associate, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2019-present) Senior Fire Safety Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2014 - 2019) Fire Safety Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2011 - 2014) Fire Safety Engineer, Buro Rappold (2010 -2011) Graduate Civil Engineer, Buro Rappold (2005 - 2006)

Relevant experience I have 10 years' experience as a practicing Fire Safety Engineer. My experience includes development and delivery of fire strategies, undertaking performance-based fire engineering assessments, providing fire risk assessments for operational buildings, undertaking site inspection of existing building fire safety provisions. I am registered as working on 148 projects at Arup, since my employment commenced there. I also have experience in providing 3rd party technical reviews of fire safety designs, specifications and analyses. And 3rd party compliance reviews against UK and international fire safety codes. I have conducted post fire incident analysis of structural performance for a multi-storey steel and composite frame structure. I have a particular interest in performance based design of steel structures, specifying performance specification for structural fire resistance and advising on fire protection methods for various forms of construction which. Within this specialism I also co­ supervise PhD research at the University of Edinburgh on the performance of concrete and timber structures in fire.

Memberships of professional organisations Member, Institution of Fire Engineers since (2017- 2018). Associate Member, Institution of Fire Engineers (2010 - 2017).

Published books and editorial roles Technical Report No. 68 Assessment, Design and Repair of Fire-damaged Concrete Structures.

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Awards Recipient of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) Karen Burt Award for best new female Chartered Engineer in October 2018. Now in its 20th year, it recognises the candidate's excellence and potential in the _practice of engineering, highlights the importance of Chartered status, and offers recognit10n to contnbutions made by the candidate to the promotion of the engineering profession.

Research publications Deeny, S., Lane, B., Hadden, R., Lawrence, A (2018) "Fire Safety Design in Modern Timber Buildings ", The Structural Engineer, Page 48- 53 Bartlett, A, Hadden., R., Hildago. J., Santamaria, S., Wiesner, F., Bisby, L., Deeny, S., Lane, B. (2017) "Auto-extinction of engineered timber: Application to compartment fires with exposed timber" Fire Safety Journal, vol 91 Hadden., R., Bartlett, A, Hildago. J., Santamaria, S., Wiesner, F., Bisby, L., Deeny, S., Lane, B. (2017) "Effects of exposed cross laminated timber on compartment fire" dynamics Fire Safety Journal, vol 91 Rickard, I., Bisby, L., Deeny, S., Maluk, C., (2016) "Predictive testing for heat induced spalling of concrete tunnels - The influence of mechanical loading" Conference: 9th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF 2016) Princeton, USA Kotsovinos, P., Law, A, Deeny, S., Butterworth, N., (2014) "Structural Fire Response of Tall Buildings with Inclined and Bi-Linear Perimeter Columns" Conference: 8th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF 2016) Shanghai, China Deeny, S. and Stratford, T. (2010). Stability of RC structures under non-uniform thermal exposure. Conference: 6th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF 2010), East Lansing, USA Deeny, S., Stratford, T., Dhakal, R., Moss, P. and Buchanan, A (2009). Spalling of concrete: Implications for structural erformance in fire. Applications of structural fire engineering Prague, Czech Technica1 University in Prague. Welch, S., Jowsey, A, Deeny, S., Morgan, R. and Torero, J. L. (2007). "BRE lar?e compartment fire tests - Characterising post flashover fires for model validation.' Fire Safety Journal 42(8): 548-567 Deeny, S., Abecassis-Empis, C., Stratford, T. and Torero, J. L. (2007). The Dalmarnock Fire Tests on a Cast In-situ Concrete Structure. fib International workshop: "Fire Design of Concrete Structures - From Materials Modelling to Structural Performance", Coimbra, Portugal, Universidade de Coimbra.

Research work and academic engagement PhD supervisor for: Ieuan Rickard - A novel cost effective and simple predictive test for design and optimisation offire safe concrete tunnel linings Alastair Bartlett - Novel Fire Testing methods in support of Tall Timber Construction Felix Wiesner - Structural behaviour ofcross-laminated timber compression elements in non-standardfires

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A3 Curriculum Vitae of Dr Graeme Flint

Dr Graeme Flint, PhD, MEng, CEng, MIFireE Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Fire Engineers, CEng MIFE, 2013 PhD, Fire induced collapse of tall buildings, University of Edinburgh, 2005 MEng (Hons) 2.1, Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2002

Past and present positions Associate, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2019-present) Senior Fire Engineer, Ove Arup and Partners Ltd, 2010 to 2019 Fire Engineer, Ove Arup and Partners Ltd, 2006 to 2010

Relevant experience I have 14 years' experience as a practicing Fire Safety Engineer. My experience includes development and delivery of fire strategies, undertaking performance-based fire engineering assessments, undertaking fire risk assessment work, undertaking site inspection work, inspecting fire safety systems, and providing third party design reviews. I am registered as having worked on 338 projects at Arup since my employment commenced there. I have been responsible for fire safety design on a wide range of high rise buildings across the UK and around the world, including: Qatar National Museum (Doha), The Shard (London), Transforming Tate Modern (London), Quartermile Q9 (Edinburgh). In my time at Arup I have also assisted with 3 other expert witness projects including post incident analysis of the collapse of a multi-storey steel and concrete composite frame structure following fire. I have a particular specialism is computational modelling, and the detailed design of structures in fire conditions. My experience includes performance based design of steel and composite structures, developing performance specifications for structural fire resistance and advising on fire protection methods for various forms of construction.

Memberships of professional organisations Member, Institution of Fire Engineers since 2006.

Relevant Research publications G. Flint, "Fire Induced Collapse of Tall buildings", PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, December 2005 S. Lamont, B. Lane, G.R. Flint, AS. Usmani, "Behaviour of structures in fire and real design - a case study", Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Feb 06; vol. 16: pp. 5 - 35. G. Flint, AS. Usmani, S. Lamont, J. Torero, B. Lane, "Effect of Fire on Composite Long Span Truss Floor Systems", Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Volume 62, Issue 4, April 2006, Pages 303-315

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Graeme Flint, Asif Usmani, Susan Lamont Barbara Lane, and Jose Torero, "Structural Response of Tall Buildings to Multiple Floor Fires", ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 133 (12), pp. 1719-1732, December 2007 G. Flint, B. Lane, "Take to the Floor", Fire Prevention and Fire Engineers Journal, July 2007 G. Flint, S. Lamont, B. Lane, H. Sarrazin, L. Lim, D. Rini, C. Roben, "Recent lessons learned in Structural Fire Engineering for composite Steel Structures", Fire Technology, Volume 49(3), pp 767-792, July 2013

Conference Papers A Temple, G.Walker, G. Flint, Y. Panev, P. Kotsovinos, "Verification of 2D heat transfer models developed in LS-DYNA for structural fire engineering applications", The International Conference of Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), September 2017 P. Kotsovinos, G Flint, G. Walker, B. Lane, "Qualitative assessment of the fire hazards beneath bridges", 14th International Conference and Exhibition on Fire Science and Engineering (Interflam), July 2016 P. Kotsovinos, G Flint, G. Walker, B. Lane, "Assessing the fires on the deck of cable stayed bridges", Ninth International Conference on Structures in Fire, June 2016 G. Flint, B. Lane, "Long Span Composite Beams Subjected to Fire - Effects of Fire on Lateral Stability", Application of Structural Fire Engineering, Prague, February 2009 A Heise, G. Flint, B. Lane, "Effect of fire on tall buildings: Case study", 3rd International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures 2007, ICSCS07, July 2007, pp705-712 G. Flint, AS. Usmani, S. Lamont, B. Lane, J.L. Torero, "Fire induced collapse of tall buildings", 4th International Structures in Fire Workshop, SiF 2006, May 2006, pp415- 526 S. Lamont, B. Lane, A.I. Jowsey, AS. Usmani, J.L. Torero, "Innovative Structural Engineering for Tall Buildings in Fire", JCSWS and IABSE Workshop on Robustness of Structures, November 2005 AS. Usmani, G.R. Flint, A.I. Jowsey, S. Lamont, B. Lane, J.L. Torero, "Modelling of the Collapse of Large Multi-storey Steel Framed Structures in Fire", The 4th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, 2, 991-998, 13-15 June, 2005 B. Lane, S. Lamont, AS. Usmani, J.L. Torero, G.R. Flint, A.I. Jowsey, "Robust Design of Tall Buildings in Fire-The Use of Analysis for Structural Fire Engineering Solutions", Interflam 2004, July 2004 G.R. Flint, AS. Usmani, "Investigation into the Impact of Fire on the Twin Towers", The 3rd International Structures in Fire Workshop, SiF 2004, May 2004

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A4 Curriculum Vitae of Tom Parker

Tom Parker (MEng) Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation MEng, Structural and Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2014

Past and present positions Fire Safety Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2014 - present)

Principal professional specialisms I have 6 years' experience as a practicing Fire Safety Engineer in the UK.

Relevant experience During my six years as a fire engineer I have developed fire strategies, hand over fire safety strategies, and undertaken performance-based fire engineering calculation for structural fire, fire and smoke spread, and evacuations. I am registered as having worked on 54 projects since I commenced my employment at Arup. I have also lead site inspection teams investigating fire stopping defects; undertaken risk assessments, provided peer reviews of other fire engineering companies fire strategies and set requirements for a contractor in regard to the relevant information required to be provided at handover under Regulation 38. I have carried out extensive review of fire test reports and third party certification, for projects at Arup. I have witnessed multiple fire tests for the purpose of advising a contractor on product specification compliance with the Arup fire safety strategy requirements. I was also part of the project team for two expert witness legal cases where I was responsible for assessing the compliance of the external wall construction.

Memberships of professional organisations Associate member, Institution of Fire Engineers - since 2016.

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AS Curriculum Vitae of Daniel Thomson

Daniel Thomson (MEng) Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation Master of Engineering with Honours; First Class, Structural and Fire Safety Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, 2015

Past and present positions Senior Fire Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2020 - present) Fire Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2017 - 2020) Fire Engineer, Hoare Lea (2017) Graduate Fire Engineer, Hoare Lea (2015-2017)

Relevant experience My experience includes the development and delivery of fire strategies, undertaking performance-based fire engineering assessments, undertaking fire risk assessment work, undertaking site inspection work, and providing third party design reviews. For the first two and a half years of my career, my role was primarily focussed on the design of high-rise residential and mixed-use buildings in London. This included the concept design of smoke control solutions for common escape routes. More recently I have been involved in the design of education buildings, prisons, an international airport, and 3rd party reviewer for the design of various sporting venues in South America. Whilst at Hoare Lea I assisted on expert witness instructions relating to deficiencies in passive fire protection at two schools and a care home. I have a particular interest in the fire safe design of mass timber buildings. I am the leader of the Timber skills group within the UK Fire team at Arup. Through this role I am responsible for our research and development plan, as well overseeing that work and assisting in carrying it out. I also co-supervise PhD research at Imperial College London regarding timber performance in fire.

Memberships of professional organisations Associate member, Institution of Fire Engineers - since 2015

Publications S.A. Lineham, D. Thomson, A.I. Bartlett, L.A. Bisby, RM. Hadden, "Structural response of fire-exposed cross-laminated timber beams under sustained loads", Fire Safety Journal, October 2016, Vol. 85: pp. 23-34. F. Wiesner, D. Thomson, L. Bisby, "The effect of adhesive type and ply number on the compressive strength retention of CLT at elevated temperatures", Construction and Building Materials, January 2021, Volume 266

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A6 Curriculum Vitae of Mark Maddison

Mark Maddison (BEng) Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation Bachelor of Engineering with Honours; Class II Division ii, Fire and Explosion, The University of Leeds, 2011

Past and present positions Senior Fire Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2020 - present) Fire Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2014 - 2020) Fire Engineer, Exova Warringtonfire Dubai (2013-2014) Graduate Fire Engineer, Exova Warringtonfire (2012-2013)

Principal professional specialisms I have 8 years' experience as a practicing Fire Safety Engineer shared between the UK and the United Arab Emirates.

Relevant experience My experience includes development and delivery of fire strategies, undertaking performance-based fire engineering assessments, performing fire risk assessment work, undertaking site inspection work, providing peer reviews of other fire engineering companies fire strategies, and assisting expert witnesses in their works. Whilst I have worked on a number of rail projects, throughout my career I have worked on high-rise residential and mixed-use buildings. Before assisting Dr Lane on the inquiry I was working on a number of confidential projects with a large private property company, providing third party assurances and peer-review works for their estate. Whilst at Exova Warringtonfire, I worked in the London office with Dr Pearson, Mr Ashton, and Mr McEleney. I worked on the Kensington Aldridge Academy and Leisure Centre.

Memberships of professional organisations Associate member, Institution of Fire Engineers - Since 2014

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A 7 Curriculum Vitae of Alfie Chapman

Alfie Chapman (MEng) Assistant to Dr Barbara Lane

Qualifications, training, accreditation MEng (Hons), Structural and Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 2016

Past and present positions Fire Safety Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (2016 - present)

Principal professional specialisms I have 4 years' experience as a practicing Fire Safety Engineer. My masters research topic at the University of Edinburgh was on the structural fire performance of laminated bamboo structural members.

Relevant experience My experience includes development and delivery of fire strategies, undertaking fire risk assessment work and site inspection work, inspecting fire safety systems, and providing third party design reviews.

Memberships of professional organisations Associate Member, Institution of Fire Engineers - since 2016.

Conference Papers A Bartlett, A Chapman, C. Roberts, F. Weisner, R. Hadden, L.Bisby "Thermal and flexural behaviour of laminated bamboo exposed to severe radiant heating", World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2018), August 2018

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