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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 BLARP20000015/1 BLARP20000015_0001 REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY 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 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd BLARP20000015/2 BLARP20000015_0002 REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY 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 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd BLARP20000015/3 BLARP20000015_0003 REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY 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. 2 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd BLARP20000015/4 BLARP20000015_0004 REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY 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 3 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd BLARP20000015/5 BLARP20000015_0005 REPORT OF DR BARBARA LANE SPECIALIST FIELD FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF: GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY validation, including ORAT and the development of partial building occupancy strategies as part of the handover process. 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. 4 Ove Arup & Partners Ltd BLARP20000015/6 BLARP20000015_0006 REPORT OF DR