Title of project: One stop shop for structural fire engineering

Project leader & organisation undertaking research: Prof Colin Bailey (Tel: 0161-200-5795 Email: colin.bailey@umist.ac.uk ), Manchester Centre for Civil & Construction Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology

Funding body: Department of Trade & Industry

Funding scheme: Partners in Innovation

Synopsis of project: The objective of this project is to reduce the current burden on UK industry in the procurement of efficient and economic construction projects which apply the latest technology associated with Structural Fire Engineering. This will be achieved by developing a unique, self-supporting one-stop-shop, delivered through the web, providing practical, impartial and authoritative advice covering fire issues relating to all typical construction materials.

Start date: September 2003

Finish date: September 2006

Deliverables: One stop shop website at: www.structuralfiresafety.org

URL of project webpage: www.structuralfiresafety.org

Nature of IStructE support: Contribution in kind to value of £2,700 – provision of facilities for workshops and steering group meetings; representative from the IStructE Fire Engineering Study Group to sit on the steering committee.