Structural robustness and disproportionate collapse
Date & Time

8 June 2023
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS
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Price

Member: £305 + VAT
(Early booking £275 + VAT)
 
 Standard: £425 + VAT
(Early booking £385 + VAT)

Structural robustness and disproportionate collapse

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Date & Time

8 June 2023
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS
View on Google Maps

Price

Member: £305 + VAT
(Early booking £275 + VAT)
 
 Standard: £425 + VAT
(Early booking £385 + VAT)

Early booking discount

available until one month prior

This course equips practicing engineers to undertake the full structural design of a building, including designing a robust building to avoid disproportionate collapse. The course covers designing buildings of Class 1 – 2B and alterations/change of use of existing buildings.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the layout and structure of a robust building and explain what makes a building vulnerable

  • Summarise which legislation is relevant to disproportionate collapse and identify key clauses

  • Classify buildings into their types, with respect to building use and size

  • Outline different approaches for achieving robustness

  • Determine a strategy for robustness compliance for buildings of different material types, use and size

  • Have an appreciation of fire protection of different building materials and how fire safety plays a role in all building design    

Intended for

Newly chartered or almost chartered engineers who are independently doing the outline, scheme and detailed design of buildings.

Speaker

Gavin Knowles Course tutor

Gavin Knowles is a lecturer at the University of Bath and prior to this has worked in practice as a Chartered structural engineer. His previous projects including many education and office buildings, along with conservation and refurbishment projects, interweaved with diverse structures, such as rammed chalk-walled houses, recycled material stages at WOMAD Festival and the odd sculpture. He now teaches Structural Design, Conservation and leads on student design projects.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

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