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‘Fire engineering must keep up with green building innovation’ – Where are the blind spots?

In his keynote presentation, Guillermo Rein, Professor of Fire Science at Imperial College London, outlined the key layers of fire protection. They are, he explained: precaution; detection, compartmentation; suppression; evacuation; and structural resistance. None of them is perfect, he said, but hopefully enough will work together to prevent a disaster. Read more via IFSEC Global. 

Engineering options that can prevent sewer overflows

WITH the water industry in England apologising for its ongoing release of sewage into the environment, what engineering options do we have to help put a stop to it? The industry is facing significant pressure to fix the issue, with data showing it spilled sewage into the environment on average 825 times every day in […]