Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

In a world aiming toward sustainability and risk mitigation, the traditional prescriptive method to structural fire safety is becoming less and less viable. Fortunately, new industry resources can ...

Using PBSFD, engineers can predict the behavior of a frame in fire, such as vertical displacement of floor beams over time. Graphic courtesy of SEI/ASCE, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (2019) and SAFIR ...

Structural fire engineering and safety represent a critical interdisciplinary field focused on ensuring that buildings and infrastructure maintain their integrity and functionality during fire ...

The research team, led by Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering assistant professor, Negar Elhami-Khorasani and assistant professor Thomas Gernay from Johns Hopkins University ...

Negar Elhami Khorasani received the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) young professional scholarship by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) earlier this year, and is one of four ...

In the late 1980s, the NFPA developed NFPA 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program, which is a consensus standard for firefighter safety. (It sometimes is ...

Fire safety has long been treated as a late-stage requirement — something to satisfy approvals before a project moves forward ...

Cantilevered buildings seem to be everywhere in New York City these days, as developers and architects strive to maximize space, views, and natural light in residential developments. With a seemingly ...

Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

Fire safety engineering is a multidisciplinary field that synthesises experimental, computational, and performance‐based design approaches to protect lives, minimise structural damage, and guide ...