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David Lange, Fire Safety Engineer 

David Lange completed his M.Eng. at the University of Edinburgh in Structural Engineering with Architecture in 2004.

Having taken courses in Fire Dynamics and Fire Engineering over the course of his undergraduate degree, David immediately began studies for a PhD in Fire Safety Engineering. His PhD research was in the development of a risk based framework for performance based structural fire engineering. David completed his PhD at the end of 2008 and has developed skills in the analytical and numerical analysis of static and dynamic problems including the effects of heat transfer and propagation through structural assemblies.

His consultancy projects include a wide range of fire safety engineering reports for buildings in construction and under renovation including risk and performance based solutions, as well as compartmentation surveys for a hospital and numerous fire risk assessments.   David has also completed projects in Asia including risk profiling and Risk Mitigation Stratgey development for consumer products  and plasma TV assembly facilities. 

 

 

David's expertise and research in the field led him to develop interests and experience in a number of areas, including:

  • Structural response in fire 
  • Performance based design 
  • Risk assessment 
  • Reliability theory 
  • Design methodologies

David has a record of research publication including articles presented at several international conferences and workshops as well as articles under review pending journal publication. He is sub-contracted to Rushbrook through the University of Edinburgh as a fire safety engineer and in addition to his strong research background he has also been involved in fire risk assessments and in the completion of third party reviews of fire engineered solutions.  

 Recent projects include;

  • Third party review of a structural design for a new High School. The consultant's solution was to remove all passive fire protection from the building and make use of a membrane action to ensure stability of the structure using a performance based approach for the design, but adhering codes for the fire loading and demonstrating that the structure met performance requirements. By varying the fuel load slightly David demonstrated that the building as designed would be un-stable given a slightly different compartment fire, and recomended installation of additional passive fire protection
  • Fire risk assessment and evacuation plans for sheltered housing units
  • Compartmentation survey for a electronic fabrication cleanroom and review of fire alarm and evacuation strategy
  • Compartmentation survey for a hospital 
 
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