
If a building cannot comply with the legal obligations due to its characteristics (constructions, materials used, …), you can draw on the Fire Safety Engineering department to examine if an equivalent degree of protection may be obtained. Fire Safety Engineering uses Computional Fluid Dynamics (CFD) programs to examine e.g. the behaviour of fire and the smoke spread. By means of simulations realistic fire scenarios are checked against the characteristics typical for the building.
The Fire Safety Engineering department can therefore be contacted in the following situations:
The above-mentioned situations are only a limited presentation of the role Fire Safety Engineering can play in the complete building process. Every building has its specific charactericts and can thus require a different approach. It is therefore recommended to contact us for a personal approach of the construction method.
Furthermore, ISIB is member of Firepronet vzw, the Fire Safety Engineering alumni and student association of University Gent.