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Matthew Eyre awarded Chartered Engineer status

Last week Matthew Eyre received some welcome news from the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE): he was accepted as a Chartered Engineer. Congratulations Matt and it is well deserved. This is not Matthew’s first time achieving chartered status. Having started his career in Australia, Matthew was awarded Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status by Engineers Australia […]
  • Posted by Iain Macfarlane
  • On 13th April 2021
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Jack Dubbey Joins DFC

We are delighted that Jack Dubbey recently joined DFC as a Senior Fire Engineer, based in our London office. Having worked in the industry for nearly 7 years, Jack has plenty of experience in fire engineering and also completing fire risk assessments on a number of different types of buildings. His favourite fire engineering project […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 12th April 2021
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Andrew Buck Joins DFC

We recently welcomed Andrew Buck to the growing team in the Manchester office. Andrew has an MSc in Fire Safety Engineering (with Distinction) along with over 2 years’ experience in the Fire Engineering industry. He also holds a BEng in Chemical Engineering (1st Class Honours). Andrew further developed his interest in Fire Engineering working as […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 23rd March 2021
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Weimiao Lu: Research Published in Fire Safety Journal

Congratulations to Weimiao whose hard work has resulted in her most recent paper being accepted by the Fire Safety Journal. Weimiao completed her PhD at City, University of London, where she developed an innovative coupled thermo-mechanical damage modelling approach, and implemented it in finite element software ABAQUS to perform fire-induced progressive collapse analysis of steel framed […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 4th March 2021
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Fire Engineering: Why Care?

As part of the DFC 10 year celebration posts (beginnings, projects, team), I wanted to reflect on the past, the present and celebrate the future of fire engineering. However, in the end, I concluded that whether we celebrate the future of fire engineering depends on the direction taken with respect to outcome vs prescriptive regulation […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 9th February 2021
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DFC Sponsors PhD Candidate Studying Layered Construction Materials

Fire Engineering is a complex field that relies heavily on Fire Science. Over the past few years we’ve enjoyed our close relationship with the great team at the Edinburgh Fire Research Centre at The University of Edinburgh (check out our post from last year’s CPD session here). However, it’s important that the science stays up […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 12th January 2021
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NewcastleGateshead Quays

DFC is delighted to be working alongside Gateshead Council, PATRIZIA AG and Ask Real Estate UK on NewcastleGateshead Quays, a new waterfront arts and leisure development on the banks of the River Tyne. The £260 million, 585,000 square foot development will include a 12,500 seat arena, an adjacent 7,600 persons capacity conference centre, a dual-branded […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 15th December 2020
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Stuart Crick Joins DFC

We are delighted that Stuart Crick recently joined DFC as a Senior Fire Engineer, based in our Manchester office. In addition to a Masters in Fire Safety Engineering (with distinction), and over 6 years’ experience, Stuart also brings a wealth of local knowledge and passion with him. Welcome to the team Stuart! We look forward […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 9th December 2020
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Mary Button Awarded the Dr. Guylene Proulx Scholarship

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) has awarded our very own Mary Button the Dr. Guylene Proulx Scholarship for outstanding scholarship in the field of human behaviour. Mary is completing her degree at Glasgow Caledonian University while working with DFC, and her research focuses on more accessible and inclusive evacuation procedures in high-rise residential […]
  • Posted by Matthew Eyre
  • On 7th December 2020
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Celebrate: Team

It wouldn’t be right to celebrate ten years of DFC without recognising the wonderful team that has built it and keeps it alive. The ‘team’ has always been crucial, even when there was just two of us. We talked every day, checked that we were pointed in the right direction, that our work was being […]
  • Posted by Iain Macfarlane
  • On 20th November 2020
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