Tall timber buildings are on the agenda architects, engineers and fire services around the world. Every week brings a new proposal for a tall timber building – some remain as plans, while others get built. A key question that continues to … Continue reading Full Scale CLT Fire Test
We are super excited about the new fire course that we are launching this semester – FIRE4610. Fire Engineering Design: for Solutions for Implicit Safety is a new module that will cover the fundamental basis behind fire safety design, and … Continue reading New Fire Course…
On 3rd March from 1730-2030, we will be hosting a civil engineering showcase event on level 5 of the AEB. This is a great opportunity to come down to the Advanced Engineering Building, meet staff students, alumni, and industry partners. The … Continue reading Civil Engineering Showcase
From the 18th-20th November 2015, the University of Queensland hosted the Ove Arup Foundation Workshop and Lecture. For more information check out the webpage… Continue reading Ove Arup Foundation Workshop and Lecture
On the 9th December, the 2nd International Conference for Performance Based and Life Cycle Structural Engineering will be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. A series of fire engineering sessions will be held on Wednesday and will feature presentations by leading researchers … Continue reading PLSE Conference…
Over the winter we hosted Liam Sherman and Cora Pulnicki from The University of Toronto. Liam and Cora were studying area of tall timber buildings. They created a video to summarise their findings… Continue reading Tall Timber Buildings…
Fire lab UQ hosted the first in the 2015 series of Seymour Whyte, Women in Civil Engineering events on Wednesday. Our guest of honour was Marianne Foley from Arup. We hosted three lab tours, and our visitors had the chance … Continue reading Seymour Whyte Event…
