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Saudi Building Code discussed at SDiB Riyadh April 16

Safety Design in Buildings, Riyadh Conference April 16, 2018 at Holiday Inn Izdihar – Riyadh

SDiB is the leading debating platform for safety and fire professionals in the construction industry. Initiated in collaboration with Intersec in 2012, the Safety Design in Buildings Campaign debates safety standards and practices in the built environment. Expert Talks discuss improved protection of people and buildings by looking at trends in the GCC and construction sector.

The event brings leading Fire Safety Consultants, Architects, Engineers and Testing Experts together with Safety System Suppliers to give updates on industry standards and provide a debating platform for best practice.

The conference programs in Jeddah and Riyadh will feature presentations and discussions including:

Retrofitting for Fire Safety: Assessing operational and business risks and incentives of retrofitting cladding for improved fire safety.
Using tools and technologies of BIM, VR, AR & 3D modeling to create optimal fire safety strategies and building operations.
Achieving fire safety in the construction phase: How to best involve the design team to mitigate fire safety risks.
Promoting an organisational culture of prioritising safety: from design, planning, implementation and building operation.
Meeting NFPA standards and Fire Safety considerations for high-security and military installations.
and more

Program

08.00 – 09.00	Registration & Breakfast

09.00 – 09.15	“Welcome and Opening”

Session I : Retrofitting for Fire Safety Chairman : Andy Dean, Head of Facades \| WSP

09:15 – 09:45	Jaime Paucar, Project Director \| Jensen Hughes “New Developments In The Saudi Building Codes” This presentation will discuss the evolution of the Saudi Building Code (SBC) provide updates regarding to the fire protection and life safety provisions. In particular, the presentation will examine major differences between the GCC Code, NFPA, and SBC provisions for various elements of fire and life safety, including means of egress, compartmentation, smoke management, fire service access to high rise buildings, and facades and cladding systems.

09.45 – 10.30	Panel Discussion: Assessing Operational and Business Risks and Incentives of Retrofitting Cladding for Improved Fire Safety This discussion looks into the announced changes to requirements for replacing facades. What are the anticipated ramifications for stakeholders? What are key concerns to be addressed to help prepare? What are possible obligations and potential consequences for asset managers? The panel features professionals from a variety of fields to share their views on strategies to mitigate business risk from an operational, government and legal perspective. Moderator: Andy Dean, Head of Facades \| WSP Panellists: Shamim Rashid Sumar, Director Business Development \| JENSEN HUGHES Ian Roy, Head of Property Risk Consulting (MENA) \| Marsh Eng. Ali A Mokhtar, President Safety Engineering Chapter \| Saudi Council of Engineers Craig Ross, Head of Project and Building Consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell

10.30 – 11.00	TBA

11.00 – 11.30	Coffee Break

Session II : BIM, Software & Technology Chairwoman : Shamim Rashid Sumar, Director Business Development \| JENSEN HUGHES

11:30 – 11:45	John Noone, Co-founder – Fire Engineering \| Joule Group “Fire Safety Design & Technology for Operational Readiness” Designs are often driven to satisfy code requirements or to obtain approval. This may not meet operator or end user-requirements. This presentation discusses how to adopt a holistic fire safety design with emphasis on integrating operational and end-user requirements into the fire strategy design process. New operational facilities involve complex interactions of people, process, technology and environment – the presenter gives an outline of the technology that can facilitate a greater level of fire safety awareness and implementation. The presentation will showcase new technologies available to support operators in managing fire safety in their buildings that can be considered during the design process.

11:45 – 12:00	Altaf Afridi, Deputy Vice President Marketing, MEA, Dormakaba “Integration of Passive Fire Safety Code Requirements in Building Design using BIM” BIM (Building Information Modeling) helps achieve operational safety in complex networks of Building Management Systems (BMS) and helps to effectively manage the integration of specifications in the design stage to enable compliance with requirements for approvals and minimise cost and delays from making changes and modifications in the construction phase.

12:00 – 12:15	Simone Vernacchia, Senior Technology Consulting Director \| PwC “Using tools of VR, AR & 3D to Create Optimal Fire Safety Strategies” Exponentially increasing computer power and advances in software make it possible to radically improve fire safety in buildings by visualizing and factoring in human behavior during a building evacuation. This presentation gives an overview of technologies currently in used and developed for building design and how this benefits safety. – Using BIM and VR to identify hidden bottlenecks and natural crowd movements – Simulating scenarios to model evacuation strategies based on building layout – Using 3D and VR visualization to analyze fire protection and building operations

12:15 – 12:30	“Looking To The Future Of Technology And Fire Safety” Panellists: John Noone, Co-founder – Fire Engineering \| Joule Group Altaf A. Afridi, Deputy Vice President Marketing, Middle East and Africa \| dormakaba Simone Vernacchia, Senior Technology Consulting Director \| PwC

12:30 – 13:00	Panel Discussion: Bridging the roles of Design, Implementation and Operations: Incorporating Design in the Early Stage of a Project to Mitigate Fire Safety Risks The increasing number of fires on construction sites and maintenance related deficiencies brings added urgency to improve planning and establish procedures and guidelines. This panel brings together a selection of construction professionals representing stakeholders from the owner, programme manager, consultant and contractor to discuss how to start the dialogue earlier to plan out the safety requirements and putting them into practice, both in the construction phase and the management of buildings. Moderator: Wael Allan, CEO \| Tarouk Panellists: Peter van Gorp, Director of Fire and Life Safety \| AESG Tom Baines, Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Director \| Arcadis Middle East Andy Dean, Head of Facades \| WSP

13:00 – 13:30	Panel Discussion: Meeting the Standards in the Construction and Operation of High National Security Government Facilities This panel brings together contractors, fire safety experts, civil defense and government representatives to discuss the requirements to meet NFPA standards in military and government projects, why they are so strict and how to best achieve them. Moderator: Terry Smith, Managing Director \| Bluewater Global Advisors, LLC

13:30 – 14:30	Lunch

Speakers


Shamim Rashid-Sumar	John Noone	Andy Dean	Altaf Afridi	Eng. Ali A Mokhtar
Director Business Development – JENSEN HUGHES	Co-founder – Fire Engineering \| Joule Group	Head of Façade Engineering \| WSP	Deputy Vice President Marketing, MEA, Dormakaba	President Safety Engineering Chapter \| Saudi Council of Engineers

Ian Roy	Wael Allan	Peter van Gorp	Tom Baines	Terry Smith
Head of Property Risk Consulting (MENA) \| Marsh	CEO \| Tarouk	Director of Fire and Life Safety \| AESG	Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Director \| Arcadis Middle East	Managing Director \| Bluewater Global Advisors, LLC

Craig Ross	Simone Vernacchia	Jaime Paucar
Head of Project and Building Consultancy \| Cavendish Maxwell	Senior Technology Consulting Director \| PwC	Project Director \| Jensen Hughes