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OFR’s 2025 Fire Safety Research: Key Insights and Innovations
Fire Performance of Modern Construction Materials An important theme of the papers addresses the fire performance of modern construction materials, particularly timber and glazing systems. This includes experimental and analytical studies on the reaction-to-fire behaviour of laminated glass and the performance of CLT. External Fire Spread and Façade Risk Closely aligned with the above work…
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OFR’s 2024 Research: Key Insights and Innovations
The start of the new year is a great time to reflect on OFR’s publications from 2024. The collective body of research conducted over the past year has showcased a multidisciplinary approach to fire safety engineering, uniting experimental investigations, computational modelling, and practical case studies. By addressing topics on material performance and human behaviour, while…
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Built by Nature awards €200,000 grant toward development of a Commercial Timber Guidebook
To foster cross-sector industry alignment on solutions to ensure the widespread adoption of large-scale mass timber offices, the Built by Nature Fund has awarded a €200,000 grant to a diverse UK consortium – including OFR Consultants – focused on unlocking the barriers to structural timber through the development of a technical Commercial Timber Guidebook.
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OFR contributes to evacuation research
Contributing their time to future fire safety and policy, our colleagues Amir and Luis recently volunteered in a high rise evacuation exercise. Here, Luis tells us more.
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Our Technical Director has co-edited a new book
Our OFR team are experts in fire engineering, committed to delivering pre-eminent expertise to protect people, property and the environment; today our colleague and technical director Dr Danny Hopkin has further cemented our position in the industry, co-editing a newly released book, whilst co-authoring several chapters.
