Peter van Gorp

Fire and Life Safety and Acoustics Director AESG

With 25 years of being a distinguished fire engineer, Peter has handled building fire and life safety projects ranging from schools, hotels, and hospitals to large shopping malls to multi occupancy high rise and industrial developments, from initial concept to assistance during construction.

Peter has been working as a Fire Engineer for more than twenty-five years of which 15 years in the Middle East.

He handled building fire and life safety projects ranging from schools, hotels, hospitals to large shopping malls to multi occupancy high rise and industrial developments, from initial concept to assistance during construction. 

Peter has also been involved in the fire safety system design and engineering fire safety system construction supervision and site management and in assistance and witnessing of testing and commissioning of fire and life safety systems.

He also has extensive experience in fire risk assessments ranging from qualitative fire risk assessments of refinery and chemical processes to quantitative fire risk assessments of installations. In his role, he has conducted numerous risk assessments involving gas installations and involving storage and handling of hazardous materials.

Conference Day One: Monday, 14 October 2019

3:50 PM Façade fire safety problem: Failure mechanisms and risks in fire

Currently only 10% of buildings across the Middle East comply with the standard air leakage rate allowance. In addition, over 20% of hotel rooms are unusable due to damage, usually structural or MEP-related. (*Micha Pawelka, managing director at Priedemann Façade Engineering)

Key question: How do we successfully diminish the mechanisms of fire?
  • Identifying the façade challenges of combustibility, fire spread, fire leap and learning efficient mitigating strategies
  • Recognising the importance of fire performance and the testing of cladding materials in order to ensure the safety of the building and occupants
  • Uncovering perimeter barriers and fire stops for curtain walling

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