Top Talk Makes Promat Day A Winner – 21st February 2008

Critical fire protection issues came under the spotlight recently at a forum organised by Promat UK, the passive fire protection specialist.

Keynote speeches and essential briefings were given by some of the industry’s leading experts. Among their audience were clients, architects, engineers, contractors and distributors, and members of the Promat UK team.

The Promat Fire Day, held at the Royal Ascot Racecourse in February, was designed to be an informative technical exchange, to encourage the swapping of ideas and provoke debate. It was so successful that Promat intend to make this new annual event available to a larger audience.

The forum offered invaluable insights into the issues specifiers and contractors need to embrace in fire safety – and the help that a market leader like Promat can provide them.

Among the speakers at Ascot:

• Bill Parlor, Technical Officer from the Association for Specialist Fire Protection gave a rundown on the legislative framework and the impact of the new Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION)
• The real cost to business due to fire – about a third of firms will collapse within a year of suffering a major fire – was highlighted by Allister Smith, Property Risk Manager at Norwich Union. (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION)
• A briefing on fire safety engineering, the teething problems with this new discipline, and how to minimise them was given by Jon Pagan, Divisional Director, Bodycote Warrington Fire. (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION)
• Stephen Howard, Business Group Manager, passive fire, Building Research Establishment discussed new challenges – such as sustainability, environment, off-site and modern methods of construction – and why they make passive fire protection more important than ever. (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION)