Prior to the acquisition of Hydrock by Stantec in May 2024 - A fantastic and challenging year spent building P&Ls, business planning, marketing and branding, developing a significant pipeline of work with amazing clients, and providing technical leadership to projects across three continents.

My role at WSP: Everything typically associated with fire engineering at a senior level, but with the opportunity and flexibility to undertake focused research on emerging technologies and issues and build detailed methodologies for the benefit of my team members, our clients, and hopefully society as a whole.

In addition to previous responsibilities:Building/driving the consultancy Fire Engineering capabilitiesBroadening fire engineering scope outside of petrochem to all marine applications Research and implementation of F&G safety methodologyScientific Journal publication of safety methodology advancement and issuesContinuing training/mentoring of colleagues in fire dynamics and fire engineering principlesProject document approvals

*Performance-based Fire Engineering DesignAnalysis using hand calcs, empirical models and/or probabilistic CFD modelling:Detailed fire modelling- heat transfer/ products of combustion/ event escalation potential Harm transmission- (via radiative transfer) to persons and to structureImpact of ventilation flow on fire growth/ smoke movement/ gas dispersion (dilution ventilation) Assessment of RSET v ASET comparing design fire scenarios with evacuation simulations/calcs,Implications for evacuation, muster point viability, structural integrity, survivability.*Fire & Gas Mapping Assessments:Flame Detection (Vis/IR/UV) defining required system performance targets/ appropriate technology) Gas Detection (application of appropriate methodology on case by case basis)Acoustic / Toxic Gas DetectionClients include BP, Shell, Total, ADCO, TAQA, Perenco, with projects in the UK, Middle-East, Africa, Australia, Canada/USA and S. Korea.I have also contributed to independent international / oil operator / internal company fire safety guidance.

Continuing PhD and Fire Plume Dynamics researchApril/July 2015March/April 2013

This work is split between individual (PhD) research and a number of larger group fire science research projects (including large-scale testing of travelling fires in safe design for tall structures). PhD-focused research involves studying the flame boundary fluid dynamics of cross flow plumes as well as flame dimensional analysis, with particular interest in entrainment for non-ambient smoke development. Smoke production is typically underestimated by traditional calculation methods for non-ambient plumes, which can result in dangerously under-designed smoke control systems. This has practical application for smoke control, smoke detection and heat detection in both controlled and harsh environments. It is imperative that when designing smoke control systems or modelling fire development for modern infrastructure, that the full extent of the potential smoke production rate due to the complexities of such infrastructure (such as HVAC systems, non-ambient environments) are fully understood and can be incorporated into the computational modelling technique.I currently have several papers in draft or review stage with peer-reviewed fire science journals.