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Fire Dynamics is an independent fire engineering consultancy. Our team has extensive experience in fire strategy design across all sectors of the building industry on projects throughout the UK and abroad. We are based in London and Sheffield and work on projects worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/6f096eb7-635e-4b24-9158-cf3f049f0432/luca-colapinto-ez8VC2Hzd84-unsplash+copy.jpg Home - Design. We specialise in developing tailored, performance based fire engineering designs to ensure that architectural and client ambitions can be realised. When our approaches become complex, we break down problems clearly and concisely so that all stakeholders are aware of what we are doing and why. We have been adopting this throughout our careers and have a proven track record of obtaining regulatory approval for bespoke fire engineering designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/e644b9eb-273a-4239-b6e9-d026655376ea/luca-colapinto-ez8VC2Hzd84-unsplash+PORT.jpg Home - Deliver. We are a small, client focused consultancy who prioritise building long term relationships with likeminded professionals over profit and growth. By limiting the amount of work we take on, we can provide an unparalleled level of focus and commitment to our projects. We strive to meet all deadlines and go the extra mile to meet the needs of our clients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/1991f7c8-3a53-4fd0-afe6-81eb6a185ae2/luca-colapinto-ez8VC2Hzd84-unsplash+copy.jpg Home - Develop. Whilst we are proud of the work we do, we strive to continuously develop and improve the quality of our products and the academic research which underpins our work. Each director spends at least one third of their time working on research and development. 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He is comfortable developing strategies for projects across a range of sectors and always aims to strike a balance between ensuring that architectural aspirations are met while achieving a high level of fire safety. While John is highly experienced in the application of baseline design guidance to ensure fire strategies meet prescriptive requirements, he is also experienced in the development of Computational Fluid Dynamics models using the most up to date industry software to facilitate performance based design approaches. He has used CFD to obtain approvals for designs across residential, office and warehouse schemes. He has also developed complex evacuation models for office and stadium projects. With a separate master’s degree in data science, John’s research interests lean towards machine learning with a specific focus on application of supervised learning techniques to various fire related data sets. Previous Employment - Astute Fire, Olsson Fire and Risk (Australia), Michael Slattery Associates (Ireland), Hoare Lea Selected Career Episodes Horsham Blue Light Centre This Fire Station in West Sussex is also designed as a learning and development centre for the Fire Service. Of note was the design for the Live Fire training facility, the purpose of which was to provide supervised training for fire service personnel by replicating real world firefighting scenarios. Development of the fire strategy necessitated the consideration of repeated heating and cooling of “burn rooms” within the training building and development of an outline hazard analysis highlighting operational items that the end user should factor into the management plan. JD Sports, DC2 The JD sports DC2 storage facility in Kingsway provided a unique challenge from a fire strategy perspective as it was undergoing alterations in response to the increased Health & Safety demands brought on by the Covid 19 Pandemic. The design which also included high racked storage and multiple open mezzanine floors required the development of a smoke modelling analysis to demonstrate the internal fit out could adequately accommodate means of escape. Wework - Various John has had the opportunity to work on a number of Wework office fit outs across London and Sydney Australia. Development of the strategies for these densely populated collaborative spaces often required creative thinking to develop bespoke fire strategies with a focus on means of escape. Consistent stakeholder engagement was required to ensure the Wework vision was maintained while also maintaining a high standard of life safety. Other Notable Experience Residential – 6 Merchant Square, Lewisham Gateway. Thornton Park, Clapham. Crown House Barking. Commercial Office – Wework: Aldwych House and 12 Hammersmith Grove. Subsea 7 Sutton. Transport – Stansted Airport. Lufthansa Lounge Heathrow. Warehousing – Amazon IP9, Building 8 Lutterworth. Wayfair Project Mallow. Education – Oxford University: Beecroft and Biochemistry Buildings. Ealing Schools; Springhallow and Castlebar, Middlesex University, ACI Theatre https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-sam daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/9dfc025b-e329-4be6-853a-d64d2e23ceb4/Sam+small.jpg About Sam - Sam Bennett BEng (Hons), C.BuildE, MCABE, IEng, MIFireE Director / Founder Sam is a Chartered Building Engineer, specialising in fire engineering, with over 18 years’ experience. He specialises in fire safety engineering for building design and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling. Sam has considerable experience of leading the fire engineering design on a large number of varied projects both internationally and across the UK. These include residential buildings, large scale hotels, transport infrastructure, warehouses and healthcare facilities. In previous appointments, Sam has been an influential figure involved in the advancement of CFD modelling and bespoke fire engineering design capabilities. He has also acted as an expert witness in relation to CFD modelling of smoke using Fire Dynamics Simulator. His passion lies in applying his detailed technical knowledge of CFD modelling and other fire engineering calculation techniques to develop unique and bespoke fire strategy solutions. Sam is also regularly appointed to undertake peer reviews of fire strategies on behalf of Building Control bodies who do not have this capability in-house. As an expert witness, Sam has been subject to cross examination by a QC in a formal adjudication setting. Previous Employment - Astute Fire (Founder), WSP, Hoare Lea, Promat Selected Career Episodes Goldman Sachs - 70 Farringdon Road Lead fire engineer from planning to completion on a new global headquarters for Goldman Sachs. The client had high aesthetic standards and specific operational requirements. This required the development of a bespoke fire strategy to meet these high ambitions including several CFD modelling studies and computational evacuation modelling studies. New Build Amazon Warehouses During his tenure at Astute Fire, Sam was instrumental in making Astute Fire one of Amazons “fire engineers of choice”, developing fire strategies for over ten large new build facilities. These facilities required a bespoke approach due to their large size, specific operational requirements, high-tech sortation systems and fast paced construction programs. Sam maintained close working relationships with the relevant client representatives, design teams and approving authorities his strategies were quickly designed and delays were avoided. Passive Fire Protection Dispute, Hospital, England Sam was instructed on behalf of a project company in an adjudication in relation to a multi-million pound dispute relating to fire stopping and fire compartmentation at a recently constructed hospital. Sam was required to provide comment on CFD modelling evidence used in the case as well as to undertake multiple CFD modelling studies as part of a comparative “monte carlo assessment” of safety levels. As part of this dispute, Sam was required to prepare various expert reports, attend joint expert meetings and provide expert evidence at a hearing before the adjudicator and to be cross-examined by the Queen’s Counsel for the counterparty. Other Notable Experience Residential – Merchant Square Development, Paddington. Spire, Canary Wharf. Battersea Reach Development, London. Hotels – Bodmin Jail Hotel. Caprice Gold Hotel, Istanbul Transport – Crossrail (Paddington and Tottenham Court Road Stations). Waterloo Station. Perry Barr Station. Warehousing and Manufacturing - Jaguar Landrover Manufacturing Facility, Halewood. Ocado Sortation Centres (Numerous), Marks and Spencer Sortation Centre, East Midlands Parkway. Boots Storage Facilities. https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-tom daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/924c36de-c8f7-478f-91d5-a5c407d3d0b6/Tom+small.jpg About Tom - Thomas O’Driscoll BEng(Hons), AIFireE, MIFSM Director / Founder Thomas’ role is to develop bespoke, imaginative and practical fire strategy for a variety of schemes within both monetary and timescale constraints while ensuring maximum architectural freedom is achieved. Thomas has experience in a wide range of sectors including educational, residential, offices, commercial, mixed use developments, railway stations, stadia and warehouses to name a few. Having a passion for the built environment, Thomas has been heavily involved in the physical implementation of fire strategies. From new build auditing and construction support in residential schemes to remedial works on existing hospital buildings, Thomas has a wide ranging experience in construction methods. Thomas has previously worked for the fire engineering teams of Astute Fire (Director), WSP and Hoare Lea based out of London. Thomas is highly competent in a variety of fire engineering skills, such as evacuation and CFD Modelling and Fire Dynamics calculations, and has both led and assisted on a variety of projects throughout the UK and internationally. Previous Employment - Astute Fire (Founder), WSP, Hoare Lea Selected Career Episodes The News Building, Shard Quarter, London The Building involved the fit out of the 18 storey new build office for News UK within the Shard Quarter at London Bridge. As part of the design, there was a desire to increase internal circulation between levels by the use of accommodation stairs. This was achieved through the development of a bespoke fire safety strategy to allow openings in compartment floor and therefore giving greater architectural freedom to the design of the accommodation stairs. Al Ain Stadium, Abu Dhabi The scheme included a new 25,000 seat football stadium, commercial properties, retail and residential areas for the Crown Prince Court (CPC). The fire engineering role was to guide the design team through the development review process and to assist in the detailed design for each element of the scheme. This involved undertaking the fire engineering design, and seeking to achieve agreement with the Statutory Authorities in Al Ain. ExCel Exhibition Centre – Phase 2, London The Phase 2 works added an additional 36,000m2 of hall space to the existing building. Thomas’ role included undertaking evacuation modelling and desktop studies to achieve approval of extended travel distances. Thomas was also responsible for delivering the final package at practical completion collating all design information and Statutory Authority discussions. ExCel Phase 2 won the 2011 LABC London award for Best Technical Innovation for the fire engineering design. Other Notable Experience Commercial Office - AMEX House Brighton. Imperial West Scheme. My Place Luton. Zaha Hadid London Office Extension. Residential and Mixed -use - Woodlands Post Graduate Accommodation. Imperial College London. Henry Moore Court London. Greenwich Reach. Kidbrooke Development, London. Royal Arsenal Riverside, London. International and Large Scale Developments - National Gymnastic Arena Azerbaijan. ExCel Exhibition Centre – Phase 2 London. Al Ain Stadium Abu Dhabi. King Khaled International Airport Saudi Arabia. Hamad International Airport Development, Qatar Education - University of Oxford, Various Sites. Imperial College London Various Sites. Royal Academy of Music, London. Newham BSF, Various Sites. Tower Hamlets BSF, Various Sites. https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-ian daily 0.75 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/16fdd9e2-1d1d-4103-a04d-158c11162cc8/Ian.jpeg About Ian - Ian Shaw MEng Lead Software Developer Ian is Fire Dynamics’ lead software developer. Having worked previously as both a fire engineering consultant and a software developer, he is uniquely qualified to develop new technologies to further the fire engineering field. Ian has commercial experience across a range of digital technologies through developing web based and mobile applications across multiple sectors. At Fire Dynamics, he builds in-house software and tooling. These tools aim to expand the company into new fire engineering capabilities, undertake research and improve efficiency and consistency in our existing processes. Previous Employment - Jensen Hughes, Complete Coherence. https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-joana daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/d0bf974b-0571-41b8-98b9-f69bb165526e/Joana.JPG About Joana - Joana Kruk BEng(Hons), Associate Joana is a senior fire engineering consultant with eleven years of experience across Portugal and the UK. She started her career in fire safety in Portugal in 2013 after completing a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Protection Engineering at ISEC Lisboa - Higher Institute of Education and Sciences. In Portugal, she worked for the National Authority for Civil Protection, where she played a key role in assessing fire risks and developing fire safety strategies for buildings. In the UK, Joana’s focus is on delivering fire safety strategies across a range of sectors. Her passion lies in using science and engineering to design effective fire safety solutions that meet both the client's needs and the fire safety regulations. Before becoming a fire engineer, Joana was a volunteer firefighter in Portugal, giving her valuable insights into building fire risks and safety challenges. Her dedication to protecting people and property defines her career, making her a respected expert in fire engineering and safety. Previous Employment - Semper, Astute Fire, Cundall, AFOCELCA (Portugal), ANEPC (Portugal) https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-eoghan daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/bb40328d-5648-463f-8545-c7a605659467/Eoghan.jpeg About Eoghan - Eoghan O’Meara BSc(Hons), AIFireE Associate With over 5 years’ experience as a fire engineering consultant, Eoghan enjoys working on ambitious, unorthodox projects where engineered solutions can be used to influence the architectural and creative aspirations of the design team. Eoghan's passion for fire safety began with intentions to go into the "family business" of firefighting. However, a desire to have a more definitive influence on the preservation of life and property drove him towards a career in fire engineering consultancy. Since joining the industry, Eoghan has contributed to and managed a diverse portfolio of projects including large warehouses, residential conversions and schools. Previous Employment - Semper, Astute Fire https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-diana daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/c958c91c-1911-4b2e-a18e-75081fd3eca2/Diana.JPG About Diana - Diana Prostire MEng(Hons), AIFireE Associate Director Diana is an Associate Director, with particular expertise in fire dynamics, CFD modelling, and the thermo-mechanical response of structures in fire. Diana’s approach to fire safety is always a pragmatic one, aiming to provide robust, optimised and innovative solutions to achieve the client’s design aspirations and ultimately provide the required level of safety for the end user. With over nine years of professional experience across diverse building sectors, she focuses on applying analytical and computational methods to develop robust, design-integrated fire strategies. Diana is an Associate of the Institution of Fire Engineers (AIFireE) and holds an MEng in Structural and Fire Safety Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. Previous Employment - Semper, Astute Fire, Cundall https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-kevin daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/dfcc358d-6279-456d-bcd7-6fc768226580/KEVIN-website.JPG About Kevin - Kevin Kurniawan MSc (IMFSE) in Fire Safety Engineering, Senior Fire Engineer Kevin is a fire engineer with civil-engineering roots, holding a BEng from Indonesia and an MSc in Fire Safety Engineering through the Erasmus-funded IMFSE programme. Combining technical expertise with a creative edge, Kev enjoys coding innovative solutions to enhance workflows and tackle challenging problems. With over five years of industry experience, Kevin has worked across structural fire engineering and fire safety strategy development for both commercial and residential buildings. He has delivered projects across multiple regions, including works aligned with the NFPA and the KSA Fire Safety Code, building a strong understanding of diverse regulatory frameworks and design challenges. Outside of work, Kev finds joy in board games, bringing his strategic mindset and love for problem-solving into friendly competition, and occasionally to his professional approach as well. Previous employment: Semper, Astute Fire https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/courses daily 0.75 2025-11-12 https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-kirsty daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/bba58f89-bae0-4c8c-987e-94bdfd22734e/KIRSTY-website.JPG About Kirsty - Kirsty Cameron MSc in Fire Engineering, Senior Fire Engineer Kirsty is a fire engineer who joined our London team after six years in Auckland, New Zealand. With a master’s degree in Fire Engineering from the University of Canterbury, she has delivered fire strategies for a wide range of projects, from industrial facilities to major healthcare developments. Now one year into working in the United Kingdom, Kirsty has been involved in a variety of technically challenging and complex schemes, gaining hands-on experience with the nuances of UK building regulations, design approaches, and stakeholder expectations. She particularly enjoys the collaborative problem-solving that comes with navigating the UK’s evolving regulatory landscape. Outside of work, Kirsty spends her time exploring the outdoors and discovering new parts of the UK. Previous employment: NDY (Tetratech) : Jul 2018 - Sept 2020, Crossfire (Jensen Hughes): Oct 2021 - Feb 2024 https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-hatice daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/cb04cef9-b58a-49c2-b701-ca6a200477e1/Hatty+-+website.JPG About Hatice - Hatice Hasan BSc, ACCA, Finance Manager Hatice is a Finance Manager with over 11 years’ experience in finance and accounting and has been ACCA-qualified since 2021. She has worked across both practice and engineering consultancy environments, with a strong grounding in technical accounting and operational finance. Since stepping into her Finance Manager role, Hatice has developed broader hands-on experience in operations, process improvement, and refining the financial systems that support business growth. She enjoys the challenges that come with a fast-paced role and is continually building on her skill set and learning style as the company evolves. Outside of work, Hatice enjoys baking, trying out new recipes, and spending time with her Cockapoo and family. Previous employment: Conisbee, Gallagher & Brocklehurst Accountants https://www.firedynamicsgroup.com/about-rachel daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619bc5d6f1084747bfb0ad8d/aeef8a07-d026-4d9e-a39d-24db41f5ca06/IMG_3266.JPG About Rachel - Rachel Edgar, Founder / Operations Support Rachel has supported Fire Dynamics’ operations since the company was founded. She has embraced the challenge of developing a wide range of new skills and is currently working towards her ATT qualifications in Bookkeeping. Before joining Fire Dynamics, Rachel built a diverse career as a Nurse and Occupational Therapist within the NHS and Social Services. These roles equipped her with strong transferable skills, including effective communication, problem-solving, and exceptional attention to detail. Outside of work, Rachel is kept busy by her two sons and enjoys exploring the Peak District in her spare time.