Vortex renews IAS AC291 & ISO 17020 accreditation! Vortex Fire is proud to announce our IAS AC291 & ISO 17020 accreditation has been renewed with two additional scopes related to SFRM and intumescent paint structural fire proofing. This annual...
Arstella Joy Silva
Toronto Mass Timber Construction
Toronto Mass Timber Construction Mass timber buildings have experienced a spike in popularity among designers and developers in Toronto. As of August 2020, there are over 20 mass timber buildings at various stages of development in Toronto and Greater Toronto Area....
Tall wood case study—The Wade Avenue experiment
Tall wood case study—The Wade Avenue experiment This seminar will examine the technical challenges and solutions for 77 Wade Avenue, Ontario’s first tall-wood building approved using the Alternative Solution evaluation process that falls within the objective-based...
A Monte Carlo-based probabilistic barrier failure model for arbitrary fire environment
A Monte Carlo-based probabilistic barrier failure model for arbitrary fire environment Failure of building assemblies is a combined result of both heat attack and the mechanical response of the assembly components. Xiao Li recently published a paper in fire...
New Brunswick (APEGNB) – Permit to Practice
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New Brunswick (APEGNB) – Permit to Practice Effective May 2018, Vortex Fire Consulting Inc. have been granted a Permit to Practice by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB). This allows...
Australia: Insurance industry ACP residual hazard identification reporting protocol
Australia: Insurance industry ACP residual hazard identification reporting protocol The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) in consultation with Engineers Australia (EA) and Fire Protection Association of Australia (FPAA) have agreed a protocol to provide a...
External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design
External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design Congratulations to our Managing Director, Mr. Faimeen Shah on successfully completing the External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design CPD course at The University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia. This...
Vortex Fire renews House of Expertise (HOE) licence with Dubai Civil Defence (DCD)
Vortex Fire renews House of Expertise (HOE) licence with Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) We are pleased to announce renewal of our House of Expertise (Fire Safety Consultancy) registration with Dubai Civil Defence (DCD). This confirms our status as a licenced provider of...
Australian Government rejects call to ban PE cladding import and use
Australian Government rejects call to ban PE cladding import and use The Australian Government has rejected a recommendation to ban the importation, sale and use of combustible cladding made by the Senate inquiry into non-conforming building products, determining such...
Canadian Fire Safety Association – Annual Education Forum 2018
Canadian Fire Safety Association – Annual Education Forum 2018 Jack Keays presented at the Canadian Fire Safety Association – Annual Education Forum. The presentation was on fire and egress modeling in support of performance based design and alternative solutions....