Fire Engineering of Steel Structures

Design for fire safety has traditionally relied on prescriptive building code requirements. However, advances in performance-based design and a growing awareness of the risks posed by increasing wildfire hazards are driving broader adoption of structural fire engineering by engineers and project stakeholders.

This webinar will outline key structural considerations for steel structures exposed to fire, including material behavior at elevated temperatures, load effects, and fire protection strategies. The presentation will also introduce available resources, guidelines, and analysis tools that support structural fire design, helping engineers apply these concepts in practice and integrate fire considerations into resilient structural solutions.

Speaker:

Michael Drury, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Engineer with the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). His areas of interest include structural fire engineering and steel structures. His doctoral work consisted of large-scale experimental and computational research on steel-concrete composite floor systems under fire exposure, with a focus on developing simplified tools and relationships to be implemented in performance-based structural fire design.

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Webinar Cancellation

By NCSEA: If a webinar is canceled by NCSEA, all registered attendees will be notified via email. NCSEA will issue a full refund if the event cannot be rescheduled. If the event is rescheduled and a registrant can not attend on the rescheduled date, NCSEA will offer a credit in the amount of the purchase price.

By Registrant/Attendee: Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar (or the first webinar in the case of a series or bundle) and in writing via email (ncsea@ncsea.com) with the subject line “NCSEA Webinar Cancellation” and include the following in the body of the email: Title of Webinar, Order/Invoice Number, Name of Registrant, and Reason for Cancellation. No telephone refund requests will be accepted.

If the request has been approved, NCSEA can do one of the following:

• Refund the amount back to the original order payment method (a $25 cancellation processing fee will be assessed)

• Issue a full credit on the purchaser’s account that can be used towards a future webinar/event.

If you are unable to attend the webinar and the cancellation deadline has passed, a recording will be available (in most cases) in the Education Portal after the webinar has concluded.
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