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Grenfell Tower Fire Special Session and Confidential Reporting of Strucutural Safety (CROSS)

  • 1.  Grenfell Tower Fire Special Session and Confidential Reporting of Strucutural Safety (CROSS)

    Posted 04-22-2019 02:38 PM
    Edited by Tirza Austin 04-22-2019 02:38 PM

    Please join us from 3:00 to 5:00 Thursday afternoon for a special plenary session on the Grenfell Tower Fire in London.  Presentations will be by two UK experts who have been involved with the fire's investigation and the follow-up enquiries of the UK government about its causes and consequences.  In addition, a prominent US fire engineer will offer implications for US practice.<u5:p></u5:p>

    In the UK, the Grenfell Fire has resulted in increased interest in enhancing structural safety in the built environment, including expansion of the UK system of Confidential Reporting of Structural Safety (CROSS) system.  The session will summarize the history of CROSS and close with an update on recent, well advanced efforts within SEI to bring the CROSS system to the US.<u5:p></u5:p>

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    Glenn Bell PE, SE, CEng
    Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc
    Waltham MA
    (781) 907-9000
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