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Lecture

Performance-based structural fire engineering in the energy industry

Event organised by ICE

Date
17 June 2025
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Overview

The talk explores advanced methodologies for assessing and enhancing the fire resilience of critical infrastructure within the energy sector. It emphasizes a shift from traditional prescriptive fire safety approaches to performance-based strategies that account for real fire scenarios, structural behaviour under extreme heat, and risk-informed decision-making. The talk highlights case studies from oil and gas facilities, demonstrating how tailored fire engineering solutions can optimize safety, reduce downtime, and support sustainability goals. Attendees gain insights into cutting-edge modelling techniques, regulatory frameworks, and interdisciplinary collaboration essential for safeguarding energy assets in high-risk environments.

Speaker

Enrique Munoz Garcia

Enrique Munoz Garcia

Kent

fire and blast expert

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Enrique Munoz Garcia

Enrique is a Principal Structural Engineer and Fire and Blast Expert. He has over 25 years of experience in structural engineering with experience on the building and energy industry, research, and offshore and onshore civil and structural engineering.

He has experience in the analysis and assessment of structures subjected to extreme environmental loading from structural fire collapse analysis and Passive Fire Protection (PFP) optimisation to blast reassessment of structures and wave analysis of marine structures such as offshore jackets, using a variety of techniques ranging from hand calculations to explicit non-linear finite element analysis. Enrique has a PhD from the University of Sheffield in Structural Integrity of Steel Connections Subjected to Dynamic Transient Loadings and Progressive Collapse. His areas of technical interest are structural integrity and extreme loading effects on structures.

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