Summer Placement at DFC – Part 1 of 3

2023 Summer Placement Journey This year DFC were pleased to host three summer placements: Andrzej, Max and Aman are full-time students, and each joined us for six to eight weeks. Find out more about their feedback and post-placement reflections in our three-part blog: Summer Placement Journey. By: Andrzej Caba, 2023 Summer Placement, Leeds The placement […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 14th September 2023

Is External Fire Spread a B3 or B4 Issue?

By: Roy Little, Senior Associate and Francesca Ravenhill, Senior Engineer and Analyst. Is fire spread, via the external wall, a B3 or B4 issue, and can the two even be considered separately? Maybe the answer to these questions comes down to the method of fire spread, and where it spreads to? For reference requirements B3(3) and B4(1) from […]

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On 16th August 2023

George Wood Joins DFC

We have recently welcomed George Wood to DFC. George has joined as a Senior Engineer, based in our Leeds office. George is an Associate member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) with a MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Huddersfield. Prior to joining DFC, George has worked for an international multi-disciplinary engineering company for several years […]

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On 20th June 2023

Adam joins Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Webinar on Planning Gateway One

DFC Director, Adam Monaghan joins Health and Safety Executive’s Mark Wilson, Operational Lead for Policy and Planning Gateway One, in the webinar’s Q&A session to discuss Planning Gateway One. What is planning gateway one (PGO)? PGO was the first step in transforming the regulatory framework for building safety in England following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. […]

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On 6th June 2023

1,000+ Trees Planted by DFC in the Scottish Highlands

In early 2021, DFC started its sustainable journey by committing to planting a tree per month for every staff member in a Scottish rewilding project led by the charity Trees for Life. This month marks a very important occasion as DFC’s tree grove has reached the major milestone of 1,000 trees! Jonny Joinson, Director commented: […]

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On 5th June 2023

Aligning DFC Values with Trees for Life

By: Tina Iacono, Business Support/HR Since early 2021, the team and I at Design Fire Consultants (DFC) have been delighted by the opportunity to positively impact on the climate by contributing to rewilding through Trees for Life. This charity was founded in 1989 and has since worked tirelessly to raise awareness and rewild the Scottish […]

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On 12th May 2023

Project Case Study: Glassworks, Manchester

By: James O’Hanlon, Associate I joined DFC in January 2021, and on my first day I was assigned to work on the Glassworks project which had just started concept design. Three years later I was on site in a finished building and witnessing the final commissioning of the fire life safety systems before practical completions. […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 11th April 2023

Lindsey Waterworth Joins DFC

We have recently welcomed Lindsey Waterworth to DFC. Lindsey has joined as a personal assistant to the directors and is based in our Leeds office. Lindsey joins us from a multinational telecommunication organisation and has worked at several blue-chip companies prior to this. Her experience spans over twenty years in several roles from supplier service […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 12th January 2023

My First Year at DFC – Waqas Haider

A year? It has been a year since I joined DFC – Time flies!? Nah, probably not during the lockdown! Trust me, even the first 14 days of quarantine in the UK felt like months!! Well, I must also admit that the last couple of months have gone pretty quick 😉 Tour of my DFC […]

Posted by Design Fire
On 8th October 2021

St Alban’s Place Wins Two RIBA Awards

A real team effort this one, so delighted RIBA have recognised the quality of this scheme. St Alban’s Place won the RIBA Yorkshire Award 2021 and the RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year 2021 DFC work closely with VITA Group across their project portfolio, so when they conjured up a neat little site round the […]

Posted by Eoghan Given
On 25th August 2021

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