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Charlotte Lunla-Pickup Joins DFC

DFC welcomes Charlotte to our Business Support and operations team. Charlotte has experience in working within the Built Environment over the last fifteen years for a number of corporate international engineering consultancy companies. She has gained a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the industry within various sectors and particularly in the North West market. […]

Posted by Design Fire Consultant
On 18th October 2021

Parina Patel Joins DFC

We are excited to welcome Parina to the DFC team, who is based in our Manchester office and joins us as an Associate. Parina has 10 years of experience as a fire engineer and is a Chartered Engineer with a background in fire and materials. Parina’s recent projects include Manchester Town Hall, London Crossrail and […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 19th August 2021

Planting Trees for the Climate

From the beginning of 2021 onwards, DFC committed to planting trees as part of a rewilding project in the Highlands of Scotland. Global warming is a huge issue facing us all and has many complex layers. This can make it feel like a problem that is simply too large for an individual to solve. However, […]

Posted by Design Fire
On 6th July 2021

Ross Barritt-Mehta Awarded Chartered Engineer Status

Last week, while on shared parental leave, Ross received the news from CIBSE that his application for Chartered Engineer status was successful. Congratulations Ross! Ross brings the total number of Chartered Engineers at DFC up to eight. Ross also brings diversity to the chartered cohort by being the first DFC staff member to be granted […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 5th July 2021

The Oglesby Centre at Hallé St. Peter’s

DFC is incredibly proud to see the opening of The Oglesby Centre by our neighbour the Hallé Orchestra. Hallé St Peter’s provides a home for the Hallé’s rehearsals and recordings, its choirs and Youth Orchestra, as well as a space for education workshops and small performances. The three-storey extension, The Oglesby Centre, has now been completed, […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 28th November 2019

Adeyanju Teslim-Balogun joins DFC

Another addition to our team in Manchester is Adeyanju Teslim-Balogun who joins us as our first Graduate Engineer in Manchester. Adeyanju has a Civil/Structural Engineering background with a Masters degree in Structural Engineering. She is currently rounding off her PhD in Structural Fire Engineering. Adeyanju previously worked as a Structural Engineer in Nigeria, working on […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 12th September 2019

Merl Forrer joins DFC

DFC is delighted to announce that Merl Forrer has joined our team in Manchester. Merl moves over to the consultancy side of the industry after 19 years in the Fire Service. A Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), Merl has a Masters degree in Fire Engineering and brings a wealth of experience in […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 7th May 2019

Ross Barritt-Mehta joins DFC

In a series of somewhat belated announcements we are welcoming some new starters to DFC! First up, Ross joined us in April as an Engineer in our Manchester office. Ross’ career to date has been in the mechanical ventilation industry with specific focus on fire safety engineering, and he brings significant experience in: High Temperature […]

Posted by Iain Macfarlane
On 5th July 2018

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