THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code	:	2018042
Event Name	:	Performance of Different Passive Fire Protection Materials and Solutions to Enhance Fire Protection of Existing Buildings
CPD Code	:	Formal Events
Speaker	:	Ir Prof. Y.L. Wong, DipCE, MEng, PhD, FHKIE, RPE(BUD, FRE, MAT), RI(E), FHKCI Ir Prof. Wong has been an university academic for over twenty three years teaching/supervising students and conducting researches in the areas of concrete technology and repair, fire engineering, and earthquake engineering. Before he became an academic in 1991, he had worked in Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners for five years. Ir Prof. Wong is active in providing consultancy service in the investigation/assessment of fire-damaged buildings, concrete failure and the recommendations of concrete repair. He also involves in developing product certification schemes of construction materials. At present, Ir Prof. Wong is a Professor of Chu Hai College of Higher Education. He is a Fellow of HKIE, Vice President of HKCI, Member of Technical Committee on the CoP for Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS) of Buildings Department, Registered Inspector, and HOKLAS Technical Assessor.
Event Date	:	2018-03-16
Event Time	:	7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Registration and networking time: from 6:30 pm)
CPD Hour(s)	:	1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s)	:	1.5
Venue	:	Surveyors Learning Centre, Room 1207, 12/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Division	:	QSD
Fee	:	HK$120 for members; HK$180 for non-members (HK$30 walk-in surcharge on all prices listed); Free of charge for student members studying full time (subject to availability)
Priority	:	QSD Members; First-come-first-served
Language	:	Cantonese supplemented by English
Details	:	Passive fire protection of a building attempts to contain fires or slow the fire spread, through the use of fire protection materials forming fire – resistant walls/partitions, floors, doors, shutters and etc, in order to maintain the fundamental requirements of building compartmentation, structural stability, fire separation, and safe means of escape. In this seminar, the performance and limitations of different passive fire protection materials will be discussed. Moreover, some common problems of passive fire protection provision in existing buildings will be highlighted and methods of remedial measures will be proposed.
Remarks	:	FULL (NO WALK IN AVAILABLE)
Payment	:	HKD 120
Face-to-Face/Zoom	:	Please refer to the remarks

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