Speakers

Terry is currently the Chief Operating Officer for the Butler & Young Group. He was formerly Managing Director of Trenton Consultants and as a Charted Fire Engineer he has been involved in a wide range of complex fire engineered solutions. He is the nominated specialist fire engineer to RIBA.

Prior to joining Butler & Young he served 24 years in the Fire Service and is the former Head of Fire Engineering Group for the London Fire Brigade.

Adam has been involved in fire safety since 1999 and became a Chartered Fire Engineer in 2005 following a number of varied and interesting positions working as a fire fighter, suppression system designer, project manager for fire research projects and fire safety consultant for a number of oil fields in the Sahara. This has been in various countries from the US to Libya and India to Australia though primarily in the UK. The majority of his experience is as a fire engineer and he have been involved in some very large and unusual projects.

During the last 5 years he has sat on a number of committees advising on new guidance documents including British Standards as part of his role with the Technical Services Advisory Group of the Institute of Fire Engineers. In addition he is involved with the Arson Control Forum which is a high level committee working with various government departments including the Home Office and DCSF to reduce the arson risk.

He is now responsible for a team of fire engineers including training, quality control and CPD as well as using his skills as a Chartered Fire Engineer to provide expert advice to clients and ensure responses are received in a timely manner.

His projects include:

• Olympic Site – ODA – Lead fire engineer for the Olympic site for a fixed period.
• Constellation – Wine bottling plant with very large storage area in Bristol.
• One Hyde Park – Mixed use £500m development known as the most prestigious development in London. Complex fire engineering issues from Section 20 to CFD modelling.
• Hastings College – Mixed use development on two different sites with 6 large buildings.
• Leeds BSF – Project manager of fire engineering on 6 schools as part of a BSF project.

Andy has 33 years experience in Building Control 22 within the Local Authority and 11 years as an Approved Inspector. He has worked on projects throughout England and Wales, in Scotland and for the MOD throughout Europe. He has Lectured on the Building Regulations, Hospital and School design, DDA, Public Safety (Sportsgrounds and Events), Leadership training (MOD) and is a Consultant to Training organisations and the RIBA. He has lectured at Grand Designs Live and carries out CPD events and lectures for many organisations. He has a Certificate in Public Safety and is Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Keith has been with the company since 2006, has a National General Certificate in NEBOSH and is responsible for the efficient operation of a team of Fire Risk Assessors. His role as Senior Fire Engineer role requires Keith to liaise with a number of clients and professional bodies. He also continues to perform comprehensive fire safety audits of existing buildings and advising on appropriate options.

Prior to joining the Butler & Young Group, Keith spent 16 years with the Crown Premises Inspection Group as an Assistant Inspector of Fire Services. Charged with enforcement of fire regulations in respect of Crown owned or occupied premises. During his last two years with CPIG, Keith had a particular involvement for the past two years in developing guidance for use in Prisons and Immigration centres. Keith also has over 20 years in the Fire Service.

Andy has been a practising Building Control Surveyor for the last 6 years and is a full corporate member of both the Association of Building Engineers and Chartered Institute of Building. Andy has worked for Butler & Young for the last 4 years and previously worked for Salford City Council.

Paul is a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner and a Chartered Engineer.

A former Technical Director with Scott Wilson he now practises as an independent consultant.

Paul is competent in providing training, guidance, advice and assistance in occupational and construction health and safety; in particular presenting training courses associated with the CDM Regulations.