The Future of Fire-Resilient Structural Design
Recent Developments in Structural Fire Engineering
WEBINAR
This session is for structural engineers, architects, researchers, students, and anyone working in or around fire-safe building design. Whether you’re aiming to meet compliance standards, improve fire resilience, or simply stay current with how materials and testing methods are evolving — this webinar will give you practical insights you can apply to your work.
Join us online for a deep dive into the future of fire-safe structural design!
Course content
Interested in the latest thinking on structural fire safety?
Event details
This webinar looks at how fire affects material performance, with a focus on structural steel and composite materials. You’ll hear about new testing methods that better simulate real fire conditions and learn how recent global research is changing the way engineers design for fire resilience.
Presenters Mayank Shrivastava and Nandor Mago from HERA and industry will share how simulation tools and new methodologies are supporting smarter design choices, improving safety, and aligning with evolving standards.
What you’ll learn
- Ways to apply simulation and analysis tools to improve design outcomes
- How steel and composite materials behave under elevated temperatures
- New approaches to fire resistance testing
- The real-world impact of recent fire research on engineering design and compliance
- The session focuses on real-world application, working with variable slab configurations, managing complex penetrations, and aligning workflows with current standards.
Event Format
45 minutes webinar
15 minute Q+A
Cost
Free – HERA members and students
$30 – Non-members
Mayank Shrivastava, Senior Structural Fire Engineer
Speakers
Mayank Shrivastava
HERA
Senior Structural Fire Engineer
I’m a Senior Structural Fire Engineer at HERA, specialising in structural and structural fire design with over 18 years of research and consulting experience. I am passionate about creating safer and more sustainable solutions, I’m actively involved in research that pushes the boundaries of structural fire engineering to make Aotearoa a safer, sustainable and more resilient place.
Nandor Mago
HERA
Finite Element Analyst
With over 25 years’ experience in the industry, specialising in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of complex engineering problems, Nandor has also carried out numerous detailed fire-related simulations using the state-of-the-art Abaqus software to capture the thermo-mechanical behaviour of structures under various fire scenarios. His simulations actively support the development of structural engineering design procedures and have contributed to delivering smarter solutions.