GARRY WEIR
DIRECTOR
PROFESSION
Senior Fire and Life Safety Engineer
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Engineering, Building Engineering, Victoria University, Footscray
Graduate Certificate in Performance Based Building and Fire Codes, Victoria University of Technology, CESARE
Graduate Diploma in Fire Safety and Risk Engineering, Victoria University of Technology, CESARE
Member, Engineers Australia (MIEAust CPEng – 1111327)
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
National Professional Engineering Register (NPER)Fire Safety
NSW Accredited Certified – Fire Safety
Victorian Registered Building Practitioner – Fire Safety Engineer (EF18257)
EXPERTISE
Garry is a leader in performance-based design with expertise in undertaking fire, evacuation and computational fluid dynamics modelling and fire protection as per Australian Standards. Utilised software, includes Evacnet4+ (Evacuation Modelling), FAST version 4.1.3 (Fire & Smoke Transport Modelling), Flow 3D Phoenics, FDS3 and Smokeview (Fluid Dynamics Modelling).
Garry is conversant in all facets of fire protection including fire sprinkler, fire hydrant, fire pumpsets, special hazards, hose reel, emergency warning systems and detection systems design. Garry is also fully conversant with the use and requirements of relevant Australian Standards, Building Code of Australia, Factory Mutual (FM) and NFPA requirements.
Garry’s experience is not only Australia wide but has undertaken a number of large international projects utilising Fire Engineering. His experience covers a wide range of building types including residential, industrial, office, amusement, warehouse, aged care facilities, hospitals and shopping centres..