Fire Engineer, Arup Gulf Ltd.
Dermot is a Senior Fire Engineer and a Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland. He graduated with an Honours Degree in Building Services Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology and is currently based in Arup’s Dubai office.
Dermot has a wide range of experience in fire engineering in Ireland, UK, Continental Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His experience ranges from code knowledge to the development and application of holistic performance based designs. Dermot also has substantial experience in on-site implementation of his and others fire life safety designs.
Dermot is also practiced in evacuation and people movement analysis. He has a vast knowledge in analysing and predicting human behaviour in fire. He is involved in the continuing development of Arup’s commercially available evacuation modelling software MassMotion as a tester and European champion within Arup.
Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Throughout the world we aim to provide a consistently excellent multidisciplinary service, which also incorporates our concern for the environment. Formed in 1946, the firm now has 11,000 planners, designers, engineers and consultants working in 90 offices in 38 countries and our projects have taken us to more than 160 countries.
Arup has been working in the Middle East since the early 1970s. We are registered in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with offices in Jeddah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. We work with public authorities, local developers, major multinational clients, as well as some of the world's most influential architects to deliver creative and high value technical solutions.
Our fire engineering practice adopts a unique combination of design and technical expertise which means Arup offers an understanding of fire science, human behaviour and risk, each fundamental to the design of major infrastructure and building projects such as high rise, sport stadia, airports, rail and tunnels. With dedicated fire safety experts in over 30 offices worldwide, the team is experienced at working with country-specific codes and local authority approval processes.
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