Fire Engineering Consultant.
Expertise:
• Resistance to fire and reaction testing.
• Fireproof product development.
• Design of resistance to fire solutions.
• Tunnel fire protection.
• Fire regulations and fire test standards.
• CFD – fire modelling.
• Research and development of fireproof materials.
• Factory quality control.

Relevant Qualifications:
• Degree in Forestry Engineering.
• Technical Auditor (ENAC Certificate) – EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
• Technical Auditor (ENAC Certificate) – EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012. Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.

Experience
Since 2005, César has worked in the fire protection industry. At the start of his career he was responsible for on-site installation, ensuring compliance with fire regulations. Later César developed his professional work in the R&D departments of fire companies, while also providing technical support for major international projects. During the last five years, César has been actively involved in fire design solutions and product development, as well as conducting indicative tests for large fire companies. He is also a visiting professor for several universities, annually works with MSc students in Fire Safety Engineering and collaborates with the Spanish National Accreditation Body (ENAC) in audits for laboratories
and certification bodies.

Deg Priest has been involved with fire testing of building materials since 1977. His career spans a wide range of product development, fire test equipment design and construction, attendance on consensus standards setting organizations and P&L management of fire testing laboratories. Most recently, Deg had worked as a Global Senior Director of Operations for the Building Materials department of Intertek. He was President and one of the founders of Omega Point Laboratories from 1985 to 2005, where he was responsible for the overall testing operations, as well as designing and fabricating fire testing equipment for the company, as well as for clients. Before forming Omega Point Laboratories, Mr. Priest designed, constructed and operated the large fire resistance furnaces for SwRI in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, he was a part owner of Commercial Testing Company, where he designed, built and operated numerous pieces of equipment for evaluating flammability, fire resistance and other properties. Deg was the Chairman of ISO TC92 Subcommittee 2 on Fire Containment from 1992 to 2016 and has been active in ASTM Committee E05 since 1977.

B.Sc., AAFDI, ILM, FDIS (Dip), Fire Door Inspection (Fire Qual)

• Undertaking fire door inspections for timber, steel and composite door systems.

• Assist businesses to develop third-party certification processes and
systems for fire door installation, maintenance and inspection.

• Advice and assist in market development for enhance fire performance building products, specialising in wood panel and cellulous based insulation materials, across Europe and the Middle East.

• Expert witness analysis for non-fire and fire rated door systems and installations.

Tim Nichols is a senior figure in the passive and active fire industry and carries out the following activities: Design, specification, audit, and witness testing of fixed fire extinguishing systems including:

Associated detection, actuation, and interface Sprinkler Systems

Works associated with preparation EWS 1

Regulations and practice surrounding PED for gas systems, hydrostatic testing, and F-Gas regulations

Evaluation analysis, testing and solutions for acoustics of gas system discharge in data centres for the prevention of hard disk drive damage