Agenda

    Opening of the TECNALIA large-scale fire testing laboratory for façades

    Date

    25 October 2018

    Venue

    Área Anardi N5 and Área Anardi N9 / AZPEITIA (Gipuzkoa)

    Time

    -

    Price

    Free

    It’s a Large-Scale Fire Testing Laboratory for Façades arose from the need to test and validate façade systems with respect to their behaviour against fire and to offer the best performance in building safety.

    This Laboratory, unique in Spain, has state-of-the-art equipment that is able to adapt to the needs of the different players in the construction sector (owners, constructors, industrialists, users, fire brigade, insurance companies, etc.); and a team of experts who are specialised in the criteria established by the ENAC accreditation (National Accreditation Entity).

    AGENDA

    TECHNICAL CONFERENCE in the Cidemco Hall, Área Anardi nº 5, AZPEITIA
    10:00 Admission of attendees
    10:15 Welcome
    ► 
    José Luis Elejalde, Director of the Lab_Services Division, TECNALIA
    10:25 “Perspectives of façade fire performance requirements”
     Pablo Martín, Director of ASEFAVE, Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Light Façades and Windows
    10:35 “National fire reaction demands of façades; modification proposal for the CTE DB SI” 
    ► Yago Masso, Director Técnico de ANDIMAT, Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Materiales Aislantes
    10:45 "Route for the CE Marking of Construction Products"
    Sergio Vázquez, Secretary General of EOTA, European Organisation for Technical Assessment
    10:55 “New demands of the International Market in terms of Fire Safety in façades”
    Teodoro Martínez, Commercial Director at ALUCOIL
    ► Zigor Marroquín, Technical Director at ALUCOIL
    11:10 Coffee Break
    11:30 “The keys to the Grenfell Tower fire”
    Ignacio Fernández, Associate Director of ARUP
    ► Antonio Galán, Freelance Fire Safety Consultant
    12:00 Transfer to the Large-Scale Fire Testing Laboratory for Façades
    OPENING OF THE LABORATORY at Área Anardi nº 9, Nave 2, AZPEITIA
    12:30 Emiliano López Atxurra, Chairman of TECNALIA
    Eneko Etxeberria, Mayor of Azpeitia
    Estíbaliz Hernáez, Basque Government Deputy Minister for Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness
    Markel Olano, Deputy General for Gipuzkoa
    13:15 Presentation of the Laboratory
    Pablo Garmendia, Laboratory Technician
    13:45 Lunch