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COMMITTEES (Current and past):  

  • ULC S100A Committee on Fire Tests (responsible for all fire related standards in Canada)

  • ULC Task Groups, various including Firestops and Combustibility.

  • National Fireproofing Contractors Association (NFCA), Technical Committee Chairman

  • NRCC Special Interest Group - Suitable Acoustic and Firestop Technologies (SIG-SAFT) – published “Best Practice Guide on Fire Stops and Fire Blocks and their Impact on Sound Transmission, June 2007”

  • ASTM – voting member on E5 (fire) and E6 (construction) committees

MEMBERSHIPS and AFFILIATIONS:

  • Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

  • Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) – International

  • Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Southern Ontario Chapter, First Vice President and Program Chair

  • National Fireproofing Contractors Association (NFCA), Technical Committee Chair

  •  Canadian Fire Safety Association (CFSA)

  • Construction Specifications Canada (CSC)

  • ASTM International (ASTM)

  • International Code Council (ICC), Professional member

  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), member since 1990

  • Ontario Society of Professional Engineers

PUBLICATIONS:  

  • J. K. Richardson, J. D. Quirt, R. Hlady, Best Practice Guide on Fire Stops and Fire Blocks and Their Impact on Sound Transmission, National Research Council Canada, June 2007 - Contributing member of the special interest group.

  • D. F. Falconer, S. Trestain, G. S. Frater, Fire Protection of Hollow structural sections with intumescent coatings - Case examples, Tubular Structures XI, 2006.

  • AWCI Technical Manual 12B, Field Guide for the Inspection and Testing of Thin Film Intumescent Fire Resistive Coatings; an Annotated Guide - Original committee chair

  • Falconer, D. (March 2006). Keeping it Cool: Intumescent Technology. CoatingsPro 39.

  • Falconer, D. (2006). Taking the Heat in Style. Journal of Protective Coatings and Linings 56, 2-5.

  • Falconer, D. (2006). On the Performance of Intumescents. Journal of Protective Coatings and Linings 23, 23-4.

  • Falconer, D. (2003). Decorative Thin-Film Intumescent Fire-Resistive Coatings for Structural Steel. Walls & Ceilings 30, October 2003

  • Falconer, D. (1999). Sprayed Fire Resistive Materials on Structural Steel. Construction Canada 6, 41-1

  • Carnegie, R. Barker, M., Falconer, D. (1995). Steel Structure: Thin-Film Intumescent Fireproofing. Construction Canada 13, 37-2

  • Falconer, D. (1990). Directly Applied Fire Resistive Materials - Update. Construction Canada 22, 32-4

 

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