Dr. Simón Santamaria is a fire engineer with expertise in developing fire safety strategies for projects across all markets. His experience includes modelling fire dynamics as well as mass timber and material performance under fire. He’s also researched travelling fires and the fire safety of battery energy storage systems.

Part of Simón’s role as a technical development director involves leading our internal and external technical training programmes, which focus on helping fire engineers on the pathway from graduate to chartership. He also serves as the vice president of the UK’s Society of Fire Protection Engineers Chapter, is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University, and sits on the committee of the British Standards Institution, which oversees the development of fire safety engineering standards. Prior to joining us, he was part of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry where he was part of a team that investigated the driving mechanisms of fire growth in façade fires.

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Outstanding fire safety consultants fully understand the ever-evolving mandatory regulations. They bring the pragmatism, problem-solving, and commercial awareness you need to help shape a safer world. It’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly.

A big part of fire safety is balancing the competing aims of design innovation, sustainability, functionality, and fire performance. Blending science and real-world experience, we keep people safe by developing holistic fire engineering strategies that protect businesses, buildings, and the people who occupy them. We can provide advanced techniques in simulation and analysis, extensive experience liaising with planning authorities, and a focus on mitigating risks and construction delays.

We tailor our response to match your objectives—from the careful integration of fire strategy, building services, and heritage architecture, through to more innovative fire engineering techniques on pioneering new buildings that go beyond standard fire safety design practice.

Early involvement is key. Our approach is to work with design teams, facility managers, and all other interested parties to provide leading fire engineering and fire risk management services—whilst delivering the best possible value.

Our team includes chartered engineers and is BAFE SP205 Gold Standard accredited.

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