OFR CONSULTANTS
LIGNUM RISK PARTNERS LIMITED
OFR Consultants have drafted and edited the fire-related sections of the Commercial Timber Guidebook, leading discussions with a group of fire consultants and academics to establish consensus on the fire principles presented in the Guidebook. They have extensive experience in supporting the design of mass timber and hybrid structures for new buildings and building extensions across various sectors. OFR is also actively involved in research and development collaborations with key manufacturers through the STA and the development of international codes and standards via the BSI. The OFR team working on the Guidebook, consisting of Sam Liptrott, Prof. Danny Hopkin, Dr. Carmen Gorska, and Luis Gonzalez Avila, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in fire safety engineering, design, and implementation from their projects and research. OFR focus on delivering major projects and innovations that meet client goals and deliver the highest standards of fire safety, in dialogue with key stakeholders and in collaboration with other specialists. In their commitment to ensuring fire safety, OFR emphasises the importance of demonstrating safety through proper analysis and studies, focussing on evidencing compliance. They advocate for practical innovation and real-world application of fire safety solutions, leveraging cutting- edge research and expertise to deliver creative and effective strategies for buildings. OFR’s expertise in structural fire performance and mass timber has positioned them as leaders in the industry, with a focus on developing new techniques and guidelines for mass timber structures exposed to fire, such as the widely referenced, industry- recognised Volume 6 of the STA Guide (Structural timber buildings fire safety in use guidance. Volume 6 - Mass timber structures; Building Regulation compliance B3(1), STA, 2023). OFR bring their experience and knowledge from undertaking ca. 20 large-scale fire experiments to all mass timber project engagements, be those the delivery of buildings, the development of guidance or the identification of future research needs.
Lignum Risk Partners develops and designs innovative insurance solutions for innovators and pioneers in sustainability. Lignum helps to overcome obstacles relating to insurability and the management and transferability of risk. Lignum Risk Partners specialises in creating insurance solutions to problems for which no immediately apparent answers exist. Lignum knows how insurance works, how to identify newly emerging risk and anticipate their future adverse risk-bearing developments. Lignum knows how to determine whether risks are transferable, how to transfer them, and how to design insurance contracts that suit the purpose. Lignum Risk Partners is unique amongst its peers in bringing together specialist skills in global Alternative Risk Transfer/Finance, assessment and management of risk and insurable options, insurance claims advocacy (including experts to the courts and insurance dispute trouble shooters), together with associated general legal, environmental and social sustainability advice including low carbon and the circular economy. As an independent consultancy not tied to any insurance or reinsurance company or alternative risk markets, Lignum Risk Partners is valued equally by brokers, underwriters and its clients as an unique resource in the developing sustainability sectors. Lignum’s well-established relationships with global risk capital markets enable it to offer Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Alternative Risk Financing (ARF) solutions that are tailored for each individual client’s needs.
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