This webinar examines how fire risk on construction sites is assessed and controlled. Drawing on CEERISK's assessments and forensic investigations on construction projects, it explores ignition sources, site safety issues, and the measures that prevent them.
Construction sites concentrate fire risk in a way few other environments do. Temporary electrics, hot work, stored combustibles, and incomplete fire protection all coexist within a workplace that changes daily. When fires occur, the damage is often severe. The investigations that follow frequently reveal that the contributing factors were visible, and controllable, well before ignition. For contractors, asset owners, and their legal and technical advisors, the challenge is recognising these factors on a live site before they combine into an incident.
Webinar Details
Overview
Using case studies from CEERISK's assessments and forensic investigations on construction projects, the speakers will examine how fire risk arises on a working site, where it tends to concentrate, and why it changes as a project progresses. They will discuss the site conditions and management practices that influence the the ignition and spread of a fire. They will then set out how these risks are identified, assessed, and controlled in practice. The webinar will also address assessment of prevention and mitigation measures explaining investigation of policy warranty terms.
Format: Live Webinar
Duration: 60 minutes (Including Q&A)
Speakers: Mamoon Alyah Akhil Raghavan Amir Pourghorban
Choose Session: Session 1 – Live: Wednesday, 5 Aug, 11:00 am BST
Session 2 – Pre-Recorded: Thursday, 6 Aug, 11:00 am BST
What We Will Cover
- CEERISK Case Studies Examples from CEERISK's construction project work.
- Ignition Sources The common sources of ignition on a live construction site.
- Safety Issues The site practices and management arrangements that influence fire risk.
- Combustible Materials How the materials present shape the potential for a fire to develop and spread.
- Fire Protection The state of fire protection and the gap between design intent and conditions on a working site.
- Mitigation How prevention and mitigation measures are assessed, and how this connects to the investigation of policy warranty terms
Learning Objectives
- Where fire risk concentrates, and why it differs from completed buildings
- How ignition sources and site safety failures combine to cause construction fires
- What CEERISK's assessments and incident investigations reveal about prevention, and why warning signs are usually visible before ignition
- Why site management remains central
Speakers
Mamoon Alyah PE, CEng, IRMCert, MBA
Managing Director, Principal Engineer
Mamoon Alyah is the founder and Managing Director of CEERISK Consulting Ltd, bringing more than 35 years of experience across electrical engineering, forensic investigation, and risk consulting. A UK Chartered Engineer, US Professional Engineer, and Certified Risk Management Professional with an MBA, he has directed complex investigations and risk engineering engagements across multiple jurisdictions, delivering independent analysis for insurers, legal teams, and industrial operators on major equipment failures, fire incidents, and process-related losses.
Akhil Raghavan BEng, CFPS
Engineering Consultant
Akhil Raghavan is an Engineering Consultant at CEERISK Consulting Ltd, based in the Abu Dhabi office and specialising in fire protection. A Mechanical Engineer by training, he has hands-on experience commissioning and maintaining fire alarm, PAVA, central battery, aspiration, and firefighting systems, and leads forensic investigations into fire, explosion, equipment failure, contamination, and tank collapse incidents. He also delivers risk management services including property condition assessments and risk rating tool development for clients across the utilities, infrastructure, energy, petroleum, and industrial sectors.
Amir Pourghorban PhD, MSc
Senior Engineering Consultant & Head of Scientific Research
Amir Pourghorban is a Senior Engineering Consultant at CEERISK Consulting Ltd in London, where he provides expert witness support and leads forensic investigations. His engineering background spans the oil and gas, power generation and storage, renewables, and commercial property sectors. He holds dual Master's degrees in Petroleum & Environmental Technology and Reservoir Engineering, and a PhD in Data and AI-driven diagnostics and failure analysis from Cranfield University. In his forensic practice, he specialises in failures involving equipment breakdown, contamination, corrosion, chemical reaction processes, and fire, applying his expertise in thermodynamic and fluid system dynamics to investigate root causes in complex manufacturing and process environments.
