One fire that breaks out in a poorly classified building, or a piece of machinery that goes down without cover, can undo years of capital investment in a single afternoon — which is exactly why risk engineers and insurers plan for these scenarios long before a project ever breaks ground.

This training course brings the two disciplines together: it shows how engineering insurance protects capital projects against interruption and loss, and how fire-prevention design keeps a facility itself out of danger in the first place. Participants leave with a working understanding of both the technical classification of buildings by risk and the insurance mechanisms that back them up.

What Participants Will Be Able to Do

• Read a building's structural classification and judge how well it establishes protection against fire risk.
• Tell which construction materials help stop a fire from spreading into neighbouring sections of a facility.
• Assess a structural design for firefighter access on one hand, and for rapid evacuation routes on the other.
• Apply the same classification logic to rate the seriousness of a facility's contents for insurance purposes.

Who Should Attend

• Civil defense and emergency department staff who inspect or respond to facilities.
• Civil and construction engineers involved in design or site supervision.
• Owners of industrial and commercial facilities looking to secure their own assets.
• Anyone responsible for engineering projects who needs a working knowledge of insurance cover.

Module 1: Why Engineering and Fire Insurance Belong Together

• The role engineering insurance plays inside modern institutions.
• Getting oriented with fire insurance as a distinct branch of engineering cover.
• Where the two disciplines meet on a live project.

Module 2: Designing and Classifying Facilities to Prevent Fire

• Site organization requirements that reduce fire risk before construction starts.
• Design requirements that build prevention into the structure itself.
• Structural prevention requirements and construction quality standards.
• Classifying facilities and buildings by the seriousness of their contents.

Module 3: Identifying Causes and Managing Risk

• The main causes behind fire incidents.
• Risk engineering methods and how they connect to insurance pricing.

Module 4: Covering Machinery, Equipment, and Losses

• Insurance against the suspension of machinery.
• Insurance for electronic equipment.
• Assessing damages and losses under an engineering insurance policy.