Date:

10th October 2019

Time:

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Venue:

NEC Birmingham

Pricing:

Member: Free

Non-member: Free

Event Details:

Seminar on Thursday 10th Oct Time: 10:00 - 11:00  Wind Microclimate Assessment for Tall Buildings

We are running a seminar on the Thursday called Wind Microclimate Assessment for Tall Buildings
Date: Thursday 10th Oct Time: 10:00 - 11:00  Location: Digital hub with complementary Teas, Coffees, Pastries on arrival.

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Many councils are now requiring wind microclimate assessments as part of planning applications due to the increased awareness of the impacts that tall buildings can have on the local wind environment. The increased awareness of high wind speeds was a result of 25 injuries and a fatality at the poorly designed Bridgewater Place, in Leeds, when a lorry was blown over.

Wardell Armstrong, has developed a Wind Microclimate assessment tool for the tall buildings across the UK. The assessment uses Computational Fluid Dynamics to assess the wind speeds for pedestrian safety and comfort. This service has been used to model many tall buildings across the UK, including Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Our method allows uses CFD software the mathematically models air flow across a 3D model of the Proposed Development and the surroundings, creating a virtual wind tunnel. The mesh created has millions of cells and therefore provides a vast amount of wind speeds for analysis.

Paul will outline the impacts associated with tall buildings on the wind environment and the surrounding street level effects.  He will then outline the assessment tool and how this can assist at an early stage the design of tall buildings and their resultant impact on the local wind environment.
 
We will then have networking afterwards.

To attend this seminar you simply need to register for your FREE delegate pass to UK Construction Week, and join us on the morning of Thursday 10th October.