University of Edinburgh wants a building to experiment on

The University of Edinburgh has put out a call for a building that it can run experiments in. It's for a large research project run by the university's BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering aimed at better understanding the behaviour of fire in modern compartments.

The desired building will have the following characteristics:

- Building has a large compartment, typical of modern open-plan office space
- No occupied buildings in the close vicinity
- Within 1 hour drive from Edinburgh
- To be vacated by end of 2013
- To be demolished after March 2014

Ideally they would like to have a steel-framed building with a continuous concrete slab or any other type of construction which is more modern than the very structurally redundant concrete buildings that were commonplace a few decades back. However they do realise it is unlikely that a modern-construction building is likely to be scheduled for demolition, so we will consider any building that has the above-mentioned characteristics.

An old office building would be ideal. Buildings with housing occupancy tend to have small compartments, however if there is a large communal area, this might be adequate. We will also consider using schools, community centres, factories, warehouses or any other building which meets the desired characteristics.

If you know of a suitable building then please get in touch with one of the following people:

Cecilia Abecassis Empis: 0131 650 6023 or c.abecassis-empis@ed.ac.uk
Adam Cowlard: 0131 650 7161 or adam.cowlard@ed.ac.uk