RIAS CPD
Fire and Life Safety Seminar: Competence, Compliance and Safety
Tuesday 24th Nov 2026, 10.00-16.00pm
CMS Glasgow, W Regent St, G2 1AP
Part of our Practice Essentials Series for 2026 [5/5], this session will cover topics including building safety, statute, guidance and codes of conduct, CDM regulations, design risk management and the principles of fire safety design.
Presenters include:
Anita Crozier - CMS LLP
Stephen Garvin – Scottish Building Standards Division
Andrew Leslie – The Association for Project Safety
Paul McLaughlin – Multivista
Bryce Methven - NPHS Sprinklers Ltd
Paul Wyatt - GEZE UK
Sandy Killbourn – Gartcarron Engineering Consultancy
Robert McNamee - Research Institutes of Sweden
Liz Norris - Marsh Commercial
Gareth Davies - Russwood
Download the programme here.
Chair: Zoe Black, RIAS Head of Practice.
Access multi-person booking discounts here: https://media.rias.org.uk/files/2024/03/22/A00B9814-C2E6-23E5-821F-3A6A7DE2AB6E.pdf. Terms and conditions apply.
This event is kindly supported by Swedish Wood, Gartcarron Fire Engineering Consultancy, GEZE, NPHS, Russwood and Multivista.
Lunch included in ticket price.
For further information and speaker biographies, please see below.
RIAS CPD
Fire and Life Safety Seminar: Improving Quality and Reliability in Construction
Tuesday 24th Nov 2026, 13.00-16.30pm
Speaker Biographies
Anita Crozier - Senior Associate, CMS LLP
Anita specialises in contentious construction, mainly providing legal advice to avoid and resolve construction disputes. She acts for contractors, consultants, developers, and institutions on a wide range of issues arising primarily from construction contracts (both standard form (including NEC, JCT, SBCC,) and bespoke contracts), collateral warranties and professional appointments. Anita is proficient in all forms of dispute resolution including adjudication, arbitration, mediation and litigation in the Sheriff Courts and Court of Session.
Stephen Garvin – Head of Scottish Building Standards Division, Scottish Government
Biography to be added shortly…
Andrew Leslie – CEO, The Association for Project Safety
Biography to be added shortly…
Paul McLaughlin – Regional Principle: Scotland & North West England, Multivista
Paul is Multivista’s Regional Principal covering Scotland and the North of England. Over the past 7+ years with Multivista, Paul has worked directly on over 800 projects within construction sector and the built environment.
Multivista, part of Hexagon, is the world’s leading full-service visual construction documentation provider, contracted on over 6 billion square feet of construction valued at over $485 billion dollars. Over 20,000 companies, throughout 70+ international markets, trust Multivista to mitigate risk, create efficiencies, and deliver a deeper level of insight throughout their project’s lifecycle. Along with 3D Laser Scanning data, measurable 3D images, streaming webcams, professional facility management videos, virtual walkthroughs, and UAVs, Multivista also delivers interactive as-builts by linking inspection-grade visual documentation to architectural plans to capture every project with exceptional clarity.
Bryce Methven – Sales & Operations Support Manager, NPHS Sprinkler Ltd
Biography to be added shortly…
Paul Wyatt, National Specification Manager, GEZE UK
Biography to be added shortly…
Sandy Killbourn – Managing Director, Gartcarron Engineering Consultancy
Sandy Killbourn is an ex local authority fire officer with over 30 years’ experience in the fire service, over 20 years front line fire safety management.
This experience has been built-up through the compiling and inspection of fire certificates under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and subsequently the auditing of Fire Risk Assessments under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.
He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Fire Risk Engineering and has been the lead officer for the local fire service, in conjunction with building standard verifiers, in the approval of numerous proposals requiring fire engineered solutions.
Paul Wyatt, National Specification Manager, GEZE UK
Biography to be added shortly…
Robert McNamee - Research Developer, Fire and Safety Research Institutes of Sweden
Biography to be added shortly…
Gareth Davies - Head of Technical and R&D, Russwood
Gareth Davies is Russwood's Head of Technical, Research & Development. He leads technical development, fire performance strategy, and product innovation across the company’s timber cladding systems.
Gareth works closely with architects, contractors and regulators to support compliant specification of timber cladding systems, with a particular focus on fire performance, certification, and system design. He is actively involved in fire testing programmes and contributes to industry discussions around evolving guidance and standards, helping to address common misconceptions of timber in construction.
Liz Norris - Solicitor, Marsh Commercial
Liz began working in the insurance industry in 2002. She is a qualified solicitor who obtained over 10 years’ experience in private practice at international insurance law firms specialising in coverage and insurance disputes before joining Marsh.
Her particular work includes managing complex and disputed financial and professional services claims across a breadth of practice areas. Her particular specialisms include construction, engineering, architects, IFA, Pension administrator, broker, accountant, law firm and healthcare clients. She also regularly advises professional services clients on their general commercial insurance claims and risk strategies/management.