Ian Bennetts is a Professorial Fellow at Victoria University of Technology's Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE) where he heads a research team which undertakes research for OneSteel, BHP and other industrial partners. He is also involved with teaching post-graduate courses in fire engineering at the University. His research interests include the behaviour of building structures in fire, fire-safety engineering and risk management. He has published more than 100 papers, reports and book contributions on many aspects of fire, construction and risk engineering; and has been a fire-engineering consultant on major projects such as the Melbourne Casino, Federation Square, Brisbane and Adelaide International Airport Terminals and the Brisbane Cricket Ground.

Chong Chee Goh is a Senior Research Fellow at Victoria University of Technology's Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE) where he undertakes research for OneSteel, BHP and other industrial partners. He has a research background in steel, concrete and composite construction and has become involved with fire-engineering research over the past two years. He has published numerous papers and reports in aspects of composite and concrete construction.