Stacey Agnew plays an active role in the tunnel ventilation and fire engineering industry. Not just in providing services to projects, but also through our commitment to developing collective industry knowledge and practices.
Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS)
Stacey Agnew has been an active member of the ATS since we formed in 2009. Conrad Stacey and Nick Agnew are familiar faces at ATS events and have supported many in their roles within ATS over the years.
We are a reliable participant at the ATS Quarry Day held every few years at the Mt Coot-tha Quarry in Brisbane. At Quarry Day, we present on topical subjects, provide demonstrations relevant to tunnel fire and life safety, and supply shelter and a remote sound system powered by our smoke test bus ‘Sam’.
https://www.ats.org.au/tunnel-systems-sub-group/
AS4825
Conrad Stacey is leading the ATS working group reviewing the Australian Standard – AS 4825-2011 Tunnel Fire Safety. The standard was written as a guide for the industry in relation to tunnel fire safety. It is often referenced in contractual documents, turning a guide into hard requirements. With the first issue of the standard now more than 10 years old, there is scope for revision to become a more appropriate standard and reflect industry practice and experience with the document.
Critical Velocity
Starting in late 2019, Conrad Stacey and Michael Beyer of Stacey Agnew performed a technical review of the methodology for calculating critical velocity detailed in Annex D of NFPA 502 (2020), and its development. What started as an interesting topic for a conference paper, has become a controversial topic which has yet to reach its conclusion.
Stacey Agnew continues to push for a practical resolution based on known truths, and Conrad and Michael have joined the NFPA 502 Working Group on the topic.
For the full story see this PAGE.
Batteries underground
With the growing popularity of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), infrastructure projects need to assess these new hazards. Stacey Agnew have been following the industry developments in this space as well as performing our own tests and demonstrations of thermal runaway in lithium battery cells. Nick Agnew has presented on how this technology impacts infrastructure and how it may be managed within new projects at both the QLD ATS Quarry Day 2023
https://www.ats.org.au/ats-event/mt-coot-tha-quarry-site-visit/
and at the Queensland Association of Fire Investigators
seminar “Lithium Batteries – What the Future Holds”.
Sustainability
Sustainability in design doesn’t just develop naturally, it takes individuals and organisations to push the agenda and grow. Stacey Agnew is passionate about seeing the industry shift to one where sustainability is a driving factor in design. To work towards this, we contribute papers to the industry.
[2009-11] Greenhouse cost-benefit analysis for urban road tunnels - Ridley P, Stacey C
[2023-11] Road tunnel design in the context of the climate change imperative - Tuckwell B, Stacey C
Stacey Agnew also practises carbon reduction in-house, with 30 kW of solar inverters, and buying green power for when our 33.6 kWh battery is insufficient. See more HERE