In Case of Fire
Risk prevention should be a priority after the Shanghai blaze. How can another disaster be avoided? The 15 November blaze in Shanghai put risk prevention in the spotlight. Unlike mining accidents and other industrial mishaps, this was a tragedy that everyone could relate to; a fire that killed 58 middle-class denizens in a downtown residential building.
read moreOf maintenance as risk management
While this article may be considered a follow-up on last month’s editorial on fire safety, it is clear that risk prevention has become a recurring theme at the conferences we attend, as well as during our customers meetings.
read moreRisk prevention
Many are still under the shock of the blaze that killed 58 people in a residential building in downtown Shanghai on November 15. The disaster is apparently blamed on unlicensed welders, poor supervision, cascading subcontracting – all of which are the rule, rather than the exception, in construction projects in China.
read moreQuick benefits from underutilized COSWIN functionalities: Hazard Report
This article is the third in a series aimed at familiarizing our readers with lesser-known COSWIN functionalities, which can easily be configured by customers themselves to bring immediate benefits.
read moreQuick benefits from underutilized COSWIN functionalities: Work Permits
This article is the second in a series aimed at familiarizing our readers with lesser-known COSWIN functionalities, which can easily be configured by customers themselves to bring immediate benefits.
read morePreparing maintenance from the construction stage
Experience has shown that the earlier reliability and maintainability are taken into account in a construction project, the better. These should be specifically addressed from the design stage of a project, as illustrated below.Experience has shown that the earlier reliability and maintainability are taken into account in a construction project, the better.
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