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NFPA has released a new edition of a guide that helps the disabled community prepare for emergency evacuation. As I mentioned briefly in a blog post earlier this year, NFPA had been working with several stakeholders to publish an update to this important resource, which is written by the NFPA Disability Access Review and Advisory…

  The concept of digital twins has been around for many decades, but it’s the connectivity of everything (supporting the data flow) that’s possible today that enables it to be more successful. Most give credit to NASA for modeling/replicating their spaceships in the 1960s. Although others applied the concept, John Vickers coined the term “digital…

The primary goal of every industrial facility is a safe production environment. With plant safety in mind, the objective is to reduce safety and cybersecurity risks, which are inextricably linked. At its core, risk comprises two fundamental components: the likelihood or probability that an event will occur and the severity of post-incident consequences. Effectively reducing…

  Digital transformation is progressing rapidly in some sectors and less so in others. Here’s an overview of some of the factors that are at play. Claudio Fayad, Vice President, Technology, Process Systems & Solutions, Emerson Automation Solutions At the 2022 edition of Emerson Exchange, Editorial Director Gary L. Parr interviewed Claudio Fayad, Vice President,…

Imagine a young engineer, just starting in her career. Through serendipity, her desk assignment is adjacent to a subject matter expert with lots of specialized knowledge in the same career focus area. Over the years, the younger engineer picks up on advanced topics, well above the level of her limited experience, thanks to the proximity…

  A new study by global workplace consultancy, AWA, of 220 offices in 33 countries, representing nearly 250,000 employees, has revealed that hybrid working is becoming established as the norm, with people now coming into the office an average of just 1.5 days a week, versus nearly four days a week before the Covid-19 pandemic. …