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All too often visibility and control is lacking in life safety. Engineers attend sites to report faults when their physical presence is no longer needed. Often, faults are reported without adequate information, resulting in increased engineering downtime and inefficient first-time fixes. Companies providing life safety systems are beginning to recognise gaps in compliance, testing, reporting,…

  The simple answer is yes. Even if you think you don’t like people – and you could be an outlier – most of us need a sense of belonging with the people in our proximal environment. What’s more, over time our behaviour and choices inexorably come to resemble the normative tendencies of those we…

During COP26 last year, as a flurry of fresh green pledges was announced, there were plenty of predictions as to what kind of climate the world was heading for under current decarbonization trajectories. Based on national net zero pledges made through to November 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that a global average temperature rise of…

NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® has requirements for what should be included in an electrical safety program (ESP) but does not provide details. The requirement in Section 110.5(B) to inspect electrical equipment is one where it is the employer’s responsibility to fill in the gaps. A properly documented ESP does not…

Fire pumps are an essential part of many water-based fire protection systems. They are used to increase the pressure (measured in psi or bar) of a water source when that source pressure is not adequate for the system it’s supplying. The right design, installation, and acceptance testing of these pumps will ensure that they are…

MV systems are rapidly proving to be a versatile tool for increasing automated system reliability. In the age of readily available and inexpensive computer resources, many advances play a significant role in commerce. These include high-bandwidth data-transfer technologies and easy access to vast data storage, combined with advanced image-processing algorithms and robust imaging hardware development….