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  • A level of Safety – NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem

    Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend The 1st University of Maryland/NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem Symposium, in College Park, Maryland, U.S.A, where fire and life safety experts from across the globe gathered to discuss the principals of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™ and its application to address today’s fire safety…

  • Select the Correct Filter Cartridge

    No matter the application, there is an effective filter medium if you understand the options. The finer, the better? Filtration is not quite that simple. The filter cartridge with the highest retention rate does not automatically guarantee the best filtration result. Several factors need to be considered to ensure optimal performance. With the right background…

  • Net-zero project management guidance released

    Newly released project management guidance promises to help local governments and community-based proponents deploy their community energy and climate action plans. Two Canadian environmental advocacy groups, Pollution Probe and QUEST Canada, have developed a six-step framework for setting priorities, identifying stakeholders and needed resources and building partnerships. The developers of the framework suggest it could…

  • Analyze Assets For RCM Success

      Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a strategy focused on ensuring that assets operate as designed. Implementing a reliability-centered maintenance program leads to improved reliability/uptime, as well as decreased costs. RCM categorizes equipment according to its potential impact on safety, operations, and/or maintenance budgets.  These categories provide the context central to RCM. Assets are prioritized so…

  • Line-of-Sight Supports HROs

      Becoming and sustaining a high-reliability organization (HRO) requires daily actions based on a set of principles. Those principles enable individuals/teams/organizations to act on emerging problems and deploy the proper resources to resolve the problems efficiently and effectively. Maintaining high reliability requires constantly being ready for the unexpected and taking timely action. From the early…