The effective management of technical safety, risk and reliability is one of the first priorities in any construction, oil and gas development project. Production facilities are usually quite complex, and often located in unique environments that are almost always hostile, with plenty of potential for safety breaches, negative environmental impact or loss-making downtime.
SIL (Safety Integrity Level) analysis, SIL verification and SRS (Safety Requirement Specifications) explained
The handling and movement of hazardous substances at facilities require safety measures with demanding criteria for the infringement of pre-set conditions, in order that the process is run in conditions of safety for people, the environment, and infrastructure. This translates to a need to implement special systems that are independent of any other system, in order that they may act in the event of other prevention systems failing and make the process safe.
Safety in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is mostly about understanding how to work safely with computers and environments with lots of technology equipment. While our daily online activity continues to grow, so does our exposure to online threats. Multiply this by the sheer amount of devices through which we can access the Internet, and the risk of our personal information falling into the wrong hands increases exponentially. The tips below will increase your online safety. Protect your identity: use different user names and passwords for your accounts and make sure your passwords contain a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. Turn on your firewall: the University uses a firewall to help secure its infrastructure. Having one on your personal computer will help protect it from viruses and malware. Use anti-virus software: a multitude of free and paid anti-virus software exists to help protect your personal computers, tablets, and smartphones. Install one on each device that connects to the Internet, and remember to update it regularly.
A good fire strategy sets a clear framework for fire safety – helping to protect reputational risk, increase productivity and ensure protection of Life, Environment and Assets. It is invaluable for due diligence purposes and if a strategic approach to managing fire risk is needed in a wider business context. It demonstrates compliance with the fundamental objectives of the applicable fire safety legislation, business, and property protection objectives, and provides the basis for a safety case that to meet the requirements of insurers.
Recently, occupational pressures and fears of safety concerns in critical operational facilities have increased over the past decades. In Nigeria, the work environment is getting precarious for businesses in different sectors as they are daily exposed to worsening safety situations.
ENSURING SAFER BUILDINGS – DESIGN CONSIDERATION FOR BUILDING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AGAINST COLLAPSE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY CONSIDERATION AGAINST COLLAPSE IN CASE OF FIRE, ENSURING SAFER BUILDINGS Ensuring the adequacy and availability of Safety Management Systems through the life cycle of a facility is a daunting task for Concept Owner, Architects, developers. Engineering & Construction firms and Operators are inclusive of facility Managers. Lots of companies and professionals and companies have faced extensive ligation and license revoking due to grave consequences resulting from this weakness. For Life and Fire Safety, the fire code is a model code adopted by Authorities having Jurisdiction and enforced by fire prevention officers. It complements the Building Code (IBC) prescribing minimum requirements to prevent fire and explosion hazards arising from storage, handling, or use of dangerous materials, or from other specific hazardous conditions within municipal fire departments…
The occurrence of fire disasters is not a new phenomenon in Ghanaian history. The 1983 fire that engulfed Ghana which led to a severe hunger crisis is perhaps the most notable fire reference point in the country. Recently, fire disasters have taken place in public facilities of strategic value. The Kumasi market fire of December 2012 (where over 150 shops were razed down); other places affected by fire are offices of the Electoral Commission, the Ridge Residence of former President Rawlings, ministry of Education amongst many others. Between January and October 2019, Ghana recorded a total of 4623 fire outbreaks. Also, from January to October 2020 a surge to 5355 incidents (representing about 35.6%) domestic rise was reported by Joy Watch.
ISO/IEC 27032 addresses, defined “Cybersecurity” or “the Cyberspace security” as the “preservation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in the Cyberspace”. In turn “Cyberspace” is defined as “the complex environment resulting from the interaction of people, software and services on the Internet by means of technology devices and networks connected to it, which does not exist in any physical form”.
Cybersecurity is becoming a critical issue as most businesses now use computers in their day-to-day operations. The use of computers for the storage of the most sensitive data of most businesses presents its own risk and threat to business continuity.
In a bid to understand high level engineering professionalism, I have come to understand safety to be an integral part of conceptual, detailed design as well as implementation of engineered systems. As a design engineer, codes and standards forms the bedrock of it all and the compliance benchmarks to which such systems are measured.
Recently, occupational pressures and fears of safety concerns in critical operational facilities have increased over the past decades. In Nigeria, the work environment is getting precarious for businesses in different sectors as they are daily exposed to worsening safety situations.
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