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Construction work comes with some inherent risks. As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) points out, “The fatal injury rate for the construction industry is higher than the national average in this category for all industries.” However, you can work to keep your company below that average by taking precautions. Workplace safety is essential for keeping your employees healthy and injury-free and to bolster job satisfaction and trust in the managers and the company and protect yourself against the expense of lawsuits and replacing injured workers.

Assets that require zero downtime, zero fire hazard, high sensitivity to effects of traditional fire extinguishing agents, high economic value, high socio-cultural value, or historical heritage, such as – museums, art galleries and historic facilities, power storage facilities – battery, inverter and ups, banking and treasury facilities, telecom data storage, transmission and switching facilities, oil and gas offshore facilities, and laboratories and weather-controlled facilities. needs special hazard protection in the choice of fire suppressants.

HAZOP PROCESS DESCRIPTION Technical and Process Safety are terms used to describe safety requirements in the design, operation, and handling of hazardous substances in the Process Industry. As an aspect of Technical Safety, Hazop sessions are usually conducted in compliance with IEC 61882:2017 (Hazard and Operability Studies Application Guide). The multi-disciplinary session involves safety assessment, hazard identification, and the establishment of engineering/safety solutions (safeguards) to adequately mitigate those identified risks. HAZOP can be carried out on an entirely new system or upgrade an existing process system. Using the guidewords as aid, Hazop identifies potential hazards associated with all aspects of a given operation; presenting conclusive recommendations.

Fire Safety Engineering is the engineering discipline that applies scientific and technical principles to safeguard life, property, loss of income, and threat to the environment from the effects of fires, explosions, and related hazards. It is associated with the design and layout of equipment, processes, and supporting systems. It is concerned with fire prevention, control, suppression, and extinguishment and provides for consideration of functional, operational, economic, aesthetic, and regulatory requirements. The goal of Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) has always been to design an optimized strategy that provides the necessary human safety and property protection. Developing Fire Safety Engineering as a Practice in Nigeria This article is geared towards creating awareness of FSE concepts used internationally and potential growth for the Safety design practice in Nigeria.

C-LEVEL management continuously exhibits low consideration to best Practice Safety Engineering for protection of life, environment and assets. This is driven by greed and need for exorbitant financial gains in the construction services sector. Expert consideration and solutions to mitigate risks as required by regulatory bodies and made prescriptive in design standards and codes are consciously ignored. The myth of most shows in this sector in the AFRICAN region focus is on foreign imported products without any merit to local development and involvement of RISK ENGINEERS and SPECIFIERS who are SOLUTION OWNERS.

NEO is an EN 54-16 certified public address background music and voice alarm system, compact and all-in-one, that allows a quick installation using only one unit. Designed for medium and large venues, NEO offers advanced functions while reducing time and costs. Its plug-and-play philosophy facilitates all installation, maintenance, and operating procedures. 

Operational Fire Safety & Security Risk Management – Guide For Risk Assessment, Loss & Financial Planning.

This article is designed to provide guideline security risk management and proffer solutions for cross-sectoral safety risk management. It focuses on practices used to reduce security vulnerabilities to life and property. The course content used in this module is based on NFPA 730 – Guide on Premises Security and NFPA 731 – Standard for the Installation of Electronic Premises Security Systems.