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Is your boiler house safe? |
05/04/2012
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| As de-manning on steam and hot water boiler plant continues to gain momentum, operators need to consider best practice and their legal duties in respect of operational safety, warns S Moore Holmes |
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Safe operation of escalators and moving walks |
05/04/2012
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| SAFed's guidelines for the safe operation of escalators and moving walks was published in May last year. In the first of a two-part feature, Vince Sharpe reviews key elements for owners and operators |
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Shock tactics |
06/02/2012
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| About 1,000 accidents at work involving electric shock or burns – of which around 30 prove fatal – are still reported to the HSE annually. Brian Wall investigates procedures that could prevent needless deaths |
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The case of Mr S |
07/12/2011
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| The role of an individual acting as, or on behalf of, a 'competent person' under PSSR (the Pressure System Safety Regulations 2000) comes with serious obligations S Moore Holmes takes us through the case of Mr S |
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Playing it safe |
07/12/2011
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| The October 2011 arrival of new guidance for the safe operation of steam and hot water boilers gives boiler operators and managers up-to-date advice, and recognised training is a key focus. Brian Wall reports |
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Cool and legal |
07/12/2011
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| Nearly every commercial and industrial building has refrigeration plant. Some is well maintained, some not – until things go wrong. John Cherry updates plant engineers on their duties |
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Hazardous electrics |
06/10/2011
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| Hazardous areas demand properly certified equipment – and that applies to maintenance kit, too. But cost and efficiency are also key. Gordon Low examines the issues |
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Gorgon’s Ex-lighting saves local sea turtle population |
06/10/2011
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| Cooper Crouse-Hinds reports that it has engineered an explosion-proof fluorescent light fitting for the Chevron-operated Gorgon project, at Barrow Island, that specifically minimises disturbance of the local sea turtle population. |
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Health and Safety North |
08/08/2011
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| Health and Safety North, the third in the regional series this year, claims to offers plant engineers a valuable learning and networking experience. Brian Wall reports |
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Green without eco-bling |
07/06/2011
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| As energy saving climbs up plant engineers' agendas, Dr Tom Shelley reviews some of the good and not so good technologies for heating, ventilating and air conditioning |
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Making light work |
07/06/2011
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| There's more to cutting lighting energy costs and carbon emissions than the luminary technologies themselves. Brian Tinham reports |
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Risk-based changes |
07/04/2011
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| Get it right and the savings can be huge, but get it wrong and the cost is unimaginable. Brian Tinham talks to John Wintle about changing best practice for hazardous plant inspections |
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Fail to danger |
07/04/2011
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| Most toxic and flammable gas detectors feature the fundamental flaw of failing to danger. Dr Tom Shelley looks at the problem and some useful solutions |
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Variable speed drives save £22,000 on HVAC |
09/02/2011
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| Operators of the Omnibus building in Reigate, Surrey, report savings of £20,000 per year on HVAC energy costs since installing ABB standard variable speed drives. |
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The benefit of hindsight now |
06/10/2010
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| BP's long awaited report into the causes of its oil rig explosion and the worst oil spill in US history is finally out (page 8). The Deepwater Horizon saga makes grim reading, providing, as it does, a detailed study of the sequence of events BP believes led to the disaster – and the engineering,
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Deepwater Horizon |
06/10/2010
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| Last month's report by BP into the causes of its Gulf rig explosion and fire, and the lessons to be learned, point to a chilling sequence of failures. Brian Tinham reports |
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The cost of complacency |
10/08/2010
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| If there is one lesson that emerges in the wake of last month's conclusion to the 2005 Buncefield disaster prosecution, it surely is the importance of vigilance. And that applies to all plants, not just to those in the chemicals, oil and gas industries that may be subject to the COMAH (Control of
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Uplifting engineering |
10/08/2010
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| Modern lifts are taking advantage of recent electronic and electromechanical technology advances to improve efficiency and cut emissions. Brian Tinham examines the background |
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Alighting on lighting |
10/08/2010
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| Equipment for illumination, both internal and external, is not standing still. Brian Tinham sheds some light on the technologies and their application |
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Money for new energy |
07/06/2010
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| Building energy strategies are changing thanks to the latest government incentives. Dr Tom Shelley reports |
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Latent heating |
01/03/2010
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| As UK government ups the ante on going green and slashing emissions, air- and ground-source heat pumps are rearing their heads again. Brian Tinham examines the issues |
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Wasting away |
01/03/2010
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| The Carbon Trust reckons that UK companies are still wasting €1 billion worth of energy per year, largely due to unresolved plant optimisation issues and inefficiencies in energy generation plant itself. Brian Wall reports on ways forward |
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Saving the earth |
01/10/2009
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| In the rush to save energy and reduce emissions, it's easy to forget the sheer range of potential solutions. Dr Tom Shelley reviews some of today's most powerful options |
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Clear vision |
01/08/2009
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| Selecting the right lighting for a plant or building requires some understanding of current options. Brian Wall explains |
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Blowing hot and cold |
01/06/2009
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| Last summer's government energy strategy - which called for power generation from renewables to rise to 20% by 2020 and for CO2 to be reduced by 60% before 2050 - is going to have a profound effect on plant, and that includes HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) installations. That's
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