In Case of Fire
Risk prevention should be a priority after the Shanghai blaze. How can another disaster be avoided? The 15 November blaze in Shanghai put risk prevention in the spotlight. Unlike mining accidents and other industrial mishaps, this was a tragedy that everyone could relate to; a fire that killed 58 middle-class denizens in a downtown residential building.
read moreAll is calm, all is bright
This is the time of the year to reflect on what we have done and to prepare for next year. It has been quite a year! We wanted to release this last issue before Christmas, but business kept me busy until now…
read moreOf maintenance as risk management
While this article may be considered a follow-up on last month’s editorial on fire safety, it is clear that risk prevention has become a recurring theme at the conferences we attend, as well as during our customers meetings.
read moreRisk prevention
Many are still under the shock of the blaze that killed 58 people in a residential building in downtown Shanghai on November 15. The disaster is apparently blamed on unlicensed welders, poor supervision, cascading subcontracting – all of which are the rule, rather than the exception, in construction projects in China.
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