A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Setting Up an Electrical Safety Program (Part 12 – Program Controls)

A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Setting Up an Electrical Safety Program (Part 12 – Program Controls)

  NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® Section 110.5(M)(1) requires auditing of your electrical safety program (ESP) to determine if the ESP continues to comply with current NFPA 70E requirements. Section 110.5(F) requires that the ESP identify the controls by which it is measured and monitored. Electrically safety in the workplace will…

The Toxic Culture Gap Shows Companies Are Failing Women

The Toxic Culture Gap Shows Companies Are Failing Women

  According to the most recent “Women in the Workplace” report from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, the gap between men and women leaving their jobs is the largest it has been since the report was first published eight years ago.1 For every female director who is promoted, two women at the same level of seniority choose…

Safeguarding systems

Safeguarding systems

In recent years, technologically driven solutions have been introduced to meet changing access demands. Some of these were required by the pandemic; others are the result of increasingly stringent fire safety requirements driven by legislation in response to incidents such as the Grenfell tragedy. They all create additional considerations for facilities managers. Access control systems…

5 key facets of a strong sustainability strategy

5 key facets of a strong sustainability strategy

  Strategy is a term thrown around without much thought or rigor. And this sometimes seems doubly true in the world of corporate sustainability. As more companies embark on their sustainability journey, everybody seems to be talking about the importance of creating a sustainability and ESG strategy — yet what this means exactly remains nebulous….