Builder's Risk Property Loss Prevention Surveys
There are significant property loss prevention hazards that occur during the construction of a building. The challenge is having active manual or automatic protection and detection available as soon...
The Fire Hazard of Solar Photovoltaic Panels
The following is an updated review of the fire hazards of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels. Previous Risk Logic articles from January 2015 and January 2014 still apply but new data has entered the...
Update for Retrofitting Standing Seam Roofs with External Seam Clamps for Enhanced Wind Uplift Resistance
After our March 2016 article entitled “Retrofitting Standing Seam Roofs with External Enhancement Elements: Clamps," FM Global updated and revised their Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 1-31,...
FM Data Sheet 1-15, "Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Panels"
The following is a synopsis of the new FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 1-15 "Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Panels." This is a new data sheet, issued in July 2014 with October 2014...
Flue Spaces in Racks - NFPA 13 vs. FM Global Data Sheet 8-9
Flue spaces are necessary for rack storage arrangements to allow heat from a fire to quickly vent vertically. This is critical in order to help ensure the ceiling-level sprinklers will operate as...
Freeze-up Prevention for Fire Protection Equipment
Damage to fire protection equipment during winter weather happens in areas where freezing temperatures are common and where temperatures...
An Updated Look at Protection in Glass Manufacturing Plants
Occasionally loss prevention procedures need revision as we learn more about how to protect the hazard. In January 2008 we wrote a comprehensive article on Property Loss Prevention in Glass...
Construction Classifications and Use of Plastic Panels in Europe
Why do we see so much new construction in Europe that includes plastic panels? The sales pitch from the architects to the customers is that higher insulation levels provided by these plastic panels...
An Updated Look at Cooling Towers
On a regular basis we look at our previous articles and, when sufficient changes occur, we update them for our readers. Sometimes it's due to new technology, sometimes to loss history and sometimes...
Lessons Not Learned
It disheartens us that even after the nightclub fires in Rhode Island, USA in February 2003 and in Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2004, the lessons of those tragic events appear to have not been...
Fiber Reinforced Plastic Panels Used in Construction
Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) panels, sometimes referred to as glassfiber reinforced plastic (GRP) panels, is a composite material made up a polymer matrix reinforced with fibers. The fibers are...
Explosion Protection Systems for Combustible Dusts
Processing, handling and storing of combustible dusts within enclosed equipment (i.e., mixers, blenders, mills, separators, cutting tools, holding bins, dust collectors, cyclones, etc.) can easily...