Offshoring – Strategy to Remain Competitive
Offshoring is the utilization of services from any foreign subsidiary for a service formerly produced locally within the company. This is the strategy being utilized by multi-national EPCM companies to …
Small Change, Massive Impact
In project execution, the impact of changes will be dependent on the period when the changes will be implemented. In concept definition or feasibility study, there might be a dozen …
Differential Protection – Fast and Reliable
A few years back, I was seconded to assist in the commissioning of a cooling tower for a 1000 MW coal thermal power plant. The cooling tower was not a …
IEC 62262 – IK Codes for Electrical Enclosures
IEC 60529 – Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) describes a system for classifying the degrees of protection provided by the enclosures of electrical equipment. The protection provided …
Up Close & Personal With Arc-Flash
Can an arc-flash occur at 240V? The answer is yes, it can! More than two (2) decades ago, I was an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor then in a ceramic manufacturing company. …