In the first quarter of 2024, Black & McDonald undertook a critical cooling tower replacement project on the 25th floor of the 609 Granville St building in Downtown Vancouver. Initially conceived as a crane-based operation, the project was reimagined due to urban constraints. The project took to the skies with an aerial lift strategy, deploying a helicopter for precision placement. Led by Operations Manager Dermot Hawe and Lead Foreman Steve Darby, the operation successfully executed over 30 lifts within a five-hour window, demonstrating our team’s commitment to innovative solutions and operational excellence.
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This week we are back on site for our distribution centre customer in Hampshire. This is a staged project, with the first phase being for a few hundred high bay and emergency upgrades. This entire building will soon be on our EnabLED smart platform. This means it will be delivering significant monitored savings. #savings#led#ledlighting#ledsavings#lighting
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Blitz installed their cable support system in the car park, an area that featured confined space, and challenging accessibility. Cable containment support was provided most effectively and efficiently using the revolutionary Studbite System.
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Our dedicated and experienced #LevelCrossings design team can assist with #levelcrossing work bank planning.
This particularly includes using a risk-based approach to identify level crossing closure opportunities or cost-effective safety upgrades.
It's exactly what was done on The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project; in GRIP Stage 3 a total of 37 level crossings were assessed against planned Project impacts and suitable design options produced for level crossing closures and upgraded protection solutions.
Depending on the unique circumstances at each crossing, the closure options identified included replacement vehicular #bridges, #bridleway bridges, #footbridges and diversions.
Having worked closely with the Project team and Network Rail, the culmination of this work is the proposed closure of all the existing level crossings on the core route between #Leeds and #York which will result in a safer and more resilient railway.
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Electric vehicles (EVs) pose a unique challenge in the event of a fire. Lithium-ion batteries, which are commonly used in EVs, are highly flammable and can cause a fire that is difficult to extinguish. In fact, lithium-ion battery fires are almost impossible to put out. The fire can be complex and often heralded by a highly toxic vapour cloud accompanied by a hissing noise and highly directional jets, followed, possibly, by an explosion. Firefighters generally use immense quantities of water to cool the battery pack (although this won’t prevent fire erupting again), a fire blanket to suppress the flames and breathing equipment for the fire fighters to protect them from the toxic vapour cloud. Either that or simply let the blaze burn itself out. Attempting to suffocate the fire with inert gases is ineffective because, being a chemical blaze, it does not require oxygen. After containment, the burnt-out EV must be removed and deposited in a compound away from buildings and other vehicles. More radical steps include immersing the car in water, although not sea water because chlorine gas can be released.
EV fires are rare and occur at a rate of about one per 20 million miles driven, compared with one fire per 19 million miles driven for gasoline vehicles. However, as more electric cars take to roads, attention is turning to their safety, in particular fire safety. This affects insurance costs.
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"The Terminal Car Park 2 [at Luton Airport, London] suffered a 'significant structural collapse', Bedfordshire Fire Service says." It can be added that four firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
It is clear that the design assumption of only one or two fire burning has to be revisited. Cars are larger and have more fuel load than before, and the parking spaces have become smaller. This enhances the probability of fire spread between vehicles
Similarly to the Sola Airport fire in Norway, there was a collapse. Was this car park also designed for 15 minute structural fire resistance?
See comments for resources and reports on car park fire safety.
#sustainability#fireprotection#firefightingBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service#sustainableconstruction#firesafety#ev#emergencyresponseSociety of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)NFPA
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And the big question is: Did the car park burn down from an electric vehicle battery fire?
Not against EV's, just want to see a country regulatory commisions impose some type of effective design safety measures that will prevent or isolate EV battery fires in Trucks, Cars, Motorcycles.
The answer is yes, they found the fire started with a parked EV.
#EV#safetyengineers#electricvehicles
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"The Terminal Car Park 2 [at Luton Airport, London] suffered a 'significant structural collapse', Bedfordshire Fire Service says." It can be added that four firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
It is clear that the design assumption of only one or two fire burning has to be revisited. Cars are larger and have more fuel load than before, and the parking spaces have become smaller. This enhances the probability of fire spread between vehicles
Similarly to the Sola Airport fire in Norway, there was a collapse. Was this car park also designed for 15 minute structural fire resistance?
See comments for resources and reports on car park fire safety.
#sustainability#fireprotection#firefightingBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service#sustainableconstruction#firesafety#ev#emergencyresponseSociety of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)NFPA
Once again, I ask the same question(s). All evidence and research to this point have 1) clearly demonstrated that modern vehicles (both ICE and EV) present greater fire risk than in the past. 2) shown that active Fire suppression is the best front line defense and can control such fires (again both ICE and EV). Yet the arguments here and elsewhere around increased fire resistance would have helped or that EVs are potentially to blame is all 2nd hand rubbish. Require and maintain active Fire suppression in car parks and this is page 2 news story at best.
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"The Terminal Car Park 2 [at Luton Airport, London] suffered a 'significant structural collapse', Bedfordshire Fire Service says." It can be added that four firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
It is clear that the design assumption of only one or two fire burning has to be revisited. Cars are larger and have more fuel load than before, and the parking spaces have become smaller. This enhances the probability of fire spread between vehicles
Similarly to the Sola Airport fire in Norway, there was a collapse. Was this car park also designed for 15 minute structural fire resistance?
See comments for resources and reports on car park fire safety.
#sustainability#fireprotection#firefightingBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service#sustainableconstruction#firesafety#ev#emergencyresponseSociety of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)NFPA
It is imperative to have a plan for large fires in underground and above ground parking spaces from the addition of EV and lithium -ion fires, to tactical fire suppression and ventilation for dealing with challenges like this.
The use of large diameter hoses, fire suppression tactics and a better understanding of building suppression and protection systems is paramount in these situations.🔥🙏
Research Executive | Leader | Public Speaker | Fire Safety Expert | Advisory Board Member |
🔥 24+ Million Impressions
"The Terminal Car Park 2 [at Luton Airport, London] suffered a 'significant structural collapse', Bedfordshire Fire Service says." It can be added that four firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
It is clear that the design assumption of only one or two fire burning has to be revisited. Cars are larger and have more fuel load than before, and the parking spaces have become smaller. This enhances the probability of fire spread between vehicles
Similarly to the Sola Airport fire in Norway, there was a collapse. Was this car park also designed for 15 minute structural fire resistance?
See comments for resources and reports on car park fire safety.
#sustainability#fireprotection#firefightingBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service#sustainableconstruction#firesafety#ev#emergencyresponseSociety of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)NFPA
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2wWhat a great money saving, efficient way of completing a massive, very dangerous undertaking!! Bravo B&M.