COVID has heightened awareness around the need to protect critical healthcare infrastructure which is worth billions of dollars in Australia. Poorly maintained equipment will affect the bottom line and most importantly doctor and patient safety, particularly in high risk environments such as ICU. Reactive, unplanned repairs (breakdowns) are the outcome of poorly protected or maintained equipment.
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By Rod Kington, National Manager - Sustainability How to make buildings more energy efficient? Commercial office buildings become less efficient over time. Investment is needed on an ongoing basis to find new and effective ways to lower overall costs and ensure money is not left on the table. Reducing operating costs also makes commercial buildings more appealing to tenants and improves bu
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The need to protect buildings with a cyber security system can be correlated to the increasing profile and volume of attacks against these assets. It is no longer possible to remain blissfully unaware that buildings are valuable targets for cyber criminals. One of the first high-profile attacks in 2014 was targeted at a large US retailer. A malicious outsider gained access to the Point-of-Sales sy
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By Robert Westerhout, Compliance Manager – FireThe Building Code of Australia details the minimum design criteria for fire safety measures in a building. These requirements are based on the Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) being less than the Required Safe Egress Time (RSET). ASET is the time it takes from fire ignition for conditions to be untenable. RSET is the time it takes from fire ignitio
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