Hanging by a Thread: The Maintenance of Metal Wire Ropes

Metal wire ropes are widely used in hoist (lifting), towing or winching systems, such as cranes and lifts.

Harmonious Chemical Safety: Understanding GHS

The rapidly expanding global trade in chemicals was highlighted for posing unnecessary risk to both people and the environment, due to the wide assortment of national and regional chemical hazard classification systems in use at that time.

Autonomous Emergency Braking

Active safety systems like Autonomous Emergency Braking face real-world challenges not replicated in tests. This insight explores these discrepancies and testing

Trial By Fire: Investigating Faults in Lithium Ion Batteries

Batteries have become ubiquitous in our everyday life, from the vehicles we drive to the personal devices we carry everywhere.

Investigation of Wind Induced Failure of Buildings and Structures

Whether it be wind, snow or rain, the weather can have a significant impact on buildings and infrastructure, causing structural damage or flooding.

Investigating The Causes Of Vehicle Fires

An absolute must when avoiding vehicle fires, is for any driver to check that the vehicle is safe to drive. UK Government regulations state that the duties of a motorist include:

Registering the vehicle with the DVLA
Keeping the vehicle’s tax up to date
Obtaining a current MOT certificate
Maintaining the roadworthy condition of a vehicle
Having a minimum third-party insurance that covers use of the vehicle

Wearing a Helmet When Cycling Might Just Save Your Life

One might think that in today’s Health and Safety conscious society there would be universal support for the wearing of cycle helmets. However, amongst the cycling community, opinion remains sharply divided on the issue of making helmet use mandatory. Advocates for the wearing of cycle helmets have rider safety as their primary concern, but critics claim that making helmet use compulsory will discourage people from cycling, meaning that those who choose not to would miss out on the health benefits that regular cycling can offer.

Water Damage in Basements – Part I: Ingress

Basement construction has become more common, both in new developments and beneath existing buildings, as basements provide an increased floor area for the same footprint of the main, above-ground building.

Protecting Against the Dangers of Electrical Arc Flash

Arc flash, sometimes known as electrical flashover, is a low impedance short circuit that causes a very high current flow.

Pressure, Pushing Down On Me

Everyone knows what an explosion is, but what about its opposite, an implosion? An explosion occurs when a large amount of energy is released into a small volume in a very short time, but what happens in an implosion? Put simply, an implosion is the opposite of an explosion, matter and energy collapse inward and all implosions are caused by some form of pressure acting from the outside on an object. If that pressure is greater than the pressure within the object, without adequate support, the object will collapse. This is a real risk in process industries (and submarines!).