17 Feb Asset Resilience for when you know disaster WILL happen
Posted at 11:00 in Flood Resilience by Henrik Pedersen
In some areas of Britain we have seen the same areas flooded again and again.
This is just one example of a situation when you know the unexpected (and unwanted) WILL happen – it is just a case of when.
Asset Resilience planning helps businesses protect assets but in this kind of situation asset performance becomes a critical factor. If you can’t fully protect an asset how can you optimise its performance over time?
Our approach to Asset Resilience goes beyond the usual ‘Protect’ approach and places equal importance on ‘Recovery’.
Acceptance is the first stage. This is going to happen.
Next, how can we minimise damage to the asset?
Third, how can we be fully recovered in the shortest possible time?
If we think about performance, not just protection, we take a different mindset into the design and build of the asset resilience measures.
As part of our programmes for major telecoms companies and DNOs across the UK we have seen that fast recovery is the critical factor in at-risk assets. How can I get my services back up and running as quickly as possible?
Technologies and approaches that enable guaranteed oil containment, quick clean-ups, and prevent the knock-on effects to the environment and levels of service are prioritised and built-in to a resilient design to ensure the optimal performance of an asset through a crisis situation.