Posted at 10:58 in Flood Resilience
In business we run our companies with a set of KPIs to give us a basis for sound decision-making. The phrase ‘What gets measured gets done’ underpins much of the day-to-day running of organisations both large and small. Fortunately the numbers we need are becoming ever more prevalent – look no further than the recent […]
Posted at 8:06 in Flood Resilience
The power of reputation is no stranger to any leader, and neither is its delicacy. Companies that don’t invest in protecting their reputation soon face the loss of it. But you can take all the measures in the world within your walls and still be left open to damage – because you are not an […]
Posted at 13:30 in Flood Resilience
Value is a complex concept. It sits somewhere between the tangible and the perceived, and adding it to a business is about more than just bank balances and asset sheets. There are many currencies to be considered in business value, but I want to talk a little about the currency of reliability. You may have […]
Posted at 11:56 in Flood Resilience
New regulations governing the storage of oil came into force in Wales last week. As is already the case in the rest of the UK, the Water Resources (Control Of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016, set standards for oil storage facilities and aim to prevent the escape of oil and the risk of water […]
Posted at 11:40 in Flood Resilience
For DNOs, transformer downtime is a destructive and expensive problem. With RIIO fines for loss of service and a massive value placed on reputation, the responsibility lies heavy on engineers to solve problems quickly and get their asset back on line. I spend a lot of time speaking with project engineers about the consequences of […]
Posted at 10:40 in Flood Resilience
At BERG (Business Emergency Resilience Group) we are constantly looking to help businesses improve their readiness for the unexpected. Businesses often consider regular emergency procedures like fire drills and have procedures in place to protect people and assets etc. However, when a crisis happens in the business like a major flood or spill, you often […]
Posted at 11:09 in Flood Resilience
Asset Resilience is often classified purely as an approach to asset protection and the removal or reduction of risk from that asset. This is only part of the story and it misses a key element of the benefit of a resilient approach. Let’s take a bund around an electricity transformer as an example. The bund […]
Posted at 11:00 in Flood Resilience
When crises like floods hit it is natural that the media focus is on doom and gloom and the misery being felt by the businesses affected. Good news stories about businesses being prepared, being innovative and successfully overcoming adversity are not on the agenda. But afterwards, when the media can report business successes not in […]
Posted at 11:00 in Flood Resilience
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 […]