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Building automation and digitisation.
Risk prevention
M&P recognises dangers in the operation of real estate and averts them.
In times of high cost pressure, the focus for savings is increasingly on the maintenance and operation of real estate. This often occurs at the expense of value retention and operational safety. M&P confidently guides property owners and operators through the maze of ever-changing requirements and obligations.
Constant adaptations to a never-ending flow of new legal regulations make the development of a legally compliant structural and process organisation a complex task for property owners and/or operators. However, this is an essential component in avoiding organisational fault and the associated protracted disputes with injured parties, authorities, insurance providers and the public. To guide them through this ‘maze’ of requirements and obligations, the experts from M&P support owners and operators in maintaining an overview of all the different elements, establishing priorities and keeping themselves secure in organisation terms.
Everything under control with M&P
For comprehensive risk prevention, our experts systematically carry out risk analyses and assessments (RAA) with the following components:
- Identification and assessment of risks through interviews with the responsible experts (specialist trades, occupational health and safety) and on-site inspections of the buildings/facilities
- Documentation of the results of the risk assessment (based on the German industrial safety ordinance) along with the establishment of specific protective measures in accordance with the TOP (technical, organisational and personnel-related measures) principle
- Implementation and regular updating of the RAAs to ensure sustainability with
- recurring, regular identification and assessment of risks
- establishment of specific protective measures in accordance with the TOP principle
- reviews of the effectiveness of the measures
To this end, the experts from M&P use an economical and efficient procedure that has been established through use in numerous projects. Due to the quantity structure (number) of the buildings and/or technical facilities, rather than each one being evaluated, a (pre-)selection is made together with the responsible employee. Buildings or technical systems with the greatest risk potential are identified in this process and tailored RAAs are developed and implemented.
Meeting requirements, minimising risk: a current project example
Due to an ongoing roof renovation project, an industrial customer commissioned M&P with identifying and evaluating the requirements for activities on roofs. In particular, the intention was for M&P to provide support in the implementation of RAAs and the preparation of the resulting measures or recommendations. The following compensatory measures proposed by M&P for the lack of stationary fall protection systems on roofs were implemented:
- Mobile self-weight-fixed anchorage point
- Mobile self-weight-fixed cable system (work restraint)
- Mobile raised platform via a system installed on the roof
In the course of the RAA, it emerged that in the existing workplace, the expense of maintaining an appropriate height of protection on roofs is clearly disproportionate. Doing nothing was not an option. The employer followed M&P’s recommendation and has ensured safety in a comparable, more economical manner through different and complementary measures (as listed above). In this way, it proved possible to meet both the financial and safety-related requirements.
