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ASP Fire offers complete solutions for highly hazardous environments
From concentrated solar power (CSP) systems to oil-seed extraction plants, printing plants, and even explosives manufacturing facilities, fire engineering specialist ASP Fire offers a range of...
SA fire-protection regulatory framework still immature, warns ASP Fire
Buildings that accommodate large numbers of the public are often not designed with specific occupant characteristics in mind. Shoppers are often unfamiliar with the layout of the emergency escape...
Fire safety in buildings must integrate sprinklers with smoke control
Automatic sprinklers and smoke-control ventilation systems are not incongruous. However, they must be designed explicitly with each other in mind when approaching a fire-safety system design for a...
The role of architectural review in rational design
The qualitative review under rational design includes an architectural review, fire-safety objectives, fire hazards and risks, trial fire-safety designs, and worst-case fire scenarios for analysis....
What needs to be done to make SA’s buildings fire safe
In the wake of a deadly fire at the Bank of Lisbon building, in Johannesburg last year, along with a spate of fires at other buildings, questions have been raised about the safety and compliance of...
Growth in fire engineering a hot topic for ASP Fire in 2019
22 January 2019: With insurers placing greater demands on businesses to comply with all relevant fire-safety standards and regulations, ASP Fire has employed two new fire engineers to enhance its...
Ventilation key to genset safety
Gensets that are stored indoors should be stationed in a well ventilated area to avoid the temperature of the genset rising too high, says fire risk management and support company ASP Fire CEO...
Importance of fire-safe conveyers emphasised
Fire is a pervasive threat to conveyor belt systems at mines and can cause substantial damage to the conveyed material, electromechanical components of the conveyor system and the belt if the...
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Aspen warns of lower full-year earnings
JSE-listed pharmaceuticals manufacturer Aspen has warned that its normalised headline earnings a share are likely to drop by 27% to 32% to between R10.15 and R10.89 a share for the financial year...
Stellenbosch University launches new Chair, focused on concentrated solar power
Stellenbosch University (SU) has officially launched a new solar energy Chair (Professorship) in its Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, and announced the name of the inaugural...
Adcock’s full-year results benefit from good second-half performance
JSE-listed pharmaceuticals manufacturer Adcock Ingram has recorded a 1% increase in revenue to R9.76-billion for the financial year ended June 30, while basic earnings a share increased by 8%...