EDS specializes in Arc Flash Training, NFPA 70E Training and other electrical training courses. EDS is also a leader in Arc Flash Analysis. This presentation is used to give some information about arc flash and understanding the EDS approach to analysis. Check us out at arc-flash-training.com
Milsoft Utility Solution’s Arc Flash Analysis software facilitates faster and easier assessment of arc flash hazards and electrical incident analysis. Identify and analyze high risk arc flash areas in your electrical power system with greater flexibility by simulating and evaluating various mitigation methods in your arc flash study.
Webinar - Electrical Arc Flash Hazards - Is your company in compliance?Leonardo ENERGY
This course is designed to equip the electrical consultant, system designer or any other professional responsible for designing or modernizing commercial and industrial electrical power distribution systems with the fundamentals of the Arc Flash Energy phenomenon.
10 Most Common PPE Mistakes in Electrical Arc FlashMagid
The Top 10 Mistakes Made in Electrical Workplace Safety is a presentation from Magid Glove & Safety breaks down the 10 most common mistakes made in electrical workplace safety and provides safety tips and product recommendations that will help keep your workers safe and protected.
Milsoft Utility Solution’s Arc Flash Analysis software facilitates faster and easier assessment of arc flash hazards and electrical incident analysis. Identify and analyze high risk arc flash areas in your electrical power system with greater flexibility by simulating and evaluating various mitigation methods in your arc flash study.
Webinar - Electrical Arc Flash Hazards - Is your company in compliance?Leonardo ENERGY
This course is designed to equip the electrical consultant, system designer or any other professional responsible for designing or modernizing commercial and industrial electrical power distribution systems with the fundamentals of the Arc Flash Energy phenomenon.
10 Most Common PPE Mistakes in Electrical Arc FlashMagid
The Top 10 Mistakes Made in Electrical Workplace Safety is a presentation from Magid Glove & Safety breaks down the 10 most common mistakes made in electrical workplace safety and provides safety tips and product recommendations that will help keep your workers safe and protected.
Arc flash incidents can be costly in terms of personnel injury and equipment repair/replacement. This presentation provides an overview of the NFPA 70E 2012 Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and the requirements of the standards, which are intended to better protect electrical workers from injury when they work on energized electrical equipment. This includes all aspects of facility and employer responsibilities for compliance to the NFPA 70E standards, as well as the current status of OSHA enforcement of these standards. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission.
The electrical arc creates a pressure wave. The incident energy is the energy of this arc-flash coming into contact with a surface. Essentially an electric arc creates a radiation burn which accounts for the internal burns a person can receive when exposed to an electrical arc flash.
Practical Arc Flash Protection for Electrical Safety ProfessionalsLiving Online
Electrical safety is an important issue for those working on electrical facilities in utility networks and large industrial installations. A number of serious accidents including fatalities occur every year due to accidents involving electricity resulting in huge financial losses and wasted man-hours. Arc flashes in electrical equipment are now considered one of the major causes of electrical accidents even surpassing the well known hazards of electric shock. Avoiding arc flash incidents and the resulting injuries is one of major challenges today facing electrical workers and requires adequate attention in the stages of system planning, design, installation, operation and maintenance.
Injuries due to arc flash can depend on many factors, one of which is the incident thermal energy on a worker exposed to a flash. Today, a considerable body of knowledge exists as a result of research efforts and is available to designers and maintenance engineers in the form of standards such as IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E. This workshop will detail the basis of this approach and also about the major advances that have been made in the area of PPE made of FR fabrics and rated for different levels of thermal exposure.
Prevention however still remains the best form of protection and switchgear manufacturers have made considerable design advances to ensure that the effect of arc flash incidents is contained within the enclosure of switchgear (often called arc flash resistant switchgear) and methods of testing such switchgear have also evolved simultaneously. Another important factor is the approach to avoid arc incidents within the switchgear by proper design and maintenance and techniques to reduce the severity of the flash should such incidents occur.
These would form the key focus areas of this workshop.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.idc-online.com/content/practical-arc-flash-protection-electrical-safety-professionals-22
This training presentation covers the basic on arc flash and other electrical hazards, including the effects of an arc flash incident and how to determine shock and flash protection boundaries for a safe workplace
An arc blast or flash can occur when workers service electrical power, transmission, and distribution systems using high voltage. It is important to understand the OSHA, NFPA, IEEE and NEC requirements as well as the hierarchy of controls to reduce the risk. Understanding how to calculate a flash analysis to determine the protection boundaries, train workers on the hazards of high voltage electricity and use of personal protective equipment and clothing, and using the right tools for the job are all important steps. Learn more about arc blast/flash in this presentation. If you need advice or help with electrical safety, contact our staff of CSPs at The Windsor Consulting Group, Inc. We have past performance working with contractors near powerlines and underground utilities.
Many workers working on energised equipment are injured and/or killed each year. Several of these casualties are a result of arc flash.
Arc Flash is considered as one of the most destructive and dangerous instances when dealing with electrical wirings. A single occurrence can destroy metals and it has the ability to kill a person if not protected by Arc Flash Clothing. An arc flash can create an arc blast that can shatter anything because it is as hot as the as surface of the sun. This kind of heat can destroy metals instantly and completely burn a body beyond recognition.
Arc Flash ProtectionSerious injuries are caused by the arc flash:
Burns
Respiratory system damage
Hearing damage
Skin penetration from flying debris
Eye and face injuries
An arc flash may happen instantly and if the worker does not have the correct protection, they will already be dead when the arc flash hits them.
The use of Arc Flash Protective Equipment will lessen the damages caused by an arc flash because all of these equipments are solely made to withstand the heat.
Typical Arc Flash Clothing Applications
Working on electrical systems and switchrooms at 500 volts, live testing and proving dead on electrical systems, fitting and removal of LV-HV earths on electrical systems, working on panels/control circuits with exposed energised conductors, removal of bolted covers from energised electrical equipment, racking in/out of switchgear, racking in/out of starters and control gear, live testing and proving dead on electrical systems 11-33kV - T&D UK stock a broad range of Arc Flash Clothing and PPE.
Arc flash incidents can be costly in terms of personnel injury and equipment repair/replacement. This presentation provides an overview of the NFPA 70E 2012 Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and the requirements of the standards, which are intended to better protect electrical workers from injury when they work on energized electrical equipment. This includes all aspects of facility and employer responsibilities for compliance to the NFPA 70E standards, as well as the current status of OSHA enforcement of these standards. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission.
The electrical arc creates a pressure wave. The incident energy is the energy of this arc-flash coming into contact with a surface. Essentially an electric arc creates a radiation burn which accounts for the internal burns a person can receive when exposed to an electrical arc flash.
Practical Arc Flash Protection for Electrical Safety ProfessionalsLiving Online
Electrical safety is an important issue for those working on electrical facilities in utility networks and large industrial installations. A number of serious accidents including fatalities occur every year due to accidents involving electricity resulting in huge financial losses and wasted man-hours. Arc flashes in electrical equipment are now considered one of the major causes of electrical accidents even surpassing the well known hazards of electric shock. Avoiding arc flash incidents and the resulting injuries is one of major challenges today facing electrical workers and requires adequate attention in the stages of system planning, design, installation, operation and maintenance.
Injuries due to arc flash can depend on many factors, one of which is the incident thermal energy on a worker exposed to a flash. Today, a considerable body of knowledge exists as a result of research efforts and is available to designers and maintenance engineers in the form of standards such as IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E. This workshop will detail the basis of this approach and also about the major advances that have been made in the area of PPE made of FR fabrics and rated for different levels of thermal exposure.
Prevention however still remains the best form of protection and switchgear manufacturers have made considerable design advances to ensure that the effect of arc flash incidents is contained within the enclosure of switchgear (often called arc flash resistant switchgear) and methods of testing such switchgear have also evolved simultaneously. Another important factor is the approach to avoid arc incidents within the switchgear by proper design and maintenance and techniques to reduce the severity of the flash should such incidents occur.
These would form the key focus areas of this workshop.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.idc-online.com/content/practical-arc-flash-protection-electrical-safety-professionals-22
This training presentation covers the basic on arc flash and other electrical hazards, including the effects of an arc flash incident and how to determine shock and flash protection boundaries for a safe workplace
An arc blast or flash can occur when workers service electrical power, transmission, and distribution systems using high voltage. It is important to understand the OSHA, NFPA, IEEE and NEC requirements as well as the hierarchy of controls to reduce the risk. Understanding how to calculate a flash analysis to determine the protection boundaries, train workers on the hazards of high voltage electricity and use of personal protective equipment and clothing, and using the right tools for the job are all important steps. Learn more about arc blast/flash in this presentation. If you need advice or help with electrical safety, contact our staff of CSPs at The Windsor Consulting Group, Inc. We have past performance working with contractors near powerlines and underground utilities.
Many workers working on energised equipment are injured and/or killed each year. Several of these casualties are a result of arc flash.
Arc Flash is considered as one of the most destructive and dangerous instances when dealing with electrical wirings. A single occurrence can destroy metals and it has the ability to kill a person if not protected by Arc Flash Clothing. An arc flash can create an arc blast that can shatter anything because it is as hot as the as surface of the sun. This kind of heat can destroy metals instantly and completely burn a body beyond recognition.
Arc Flash ProtectionSerious injuries are caused by the arc flash:
Burns
Respiratory system damage
Hearing damage
Skin penetration from flying debris
Eye and face injuries
An arc flash may happen instantly and if the worker does not have the correct protection, they will already be dead when the arc flash hits them.
The use of Arc Flash Protective Equipment will lessen the damages caused by an arc flash because all of these equipments are solely made to withstand the heat.
Typical Arc Flash Clothing Applications
Working on electrical systems and switchrooms at 500 volts, live testing and proving dead on electrical systems, fitting and removal of LV-HV earths on electrical systems, working on panels/control circuits with exposed energised conductors, removal of bolted covers from energised electrical equipment, racking in/out of switchgear, racking in/out of starters and control gear, live testing and proving dead on electrical systems 11-33kV - T&D UK stock a broad range of Arc Flash Clothing and PPE.
Lockout/Tagout Training (Contractor Version)Panduit Safety
This training presentation targeted at Contractors and Electricians covers the importance of Lockout/Tagout as a form of mitigation, the necessary elements of an effective program for the control of hazardous energy along with the means of handling special cases within the program.
When designing generator systems, consulting engineers must ensure that the generators and the building electrical systems that they support are appropriate for the specific application. Whether providing standby power for health care facilities or prime power for rural processing plants, engineers must make decisions regarding generator sizing, load types, whether generators should be paralleled, fuel storage, switching scenarios, and many other criteria. In addition to being up to speed on the applicable codes, consulting engineers must work with the authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) to ensure approval for the generator system is attained.
Consulting engineers who specify emergency power equipment understand that installations for mission critical facilities, such as hospitals and data centers, are required to comply with NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems, in conjunction with NFPA 70: National Electrical Code. System designers must interpret the requirements of NFPA 110, ensure their designs follow them, and educate their clients about how the standard affects their operations.
NFPA 110 provides performance requirements for emergency and standby power systems that supply reliable auxiliary power to critical and essential loads when the primary power source fails. The standard covers installation, maintenance, operation, and testing requirements as they pertain to the performance of the emergency power supply system (EPSS) including power sources, transfer equipment, controls, supervisory equipment, and all related electrical and mechanical auxiliary and accessory equipment.
Electrical rooms provide safe and secure spaces for the operation and maintenance of electrical equipment. While electrical equipment types and ratings can have significant impacts on electrical room requirements, distributing the electrical power to the rest of the building via wiring, busways, and raceways can also affect electrical room design.
Switchboards, switchgear, transformers, generators, and UPSs require space for installation, maintenance, heat dissipation, and possible future expansion. And the wiring, busways, and raceways that distribute the electrical power must be accounted for—now, and in the future. Documentation and monitoring of electrical system’s equipment and how it connects to the rest of the facility must be accurately maintained.
The design of electrical rooms requires an integrated approach among disciplines. Architects and structural, mechanical, and fire protection engineers should work as a team in designing these rooms. NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC) is the main source for electrical room requirements, but other codes, good practices, and recommendations should be considered. The result will be a room that is safe and secure, and provides for the functional operation and maintenance of the specific electrical equipment located within.
EDS Specializes in Arc Flash Training and Arc Flash Analysis, among many other training modules to provide training needed for todays electrical workers. EDS services can be provided nation wide. This document highlights our services.
Five to 10 arc flash explosions occur in electric equipment every day in the United States. This number does not include cases in which the victim is sent to an ordinary hospital. Instead, these incidents are so severe the victims require treatment from a special burn center.
What is arc flash? What are the legal requirements? What are the arc flash standards required in industry? Premium Power, an electrical engineering consultancy offers a checklist of what needs to be considered before carrying out work on or near live equipment
The presentation is based on the discussions about the safety in Power Plants and substations. The presentation is a part of the seminar on Electrical safety and reliability. The reporting of accidents was also discussed at length in the seminar
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Vat Registration is a legal obligation for businesses meeting the threshold requirement, helping companies avoid fines and ramifications. Contact now!
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Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
Company Valuation webinar series - Tuesday, 4 June 2024FelixPerez547899
This session provided an update as to the latest valuation data in the UK and then delved into a discussion on the upcoming election and the impacts on valuation. We finished, as always with a Q&A
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey throu...dylandmeas
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey through Full Sail University. Below, you’ll find a collection of my work showcasing my skills and expertise in digital marketing, event planning, and media production.
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
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Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
Leading companies such as Nike, Toyota, and Siemens are prioritizing sustainable innovation in their business models, setting an example for others to follow. In this Sustainability training presentation, you will learn key concepts, principles, and practices of sustainability applicable across industries. This training aims to create awareness and educate employees, senior executives, consultants, and other key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, and supply chain partners, on the importance and implementation of sustainability.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts that form the foundation of sustainability within corporate environments.
2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
2. Principles and Practices of Sustainability
3. Measures and Reporting in Sustainability
4. Sustainability Implementation & Best Practices
To download the complete presentation, visit: https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations
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1. NFPA 70E and Arc Flash
Complex Problem - Simple solution
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2. Overview
• “ARC FLASH” REVIEW
• DRIVERS TO COMPLY
• EDS APPROACH
• EDS SUCCESSES
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3. Arc Flash
• Arc-Flash on the internet
- Yahoo: 18,100,000
- Google Images: 15,500,000
- Youtube: 8,900
•Arc-Flash in The Work Place
- Commercial: Malls, Grocery Stores, Office Buildings
- Manufacturing: Large or Small Scale
- Industrial: Power Plants, Steel Facilities, Refineries
•All Facilities With Three Phase Power!
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4. •Categories of Electrical Hazards (Annex K)
-Shock
-Arc-Flash
-Arc-Blast
•Definition: The energy released when electric current passes through
air.
-Initiated by a short circuit
-Explosive force of molten metal and ionized air or plasma arc
-Intense heat & Blinding light
-Percussive sound and pressure wave (blast)
-Shrapnel for equipment incorrectly applied
-Toxic smoke and fumes
•Consider effect of Available fault current on the arc flash hazard level.
-High fault current can sometimes = lower arc flash hazard levels
Arc Flash
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5. Pressure Waves
Copper Vapor:
Solid to Vapor
Expands by
67,000 times
Molten Metal
Intense Light
Hot Air-Rapid Expansion
Extreme Heat
35,000 °F
Shrapnel
Sound Waves
Arcing Short Circuit
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7. • Article 130.5
- An Arc Flash Hazard Analysis shall determine the Arc Flash
Boundary, the incident energy at the working distance, and the
Personal Protective Equipment that people within the arc flash
boundary shall use.
• You can’t have Labels, PPE, or Boundaries
without a proper analysis
- NFPA 70E – does offer tables but they are ultra conservative and
have very strict system parameters in order to be valid for use
NFPA 70E - 2012
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12. • The NFPA 70E has not been formally adopted by
OSHA at this time
• So OSHA only relies on the following section of the
CFR for enforcement and citations?
- Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,
The General Duty Clause
RIGHT??
Drivers
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14. • 1910.333(a) – Explains that work practices shall be consistent with
the nature of and extent of electrical hazards.
• 1910.335(a)(1)(i) – Employees working in areas with potential
electrical hazards shall be provided with and shall use electrical PPE
appropriate for parts of the body and work to be performed.
• 1910.335(a)(1)(v) – Talks about safegaurding against electric arcs or
flashes or from flying objects resulting from electrical explosion.
• 1926.95(a) – Protective equipment shall be provided wherever it is
necessary by reason of the hazard.
CFR 1910
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15. Region 1 News Release:
10-1132-BOS/BOS 2010-358
Fri., Aug. 20, 2010
Contact: Ted Fitzgerald
Phone: 617-565-2074
Email: fitzgerald.edmund@dol.gov
US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $350,000 in fines against US Postal
Service for electrical hazards at Portsmouth, NH, mail processing facility
CONCORD, N.H. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for
five alleged willful violations of safety standards following an inspection at the Portsmouth, N.H., Processing and Distribution Center.
The Postal Service faces a total of $350,000 in fines, chiefly for exposing workers to electrical hazards.
OSHA's inspection, conducted in response to employee complaints, found untrained or inadequately trained employees at the
Portsmouth distribution center performing troubleshooting and voltage testing on or near live electrical equipment and wiring that had
not first been de-energized. The workers also lacked personal protective equipment and were not instructed on proper electrical
lockout/tagout procedures.
As a result of its inspection, OSHA has issued five willful citations to the Postal Service for the conditions at the Portsmouth facility.
OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with plain indifference to or intentional disregard for employee safety and health.
"These citations and the sizable fines proposed here reflect the Postal Service's ongoing knowlEDSe of and failure to address
conditions that exposed its workers to the severe and potentially deadly hazards of electric shock, arc flashes and arc blasts," said
Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA
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16. Region 1 News Release:
10-1026-BOS/BOS 2010-344
Mon., Aug. 9, 2010
Contact: Ted Fitzgerald
Phone: 617-565-2074
US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $357,000 in fines against US Postal
Service for electrical hazards at Boston mail processing facility
BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for
alleged willful and serious violations of safety standards following an inspection at the Boston Processing and Distribution Center.
The Postal Service faces a total of $357,000 in fines, chiefly for exposing workers to electrical hazards.
"These citations and sizable fines reflect both the gravity of the hazards identified during this inspection, and the Postal Service's
knowlEDSe of and systemic failure to address these hazards," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels. "The
dangers of electric shock, burns and explosions were real, present and ongoing. The Postal Service must take comprehensive and
aggressive action to correct these conditions once and for all."
OSHA's inspection, which began Jan. 28 in response to worker complaints, found that employees at the Boston center, including
mechanics and technicians working with or near live electrical equipment or parts such as bar code readers and elevator control
panels, were not provided with adequate training, safe electrical work practices, required personal protective equipment or insulated
tools.
These conditions exposed the workers to the hazards of electric shock, arc flashes and arc blasts, and resulted in OSHA issuing the
Postal Service five willful citations carrying $350,000 in proposed fines. OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with plain
indifference to or intentional disregard for employee safety and health.
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17. How to conduct an
AF Analysis
•Understand the cost drivers of having an analysis done.
•When comparing bids look for comparison of options and
quantity of items for a true apples to apples
•When getting proposals understand what is necessary
• Data Collection
- Who gets it is important
- The number of items in the study drives cost
• Build One-Line diagram
- The number of items in the study drives cost
• Run Arc-Flash Calculations
• Provide Energized Electrical Work Permits
• Provide Labels
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18. EDS Approach
• Overview of cost drivers (Quantity and Data collection)
• EDS Phased Approach
• Phase I: Data collection, initial calculation, review with client
- Data collection onsite by EDS with client support or contractor support
- One-line development and data entry
- Provide client with preliminary results and one-line diagram for review, comments and approval
• Phase II: Final Report, Energized electrical work permits,
Multimedia deliverable
- EDS provides labels high quality vinyl labels for installation
- EDS provides onsite label application
- EDS provides onsite training or offsite options. Training will prepare workers to implement safety
changes and will provide compliance certification cards for each worker.
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19. OPTIONS
• Optional services
- Training
- Incorporation of Arc Flash Analysis into the safety program
- Short Circuit Analysis
- Protective Device Coordination
- Autocad update of drawings with data and/or arc flash energies and
PPE levels
- Design of protective scheme to lower hazards
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20. EDS Successes
• Municipal
- 10 Pump Stations
- 2 Waste Water Facilities
- 4 Water Treatment Facilities
• Industrial
- 19 Power Plants
- 3 Steel Facilities
- 26 Refractory Plants
• Commercial / Manufacturing
- 20+ Commercial Manufacturing
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