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Some typical applications across industries using smart The paper on geotechnical site characterisation
solutions to improve plant productivity and efficiency through “Triad Approach” for Coke Oven Project” at Tata
are also identified. Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur was presented by Manos Kumar
De at the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 held
between December 17th -19th.
Optimizing Predicting Optimizing On Time
Machine and Preventing Maintenance Alerting 2. Safety governs all aspects of life in different forms
Utilization Failures Cycle and to different extents. Safety is essential to protect

people from fatalities and accidents, plants from
Benefits of damage and fire, and business sustainability. Electrical
IloT energy poses unique challenges as we can’t see, hear or
solutions smell electricity. Yet, if an incident occurs, it can be fatal

and costly. So electrical safety is of prime importance
Energy Improving Reducing Improving and identifying and controlling electrical hazards is
Optimization Assets Maintenance Machine an integral part of every safety program across all
Lifecycle Cost Performance industries.

WEBINARS

1. Successful brownfield site development requires
the planning of geotechnical tests, data collection,
analysis, and field interpretation and laboratory results
in a timely and cost-effective manner. The planning and
scheduling needed to define potential criticalities and
uncertainty in ground conditions allow designers to use
resources effectively, optimise space constraints and
develop response strategies for execution safety. The
foundation system’s decision and ground improvement
required during the underground construction activity Mr V V Barve conducted a session on “Managing
significantly impact brownfield project schedule and Electrical Safety at Construction Sites” during the virtual
overall cost. The “Triad Approach” consists of planned seminar on Electrical Safety conducted by National
geotechnical investigation combined with systematic Safety Council, India on 12th December 20. It covered
foundation planning based on real-time data that the electrical safety approach, electrical shock effects,
optimally uses available resources and accounts for types of injuries, common electrical hazards at the site,
space and time constraints. principles of site safety and precautions for temporary
power distribution at site. Possibilities of accidents
during the execution and testing/commissioning phase,
including preventive measures, were also discussed.

The talk also covered the use of modern technologies
for electrical safety like ultrasonic detection, e-alert
safety helmet, smartwatch, prefab electrical systems,
app-based safety monitoring, non-contact testers for
measurements and the landscape of AR/VR/MR for
electrical safety

3. An International conference on recent trends in
Electronics, Electrical, Communication and Medical
Instrumentation was organised by Dayanand college
of engineering, Bangalore from 7th to 9th December
2020 (online). Participants included Engineers from IISc,
Universities of Spain, Germany, Honeywell & Huawei.

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