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Project 248: Guide to Making Acute Risk Decisions

The purpose of this book is to provide a practical guide on the application of decision making tools for managing process safety risk and to drive the concept that managing process safety risk through informed decision making is beneficial for all stakeholders.

Project 247: Integrating Management Systems and Metrics to Improve Process Safety

The purpose of this Guideline is to tie the use of metrics into integrated EH&SS management systems, integrating PSM and looking at how metrics are used throughout an organization. It should show how metrics can be used as a regular “Check” part of the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and the use of metrics to drive more robust and sustainable practices in management review and audits.

Project 246: Guidelines for Siting and Layout of Facilities, 2nd Edition

This project would revise and update the current CCPS publication “Guidelines for Facility Siting and Layout”, including information on occupied portable buildings, facility and plant layout. Reference documents would include but not limited to API 752 and 753 as well as OSHA/EPA interpretation letters and recently published CCPS books touching on this subject.

A Holistic Approach to Sustainability: An Interview with Laura Gimpelson, P.E.

July 26, 2012
July 26, 2012

Want to know how sustainability goes beyond the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas production? Check out this interview with Laura Gimpelson, a registered professional engineer in multiple states with more than 30 years of experience in green technology, environmental cleanup, and environmental safety. Laura will be presenting at the upcoming Virtual Local Section later today.

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On-Site Biological Graywater Treatment

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, August 1, 2012,
2:00pm to 3:00pm
EDT
An Appalachian State University research team, is innovating the field of biological water treatment by applying a proven technology to salon and spa wastewater to create functional, multipurpose, "...

2012 Local Sections' Leadership Workshop

March 31, 2012 to April 1, 2012
University of Houston, Engineering Lecture Hall, Bldg #580

The AIChE Local Sections Leaders Workshop (LSLW) is a forum to improve the leadership skills of current and future Local Section leaders, promote sharing of experiences and tools, enable collaboration on issues and challenges of shared concern, and generally promote networking and a sense of partnership in a greater whole.

Major Genome Facility Opening in Manhattan

July 25, 2012
July 25, 2012

Construction starts this month on the The New York Genome Center (NYGC) which aims to be the largest research center of its kind in North America. First on its list of major projects is Alzheimer's research.

TSC Meeting: Houston, TX

January 10, 2006 to January 11, 2006

CCPS Technical Steering Committee Meetng 

Risk Tolerance Breakouts

March 10, 2006

Risk Tolerance Breakouts 

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