by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Aug 21, 2026 | Electrical Safety, Facility Compliance
Having a lockout/tagout program on paper and having one that would survive an OSHA inspection are two different things. LOTO violations consistently rank among OSHA’s most frequently cited standards, and the gaps that get facilities in trouble are rarely...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Aug 10, 2026 | Electrical Safety
Adding EV chargers to a commercial or industrial facility introduces electrical safety risks that go well beyond the installation itself. Ground fault exposure increases in wet parking environments. Arc flash incident energy values can change at panels and switchgear...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Jul 7, 2026 | Electrical Safety, Facility Compliance, Industrial Electrical Consulting
Electrical equipment rarely fails on a convenient schedule. It fails when a connection has been loosening for months, when a breaker hasn’t tripped correctly in years, or when load has crept up past what the original study accounted for. The good news is that...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Jul 7, 2026 | Arc Flash, Electrical Safety, Risk Management
A renewal questionnaire lands on your desk, and somewhere between the sprinkler inspection dates and the roof age, there’s a new line item: Do you have a current arc flash study? For a lot of facility managers, that question comes out of nowhere. The equipment...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | Jul 3, 2026 | Electrical Engineering, Electrical Safety, Industrial Electrical Consulting, Power Systems
Adding electrical load to an existing facility can feel like a straightforward decision at first. A tenant needs more power. A company wants to install EV chargers. A manufacturing facility is adding a new piece of equipment. A property owner is planning upgrades to...
by Shaw Consulting Services | Flash Risk Assessments & More | May 9, 2026 | Electrical Safety, Facility Compliance, Infrared, Thermal Imaging
Infrared thermography is one of those tools that gets more powerful the smarter you are about when you use it. The technology itself, a thermal camera that reads heat signatures through surfaces without contact, is well understood. The part that most facilities get...
