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Looking Good on Paper PMI Engineers Discuss Best Practices A loss prevention document that sets forth agreed upon building engineering and architectural guidelines has simpli fied PMI s approach to construction Amir Nikravesh and Venancio Nei va represent the engineering division at Philip Morris International PMI Together they oversee the construc tion of new facilities as well as major renovations With the assistance and interaction of FM Global engineering and the benefit of a proven standard for new and existing facilities Amir and Venancio have the capacity and confidence to tackle major industrial projects We succeed because we work together says Jon King manager of risk control and loss prevention at PMI We have a great group of peo ple who talk to each other and solve problems together It helps that Amir also has a back ground in facility protection loss pre vention and sprinkler design For a time we had major activity building a lot of facilities all over the world he says Up until then we had interaction with FM Global on an ad hoc basis But with the new business need I thought it was important for us to focus together with Jon s risk control team and work with FM Global to come up with standards to follow The engineering group risk management team and FM Global You need that spark to stay abreast of changes constantly improving processes and better uses of our resources It s a complex environment so we need to keep pace with those changes and make sure we can respond in a most e ective manner Fabrice Philip Morris International you re sitting around the table looking at a new project a factory or site and you go through that negotiation over the best way to protect it Pawel A global account like PMI requires consistency We try to apply a single solu tion across the globe It has to be ne tuned according to local regulations of course but the engineering function has to be empowered to look across 40 or 50 fac tories not just be restricted to one When I read the engineering reports I can sense that the eld engineer is concerned about a particular location However when viewed in the context of a global organization the risk priority evaluation can change Jon There was an interesting scenario that arose while we were building a new fac tory The roof design we wanted to use didn t include an FM Approved roof But I reviewed the design with an engineer All the components were noncombustible there were no adhesives nothing combustible so we were ne with the roof We just had to make sure the wind uplift was acceptable The client service team signed off on it because the safety elements were resolved What keeps you awake What are you concerned about Fabrice Mitigating losses ensuring busi ness continuity and running cost ef cient programs There s a tendency to feel at ease to be complacent You need that spark to stay abreast of changes constantly improving processes and better uses of our resources It s a complex environment so we need to keep pace with those changes and make sure we can respond in a most effective manner Pawel Whatever you can t control is what keeps me awake Natural disasters Thai Flooding Earthquakes in Japan The rest we can control and I m comfortable with how we operate With locations below sea level all you can do is have a business con tinuity plan in place Of course it s one thing to have a BCP on paper another to test it Jon I m comfortable that we re well pro tected from everything we can think of There might be something out there we don t know about or haven t seen That s the part that keeps me awake and the part that keeps us on constant alert