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engineers convened to produce a joint paper essen tially a loss prevention document that provided a solid foundation for a uniform worldwide approach at PMI With all the new projects on the horizon we thought it was important to get everyone around the table says Amir We wanted to ensure there were no sur prises that we could learn from our past At the same time it was a great way to cure the disconnect between our central engineering function and our field engineers Venancio appreciates that this PMI loss prevention document allows the company to enter into discussions about a project earlier than ever The document makes it so easy to come to a project If we re in a new country we can say Here s what we need to know This is so much better than having to research all these local standards Now we can follow our own guidelines and be satisfied in knowing that they re top notch There are always local regulations to comply with but this document contains the whole array of FM Global s guidelines When local representatives see what we ve done on paper it even impresses them says Venancio We even heard someone say OK let s do it this way It s a solid foundation Since producing the document construction and ren ovations have gone much more smoothly and surprises have been virtually eliminated We wanted to challenge the status quo says Amir There s always the question to FM Global of Do we need all this coverage Now we have agreed on a middle ground that has managed to sat isfy both parties Amir and Venancio are content not to be spending on things they feel are unnecessary There has been a lot of improvement says Amir Sure there were certain requirements we had to meet but dialogue with FM Global has worked to our advantage Communication was the key In construction there are always obstacles typically with renovations If I have a facility with no sprinklers says Amir the requirement is to have sprinklers But it s not always straightforward in many cases We have very rigorous EHS Environmental Health and Safety proce dures in place for this reason A failure can always happen but we are confident that what we have in place is good for major renovations Many of our affiliates are more focused on safety than loss prevention which is not unusual Many PMI affiliates are now undergoing renovations and expansions so they approach the PMI engineering team for design and architectural recommendations Amir and Venancio get involved in fire protection architecture and other utilities Our facility in Poland is expanding says Amir We had fire protection systems already in place So as they expand we didn t have to start from scratch We have the MFL maximum foreseeable loss issue so we needed to look at adding protection to go along with the expansion Matters become interesting for the engineering team when there s talk about satisfying requirements for differ ent territories When you have to deal with requirements in Russia says Venancio where there is something in place locally it s tricky to overlay that with Western initia tives about how to protect a location Often that means working closely with local authori ties Most of the time we have someone assigned to work with them This would happen in places where we know nothing about the turf Typically we d hire engineer ing companies with a solid base in that country and if that doesn t work we have our own people do it The PMI engineering team has noticed a universal change in safety standards The evolution we have seen says Amir is one where we go into territories where a sprinkler was once foreign where no one knew anything about sprinklers and now you have a different attitude You go to facilities in Russia or Asia and they all know now You can tap into city water That s a massive change And we believe that most of the countries we re in have adapted these prevention concepts from FM Global PMI has been pleased with FM Global s ability to work with local authorities in different territories FM Global can come in with PMI s historical background to educate lo cal authorities says Venancio When these locals see an authority like FM Global come in they see they have the know how and experience Then their attitude towards our project changes It s a big positive for PMI