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Pennsylvania we deal with snow and snow load Well there s no snow load in Malaysia but there is a tremendous amount of rain and the potential for high winds so it s a differ ent set of challenges In a neighboring country for example Hershey will have issues with burning trees at certain times of the year and the smoke that travels into this area We have to make sure the building is tight we don t want smoke inside because that smell will impregnate our chocolate Hershey also insists on selecting FM Approved materials in roofing and walls in their structural sys tem and in the sprinkler system From an engineering perspective says Myers we know the right questions to ask We partner with FM Global and they ask us the right questions and we respond to each other in a way that at the end of the day we have got a facility that should be very highly protected One of the first things Myers approached Slauson about was getting local support in Malaysia I contacted Skip and he was on it right away We had an engineer ing team in Singapore visit the Malaysia site where we were working with the design engineer The team wanted to understand what our building was going to look like or at least what it was going to feel like What different manufacturing processes would be in it What we were doing as it related to storage of finished goods What type of plas tics we might have in the building because of flammability issues It was engagement from the start and it s been engagement ever since Slauson for his part is coordinating the effort both domestically and interna tionally FM Global engineer Jacqueline Ng in Malaysia who is involved in the site selection process is now the project engi neer for us he says Jackie has helped develop the project service plan and has developed the set of specifications to be fol lowed for this plan She is doing a great job communicating the plan to the local contractors and she keeps risk management informed of all those steps along the way Myers sees this and the work of FM Global in general as a set of guardrails for the project If you think about being on the highway he says you can drive all over the road But once you get beyond those guardrails you re going to be in trouble So we look at FM Global as guardrails to keep us out of trouble One of the chief areas where Hershey depends on FM Global is for codes and standards expertise as well as compliance issues We ve found that the FM Global standard for con struction is recognized around the world It s the basis of our design Any time we go into a greenfield project I don t care if it s in Malaysia Brazil or China the key codes the key compliance areas the key guidelines we want to meet are always FM Global s Lord agrees that this compliance and regulatory assistance is critical I think it s an invaluable service he says because a lot of these regulations change very quickly and we don t have the day to day expertise to stay current Without that we d have a lot of trouble getting the work done What s very interesting Myers adds is that if you talk about FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets anywhere in the world to any professional design team they know what you re talking about It s very well known and very well accepted practice across the globe TEAMING UP Megan Marshall admits that she puts her account team on a pedestal They re always will ing to listen to the needs of our organization and to help advance our risk management program Danielle Harrison our senior account manager has helped transform our program from being primarily U S centric to having at least six different locally admitted insur ance programs overseas all of which link back to our global master program Skip Slauson deploys his team across the world for us which is extremely valuable as we re trying to understand the risks the company will be facing on the ground Myers reliance on the engineering expertise of FM Global indispensible on a project as vast and important as this one helps him rest a little easier I feel very confident right now he says We re investing a tremendous amount of money thousands and thousands of miles away to help us reach deeper into that Asia market We ve engaged the right people so I think the approach is sound The timeline is short Now it s all about relationships and hard work but it can be done DOWNLOAD the RiskEssentials app in iTunes or Google Play to view the Working Together with The Hershey Company video ISSUE 2 2014 Reason 43