WORLD OF TEST


NORBAR WORLD FIRST FOR ISO 6789-2:2017 TESTING


Norbar Torque Tools is the first laboratory in theworld to be accredited to perform calibrations on hand torque tools to the newly revised BS EN ISO 6789-2:2017 standard. The BS EN ISO 6789:2003


divided requirements into three sections: design conformance testing; quality conformance testing; and recalibration. According toMD Neill Brodey, this allows different groups of users to identify the relevant clauses for their needs. The 2017 edition takes this further and divides the standard into two distinct parts. As a result, the type of documentation supplied with tools has changed.With newrequirements for design and quality control, Part 1 relates to themanufacturer and conformance,whereas Part 2


focusesmore closely on the calibration of torque tools. “Thosewhowere content


buying a newtorque tool and putting it into service on the basis of the Calibration Certificate supplied, can still do so,” Brodey said. “However in its place, therewill be a Declaration of Conformance,which comes with a date of issue, but retesting should take placewithin 12 months, or 5,000 use cycles.” However, for environments


with stricter quality control processes that require a traceable Calibration Certificate issued by an accredited laboratory, itwill be necessary to request that the tool be tested to Part 2 of the standard aswell. Thiswill provide a Declaration of Conformance and a Calibration Certificate.


DESIGN PROCESS


Failing to complywith relevant safety standards and producing unsafemachines can create the risk of injury or even death. Now, RS Components has launched DesignSpark Safety, the latest tool in the fast-expanding DesignSpark portfolio of free-for- download software for product designers and engineers. DesignSpark Safety is a new


 The 2017 calibration standard is divided into two distinct parts


and intuitive risk-assessment tool that enables companies to embed safety into their end-to-


end product design process for the development ofmachinery. DesignSpark Safety is


embedded software that comes with associated support materials, and provides designerswith a risk score for their planned product development. The tool can aid the provision of CEMark documentation, aswell as helping reduce potential hazards and ensure compliancewith the global ISO 12100 safety-standard,


PROJECT MANAGEMENT SHOULD LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE


UCL Emeritus Professor Peter Morris, vice-president of the Association for Project Management, argues in his report, just published by APM (2 November 2017), that project management has a significant role to play in reducing the causes and consequences of climate change. Morris reviews where society


stands regarding the potential implication of climate change and what project management as a profession should be doing about it. The report reviews the dimensions of the


challenge and looks at how the profession could better achieve the targets agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015. The report proposes:


 Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) at the UN level to define the expectations and methods to be used in working in the very early stages of projects; defining the major task elements, interdependencies, durations, risks, benefits, and organisational roles, processes and structures  Creating a single point of


4 /// Environmental Engineering /// December 2017


accountability (SPA) where possible  Project managers mitigating or adapting to climate change from business-as-usual projects to huge R&D projects  Applying relevant project management techniques and developing the required capabilities to develop people in owner and sponsor roles In addition to his personal


view, Prof Morris gathered responses from thought leaders in project management including: Sir John Armitt, Prof Andrew Davies, John McGlynn (APM


chairman) and Mark Thurston. “Behaviours play a big role


but unfortunately the behaviour changes required to achieve the UN targets are so major that one must doubt whether the goals are realistically attainable,” said Morris. “Managing the institutional contexts within which projects and programs have to operate often requires a new type and level of skill. In effect, I am advocating a model of project management that involves a more probing, creative, front-end oriented approach.”


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60