A facility manager has a lot on his or her plate when it comes to making sure that buildings and services at a facility provide those who work there what they need when it comes to the physical elements, budgeting, training, compliance, safety, and personnel.
I’ve been an environmental consultant for more than 30 years. Yet it still surprises me how many of my fellow consultants adopt a standard, by-the-numbers approach to conducting environmental assessments – which could result in major issues being missed or the wrong remedies recommended.
The I.C.E. (Identify, Control and Eliminate) Protocol is an easy to follow approach for reducing your environmental exposures. With so much going on at your facility at any one time, these simple steps go a long way toward eliminating existing and potential liabilities.
At many of the talks I give at industry conferences, I often hear from facility and plant managers whose sites are not in compliance. These managers want to play by the rules. But they don’t know where to start..
