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The Hidden Risks of Engineering Without Proper Checking
I’ve written quite a lot about problems with the use of AI chatbots, modelling and simulation software by chemical engineers.…
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Why Process Safety Professionals Disagree on Risk, Hazard and Safety Definitions
TL;DR:Safety in engineering, chemical processing and risk management is plagued by conflicting definitions. From “inherent safety” to “risk factor,” professionals…
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Wishful Thinking Is Not A Strategy And Other Cliches
Wouldn’t it be great for those who employ professional engineers if we could be replaced with something cheaper? Wouldn’t it…
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“Do Your Own Research”
Social media has a lot to answer for. Whilst my own current direct interaction with it is fairly limited, talking…
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How Good Is Good Enough?
I’ve been having a few discussions recently about the continuum of quality in design, from negligence through competence, good practice…
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Cancer Patients and Green Propaganda
I have had a recurrence of the malignant melanoma which I was first diagnosed with 18 years ago. I’m fine…
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Know Nothings
This is by no means the first generation of young people who thought that they knew everything, but it is…
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Mom and Pop Stores vs Big Box Retailers
Just under 25 years ago, I started my own consultancy. It wasn’t my first company, but it was the first…
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Price comparison of UK Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs)
A few years ago, in the spirit of those price comparison websites which we all know and love, I wrote…
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Minera Panama Unfair Closure
A Deal’s A Deal I have previously written articles in PII about the work I did at a copper mine…
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