Gas Explosion Hazards on Offshore Facilities: Advanced Course - along with a live Large-Scale Fire Demonstration Aug. 30-31, 2010
GexCon will be providing a series of Specialized Safety Courses In collaboration with the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center. The following is a list in the series of courses
This is a two-day advanced course into explosion hazards on offshore facilities. The course addresses all aspects of explosion hazards: ignition processes, release and dispersion, explosion mechanisms, blast loads and modeling of all these aspects. On Day 2, a visit to and tour of the TEEX Brayton Fire School is planned where the course attendants will experience at least one large-scale fire demonstration. This course is beneficial for safety and structural engineers.
GexCon joins Steering & Technical Advisory Committees of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
Engineer is appointed member of the NFPA Committee 59A on LNG Facilities Siting
GexCon paper on 2006 Danvers explosion findings has been published in Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industry.

