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Electrical Preventive Maintenance (PM) Guidelines and Requirements
Generally speaking, Preventive Maintenance of equipment has been a longtime Best Practice, and specific to electrical gear - is now moving into the realm of regulatory requirement. Interestingly – many Plant Engineers, Facilities Techs and other maintenance staffers...
C3 Engineering’s Path to Accreditation Series – Part 1
You may have read our recent blog post celebrating our new status as an NAC – a Neta Accredited Company. Well, first of all, this is big news in our industry and is the result of a bunch of hard work and dedication at all levels of our company. So what is NETA and...
C3 Engineering earns prestigious NETA accreditation
CHANDLER, ARIZONA (Feb. 22, 2023) – C3 Engineering, an electrical testing, inspecting, and safety firm, is proud to announce it has received NETA (InterNational Electrical Testing Association) accreditation. NETA Accredited Company (NAC) membership is tailored for third-party, independent firms involved in full-service testing, analysis, and maintenance of electrical power systems. This includes low-, medium-, and high-voltage distribution, substation, and generation equipment.
Why Is Electrical Fault Analysis So Important?
An analysis is a critical part of any system evaluation and allows for effective protective equipment selection, reliability analysis and power system planning. It involves determining fault current in short-circuit and ground faults. We have the skills, experience and software to do effective analysis.
Why Infrared Scanning should be a part of every maintenance plan.
Our mission is to present you with practical solutions to keep your facility and your people safe from catastrophic electrical failure, fires and unplanned downtime.
When was your last OSHA Safety audit?
OSHA regulations can be difficult to navigate, especially when they defer to other entities like NFPA or ANSI or ACGIH for guidelines. Whether it is fall protection, electrical safety, arc flash or forklift operation – we can do comprehensive OSHA safety audits of your operations and facility. This gap analysis can highlight where your programs are compliant, need work or don’t exist at all. We can explain what is required in regard to training and written programs, and then we can help train your employees. Having a safe workplace is not only a legal requirement, but also the right thing to do. Having an awesome safety program is part of being a highly ranked employer and we can help with that whether you are just starting out or have an existing program.
Six Steps of Electrical Compliance
C3 Engineering breaks compliance down into its main components and makes it relatively easy to implement. Our compliance activities are based around the “Six step compliance checklist” which will make your employees safer and your plant or facility run better. The...
How safe is your workplace equipment?
C3 Engineering works with you to ensure that your industrial equipment and machinery complies with local, state and federal regulatory agencies. Today, many local jurisdictions in the U.S will not allow unlisted or unlabeled equipment to be installed or used at...
Does your company have an Electrical Preventative Maintenance plan?
A robust Electrical Preventive Maintenance (PM) program is the very foundation of reliability. Besides safety and reliability, some studies show that unplanned maintenance costs can be up to six or seven times the costs of planned maintenance, or issues corrected...
Facilities Management and more with Marshall MacFarlane
Join our very own operations manager Marshall MacFarlane on the Mac and Bleu business and development podcast. Mac and Bleu is the hot new podcast dedicated to all things related to building Arizona. Topics discussed range from construction, economic development,...
C3 Engineering Now Offering Contact Release Safety Training
Electrical safety is, and always has been, a priority for all of us at C3 Engineering. Which is why we are proud to offer an additional 4-hour safety training class covering Contact Release. In addition to our comprehensive 8-hour class covering Electrical Safety...
C3 Engineering Attends IFMA’s World Workplace
The International Facilities Management Association’s (IFMA) World Workplace was held in Nashville this year, from September 28th – 30th. World Workplace welcomes more than 4,000 attendees from 40 countries and from every state in the U.S. Attendees represent more...