Professional assistance

Throughout the book, the person in charge of day-to-day operations is referred to as the laboratory operator. This is not an administrator or supervisor located in an office down the hall or in another building. The laboratory operator must be heavily involved in all aspects of planning. Only he can estimate space requirements, check a proposed layout for practical and safe operation, and recommend allowances for future expansion. Regardless of the amount of professional assistance available, the laboratory operator can expect to burn much midnight oil. During construction he must be available at all times to take care of those numerous problems nobody had predicted. 

In other words, the laboratory operator is still the key person at this stage and should be prepared to burn a considerable amount of midnight oil, even with the best professional assistance. He will be in constant contact with the architect or designer, and the project will sometimes be like a ball that is tossed back and forth. In this game, the building professional will have the... 

A good handyman must be able to recognize his limitations and employ professional assistance for work he is not completely familiar with. In the long run, this will prove less expensive. Too many hazardous wire connections and improper plumbing repairs have been observed in laboratories. One OSHA inspection of a... 

The resulting data can then be used to properly size heat transfer equipment and relief devices, as well as establish safe limits of operation. You may need to get professional assistance to gather the data you require. 

Each of these considerations will not, of course, apply to every material and situation. To look at your operation in a systematic, rigorous way with a knowledgeable group of people, a process hazard analysis can be conducted. Books and outside consulting resources are available that can provide guidance and professional assistance when needed. 

Professional Assistance Professional Assistance Directory of Process Safety Consultants. See the CCPS website at www.aiche.org/ccps/pdad/profdr.asp... 

The Industrial Health Foundation, with headquarters at the Mellon Institute, is a nonprofit research association of industries with the objective of advocating industrial health programs, improving working conditions, and encouraging better human relations. It provides direct professional assistance to member companies in control of industrial health hazards, assists companies in the development of health programs, and contributes to the advancement of industrial hygiene and medicine. 

The editors acknowledge the professional assistance of smartenglish.com for language editing. 

Government regulators in the United States infrequently provide specific professional assistance to a firm with pollution problems. In the European countries mentioned and in Japan, regulatory personnel frequently work closely and cooperatively with industrial personnel in seeking solutions. In fad, in some cases, government grants are made available for remedial implementation. 

The ease of recognition of early signs of toxicity to allow reduction in dosage or professional assistance. 

Many have contributed to this book. Authors, speakers, and attendees at the symposium deserve our special gratitude. Their enthusiastic support has made our task in organizing the symposium a most pleasant one. To our reviewers, we are deeply in debt. Their timely review of the chapters was crucial to the completion of the project. A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) greatly eased the financial burden of symposium participants. For that, we thank Edward Bryan at NSF for his support and interest in this project. Throughout the preparation process, the staff of the ACS Books Department was most helpful. We wish to thank, in particular, Colleen Stamm and Rhonda Bitterli for their professional assistance. 

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