Completing the Puzzle: A New Electrical Maintenance Standard (NFPA-70B)

Electrical safety at plants and facilities should always be a top concern for manufacturers, whether at an existing facility or in new construction. An injury, incident, outage or arc flash event in one of these systems can be disastrous for the entire facility and business as a whole. 

For many years, NEC codes and electrical safety standards (NFPA-70E) have regulated installation and workplace safety around these systems. But now a new standard has been added to complete the electrical safety puzzle: NFPA-70B, which creates a standard around preventative and ongoing maintenance. The standard has been released and employers and facilities are currently adopting. In this webinar we will discuss details and answer questions about NFPA-70B and how your manufacturing facility can comply with this new standard and keep your business running smoothly.

Speakers:

Rod West • Technical Director / External Affairs • Schneider Electric

Rod West is an External Affairs Technical Team Director for Schneider Electric USA. Mr. West holds a BS from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and is a registered Professional Engineer. He has worked in the electrical industry for over 30 years and holds a total of 12 Patents for various types of electrical equipment and components. Mr. West chairs the Board of Directors for Whitewater Valley REMC, is a NAFI Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors and is a member of the Electrical Section of NFPA. He is Vice Chair of NEMA's LVDE 04 busway section and serves as a principal code making panel member representing NEMA on the National Electrical Code (NEC). He is a principal Technical Committee member for NFPA 70E - the Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, and chairs the Technical Committee for NFPA 70B - Recommended Practices for Electrical Equipment Maintenance. Rod and his wife Laurie have 5 daughters ages 14-24.

Tim Speno • Vice President of National Accounts • North American ContractorLink

Tim Speno is Vice President of North American ContractorLink. North American Contractorlink was created to solve a common frustration amongst buyers of industrial and commercial construction services, locating an ideal contractor to meet their specific and unique needs. Tim is also Founder and President & CEO of E2E Summit®. Before launching his first startup in 2012, for 15 years, Tim worked closely with the construction and building trades throughout his career starting in 1997 with DEWALT Industrial Tools, then Cooper Bussmann, and then as a top executive for Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation. Tim has held management positions in marketing, sales, plant management, purchasing, customer service, and demand creation. Tim is a passionate connector of people within the construction industry. Through connecting innovative people, companies, and trade organizations, Tim is relentlessly passionate to advance the construction industry forward. The mission: To be a driving force to create next-generation growth opportunities for innovative contractors, next-generation crafts-persons, and the families and communities they serve.