12 February 2009Electric fires can be preventedLessons from Losses 2/2009
Forty per cent of industry’s fire loss expenses and approximately twenty per cent of major fires are generated and caused by electrical fires. The usual causes of damage include loose joints, weakening insulation, blocked cooling and mechanical damage.
16 January 2009Norway’s first submerged tunnel built by Skanska in Bjørvika, OsloMarine Newsletter 1/2009. The Bjørvika Tunnel will open for traffic in autumn 2010, to the relief of some 130,000 motorists and passengers a day, and for those in the neighbourhood who will be spared for traffic congestions.
8 January 2009Managing sick leave - Part of a Company's Loss PreventionLessons from Losses 1/2009.
When the availability of the workforce becomes more difficult in the coming years (the largest age group is moving to pension) the monitoring and decreasing of sick leave becomes more and more important in companies.
18 November 2008Metal TheftLessons from Losses 8/2008.
In line with the rise in raw material prices, thefts of metal have become increasingly common in the form of scrap and production stock, as well as from construction sites. Recently, it has been reported in the media that posts for road signs and lighting, drain covers, and other metallic objects in public places have also been stolen.
31 October 2008The real estate broker's duty to discover a housing company's forthcoming renovations in FinlandLiability Newsletter 2/2008.
The majority of the buildings of housing companies were built in the 1960s and 1970s, which means that a massive peak in the need for renovation is at hand in the near future. Pipe and facade structure renovations and their costs are additional issues to which real estate brokers need to pay attention. Fulfilling the duty to discover and disclose requires that real estate brokers familiarise themselves with future renovations and their estimated costs. The sales brochure must include the housing company's decisions on, or otherwise definitely known, major repair work and modernisation projects of the building or apartment, as well as an estimate of the schedule for the work and the resulting costs to the buyer.
