Research Foundation webinar on “ITM Data Exchange: New Frontier of Standardization to Support Reliability Analyses”
Fire protection systems are an essential part of a building’s safety ecosystem. The installation of such systems is just the beginning of a more dynamic safety process that requires diligent inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) efforts. ITM plays a significant, fundamental role in managing facility risks, and ensures that systems will activate as intended, when needed, and ultimately minimize downtime — because down time equates to accumulated risk. There are nearly 70 NFPA codes and standards requiring some form of ITM.
In recent years, there has been interest in using ITM activity data to inform decisions related to system reliability, risk acceptability, and ITM frequencies. These data are being captured in thousands of different formats, through hundreds of different approaches, and by thousands of different groups, but one key element has been lacking to date - standardization. This void has restricted the ability to determine sound performance-based inspection frequencies and prevents stakeholders from exchanging and analyzing data that can influence safety and efficiencies.
To address this need, a novel approach to standardizing ITM data using concepts of linked data and graph-modeling is being pilot tested through this ongoing Fire Protection Research Foundation project. This webinar will present a proof-of-concept comprehensive, scalable, and extensible ITM data exchange model that can facilitate data sharing from diverse data sources to support reliability analyses and predictive analytics. Guided by the concepts of fair data principles, this case study will demonstrate how graph-modeling and other cutting-edge techniques are being leveraged to collect and consolidate data to enable further analysis, reporting, and sharing of ITM data for the needs of various stakeholder groups.
Register for this webinar today.
When: Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 12:30 P.M. Eastern Time.
Presenter: Bart van Leeuwen, Netage BV
This webinar is supported by the Research Foundation 2021 Webinar Series Sponsors:
- APA – The Engineered Wood Association
- AXA XL Risk Consulting
- Johnson Controls
- Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.
- Telgian Engineering and Consulting
- The Zurich Services Corporation
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