A grounding system’s purpose is to use the earth as a current-carrying conductor to dissipate noise currents and conduct dangerous lightning and power fault currents. Earth is a very good electrical conductor due to its mass and its availability to everyone at all locations throughout the world. This global access to the earth allows grounding systems installed on opposite sides of the world to connect. Read more…
Join Josh Kelly, CSP, SMS to learn techniques to avoid collisions and traffic violations. Drivers learn safe, responsible and lawful driving behaviors through a self-assessment risk survey, a series of learning activities and discussions, and videos with real-life driver simulations and hazard recognition scenarios. This course will discuss: • Defensive driving techniques • Safe driving behaviors • Georgia traffic laws and violations • Sharing the road with other drivers and motorcyclists • Alcohol/drug…
Electricity is a serious workplace hazard, exposing employees to electric shock, burns, fires, and explosions. According to NFPA-70E, electrical shocks caused nearly 6000 fatalities from 1992 to 2012. Earn 8 CEU credits as David Rewitzer, PE, CEM exposes common myths about electricity while sharing important lessons on preventing electric shock in the workplace. Additional Speakers: Josh Kelly, Hood Patterson & Dewar, Inc. Ken Box, Schneider-Electric Lesley Varga, Quality Standby Services, LLC Mike Bukovitz, Tech4, LLC Registration Information The…
In an article appearing in the April 2018 issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine, Brandon Sedgwick, PE of HP&D shares his perspective on data center design and commissioning trends in this industry roundtable discussion.
Senior commissioning agents Brandon Sedgwick, PE and Jeff Womack of HP&D will join other industry thought leaders at the 5th annual Critical Facilities Summit, taking place October 23-25, 2017 in Minneapolis, MN, to share experiences and lessons learned, and provide an in-depth look at leading trends in the design, management, and operation mission critical environments. Join Brandon as he shares Legends of the Fail from a commissioning agent’s logbook, and Jeff as he explains why Some Like it Hot – Commissioning in a Live Site…
On November 15 & 16 of this year, CEATI will host its 8th Annual Grounding and Lightning Conference in Arlington, VA. This open forum is supported by more than 35 participating utilities and facilitates information exchange and networking. The conference brings together leading subject matter experts from around the world, including HP&D’s own Hilton Mills. Hilton will be presenting Grounding Testing Techniques & Troubleshooting, during which he will discuss the fall of potential (FoP) and computer-based test instrument…
Hood Patterson & Dewar (HP&D) invites visitors to explore its new website, which features a responsive design to provide a user-friendly experience for desktop and mobile visitors. With its improved navigation and functionality, the site allows visitors to easily access current information about HP&D’s services. Through a new integrated blog called The Conduit, HP&D will continue to extend additional information to visitors with a range of posts, announcements, technical articles, and case studies. Users also have…
© 2025 Hood Patterson & Dewar. All rights reserved. Web design by Bright Tribe
