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Bureau Veritas China Industry and Facilities Division
March 2013 ISSUE 16
Sustainable growth through
Customer Centric Service
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Auchan
We No Longer Worry About Security Because of Bureau Veritas
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Faurecia
Bureau Veritas Helps Us to Complete Outstanding Newly Built Projects
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ArcelorMittal
Bureau Veritas Offers the Highest Value Services
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IKEA China
Bureau Veritas is Our Security Guard
CONTENTS
Sustainable growth through Customer Centric Service
Bureau Veritas Construction Services to Create “Safe, High Quality, Green and Sustainable
Buildings and Facilities”
Bureau Veritas Honored with 2012 Prize for Best Service Provider in China's Commercial
Property
Bureau Veritas Participated in MIPIM Asia 2012
Bureau Veritas Awarded New Project Management Assistance Contract for Landmark
International Theme Park Project in Shanghai
Bureau Veritas Took Charge of the Entire Project Management for Mecoxlane’s Operations Center
Bureau Veritas Awarded Project Management Assistance Contract for Stevanato’s New Plant
With Bureau Veritas beside you,
nothing is left to chance
Bureau Veritas Held Seminar on Integrated Management System and Fire Risk Management
Practice
Bureau Veritas Nominated for the “Alliance Award” for French Enterprises in China
Bureau Veritas Joins China Nuclear Energy Association
Bureau Veritas Held China’s First Information Meeting on EUTR Solutions
Dr. Jishun Xing of Bureau Veritas China was Awarded the Prize of “China Economy New
Leader”
Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC),
delivering high quality services to help clients meet the growing challenges of quality, health, safety,
environmental protection and social responsibility. As a trusted partner, Bureau Veritas offers
innovative solutions that go beyond simple compliance with regulations and standards, reducing risk,
improving performance and promoting sustainable development. Bureau Veritas core values include
integrity and ethics, impartial counsel and validation, customer focus and safety at work. Bureau
Veritas is recognized and accredited by major national and international organizations.
Bureau Veritas has more than 60,000 employees in 940 offices and 340 laboratories located in 140
countries. Bureau Veritas entered China in 1882 with currently more than 9,500 skilled employees in
99 offices and laboratories located in 55 cities.
Bureau Veritas Starts Cooperation with Nanjing Boiler & Pressure Vessel Supervision and
Inspection Institute
CNOOC Signed Third Party Certification Contract for QHD32-6 Oilfield with Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas Beijing Office Moved to a New Location
Auchan: We No Longer Worry About Security Because of Bureau Veritas
Faurecia: Bureau Veritas Helps Us to Complete Outstanding Newly Built Projects
ArcelorMittal: Bureau Veritas Offers the Highest Value Services
IKEA China: Bureau Veritas is Our Security Guard
Energy Audit and Its Benefits
China’s Green Building Revolution
History and Culture of China’s Fire Protection
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CHIEF EDITOR
Wenjiang LI
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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ART EDITOR
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BUREAU VERITAS - 2013 BV EXPRESS 03
OPENING SPEECH
OPENING SPEECH
In 2012, Bureau Veritas survived the tumultuous global economic crisis which included decrease in the growth of the
Chinese economy and of foreign direct investment. In such a complicated economic and market environment, we have taken
thoughtful corresponding actions for each of our business sectors, and in line with our respective strategic plan. Despite the
fierce competition, we clearly maintained our core strategy of "Service Excellence through Customer Orientation", obtained
break-throughs in business development in strategic markets and service innovation with added value. In the meanwhile,
we implemented the "Go West” strategy to expand our services’ geographic coverage following the industrial evolution in
China; We further enhanced the brand building and culture building to increase brand awareness and client recognition; We
materialized the organic and external combined growth pattern through the successful acquisition of Beijing Huaxia
Supervision Co., Ltd. In 2012, we achieved again excellent results, with a healthy growth for both revenue and staff number,
and exceeded all management KPIs for the year.
With the ongoing improvement and development of the living standards in China, people have higher expectations and
requirements on quality, health, safety, environment and social responsibility, similar to developed countries. China will
continuously keep pace with the world level with respect to economic development and social effects, aslo, the management
of the country gradually transfers from the administrative and monopoly mechanism to the market mechanism. This means
that there is adequate space and high potential for our future development. We will continue to make our efforts to
contribute immensely to the prosperous development of the inspection, testing, certification and technical consultation
industries in China.
Sustainable growth
through Customer
Centric Service
In retrospect, regards to development of Industry & Facility Division, Greater China Region for the past decade, regardless
of the world economy and market fluctuations, we have always managed to adjust our development direction, put into place
the right strategy, found appropriate ways to keep our company growing and achieved or even exceeded our objectives,
which shows the adaptability of our business model and the overall capability of our team and the unique competitive
advantages that we possess. We strongly trust that such notable company performance come from the support and
cooperation of customers during this time. We have established long-term partnerships with many customers to create
more value for them and for the public in terms of quality, health, safety, environment, and social responsibility. I hereby
extend on behalf of the company our sincere gratitude for the recognition and support of our customers.
BV EXPRESS is a platform established by us for communication with our customers, to provide our experience in the actual
projects that we serviced, to introduce the advanced concepts and best practices in the fields of quality, health, safety,
environment and social responsibility. It serves a part in implementing our core competitive strategy of “Service Excellence
through Customer Orientation”, further understanding the customer requirements and providing customer care. We look
Mr. Jishun XING
Senior Vice President, Bureau Veritas
Regional Chief Executive, Greater China Region
Bureau Veritas, Industry & Facilities Division
forward to your support and participation.
With the approaching New Year, my best wishes to all BV EXPRESS readers and your families, a happy, healthy and
prosperous 2013! A New Year, a New Start, and New Heights!
Move forward with confidence!
Jishun XING
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BUREAU VERITAS CHINA
OPENING SPEECH
INDUSTRY & FACILITIES DIVISION
Industry and Facilities Division in China offers Inspection and Certification services to local and foreign clients in the
large business scope of management system certification and training, construction and facilities, industrial equipments
and facilities, oil and gas, power and utilities, railway and rail transit, transportation and logistics and more.
Bureau Veritas Construction Services to Create
“Safe, High Quality, Green and Sustainable Buildings and Facilities”
Whether it is an office or apartment building, buildings and facilities are a necessity for daily life but they come at a cost. Problems arising in
the planning, design, construction or operation stages can be a serious risk to the end user. These risks can lead to serious accidents such
as the “Collapsed Building” incident at Lotus Riverside Garden on June 27, 2009, and the catastrophic fire in Shanghai on November 15,
2010, causing resources to be wasted, adverse social impacts and even serious personal injuries or death. How to improve the quality of
buildings and facilities, prevent the accidents and risks, advocate quality, while creating harmonious, green, environmental friendly living
and production environments through effective construction and operations management. This is the primary prerequisite for promoting
the stable development of the construction industry.
Bureau Veritas, as the world leading building and facility service institution, has been engaged in improving the quality, safety, and
sustainable development of buildings and facilities since it resumed business in China in 1993. Bureau Veritas Construction
Business Line provides professional solutions for construction and infrastructure projects from the planning, design and
tendering, construction, test and commissioning to the final delivery and operation, and becomes the first choice for many
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multinational and domestic companies, and governmental agencies when seeking engineering consultants as long term
partners.
In the past 20 years, during this golden period for the domestic construction industry in China, Bureau Veritas Construction
Business Line has developed quickly, with the business scope now covering the entire life cycle of buildings and facilities,
including the traditional technical audit services to the project management, quality supervision, engineering consultancy,
construction supervision, material testing, green building and energy efficiency, EHS (environment, health and safety), fire
and life safety, equipment and facility in-service inspection. In addition, the range of services covers real estate,
government agencies, chain industries (retail, hotel, bank and insurance) and many industrial fields, with customers
including Air Liquide, ArcelorMittal, Auchan, Bosch, Carrefour, China Mobile, China Resources Land, Cummins,
Danone, Faurecia, General- Electric, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), IKEA, Lafarge, Sanofi, Schneider Electric,
Siemens, Standard Chartered Bank, Unilever, Volvo and other world famous companies. Being highly reputable and
having expertise in the international engineering services, Bureau Veritas Construction Business Line has
succeeded in providing engineering consultancy services for the France Pavilion, Italy Pavilion, UK Pavilion and
others (totally 12 pavilions) for the World Expo 2010 Shanghai from 2007 to 2010, and project management
services for the Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Projects financed by the World Bank from 2008. With the
Chongqing
acquisition of Beijing Huaxia Supervision Co., Ltd by Bureau Veritas in 2012, Bureau Veritas Construction
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management services for a landmark International Theme Park Project in Shanghai from 2012. All these
Business Line also has been awarded a contract to provide project management assistance and safety
remarkable project references solidify the leading position of Bureau Veritas in the construction market of
China.
Looking to the future, 2013 shall be the 2nd year for implementing our 2015 Strategic Plan and Bureau
Veritas Construction Business Line will meet more challenges and opportunities than before. The
uncertainty of the global economy has caused foreign investors to decrease their investment in
China; however, with the continuous development of the urbanization process and implementation
of the Western Development Strategy, key projects and infrastructure construction are still on the
rise. Another contributing factor is the large scale expansion of business properties to Tier 2 and
3 cities giving the construction industry in China a wide development space. In addition, the
global growing concerns about energy savings, environmental protection, sustainable
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development and the strong support from government and its policies, will align energy
saving and environmental protection services to become new focuses for the construction
industry.
Keeping Bureau Veritas’ motto in mind “Move Forward with Confidence”, and the vision of
providing better safety, more environmental and energy efficient, green sustainable
building and facilities, Bureau Veritas Construction Business Line will strive to develop
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BUREAU VERITAS – YOUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR,
SERVICE PORTFOLIO ALONG THE WHOLE LIFE CYCLE OF BUILDING & FACILITIES
TENDER
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
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PLANNING - Secured Program Prior to Commencement
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DESIGN - Design Compliance Prior to Fabrication / Works
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TENDER - Effective Management of Project Procurement
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TESTING &
COMMISSIONING
PLANNING
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Feasibility Study
Project Definition
Planning & Permitting Assistance
Consultancy for Green Building Certification (LEED, GBL, BREAM, HQE…)
Technical Design Review
Design Management / Coordination
Fire & Life Safety Consulting
Technical Due Diligence
Optimization on Critical Elements
Gap Analysis & Consultancy for LEED / GBL
Security System Consulting
Tender Specifications Review
Supplier / Contractor Audit
Environmental Due Diligence (Phase I, II)
Consultancy for Safety Management Policy / Procedure
Tender Management of Design Institute / Suppliers / Contractors
Workshop Inspection
Bill of Quantities Review
Expediting & Delivery Monitoring
CONSTRUCTION - Installation & Works Compliance with Approved Design & Code
Construction Management
3rd Party QA / QC
Client Representative / Project Monitoring
Construction Supervision “Jianli” (Regulatory)
On-site Safety / HSE Management
Cost Monitoring
Specific Installation Supervision & Inspection for Facilities (Fire Fighting
System, Electrical System, HVAC, Security System, Lift, Lifting Equipment & Machinery…)
TESTING & COMMISSIONING - Project Completion in Compliance with Design Standard
As Built Document Management
Running Test Witnessing
Security System, Lift, Lifting Equipment & Machinery…)
Facilities Safety Final Testing & Audit (Fire Fighting System, Electrical System,
Punch List Follow-up
Handover / Acceptance Inspection
Move-in Assistance
OPERATION - Operational Compliance and Safety Management
OPERATION
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Periodic Safety & Performance Inspection (Fire Fighting System, Electrical System, Security System, Lift, Lifting Equipment & Machinery…)
Maintenance Strategy Consultancy & Maintenance Audit
Workplace Health & Safety Audit
Green Rating
TM
Operational Safety Evaluation
Energy Audit
Safety Management System Assistance
Insurance Technical Audit
Natural Hazard Risk Assessment
Technical Training on Operational Safety (Regulations, Standards / Codes, Fire Safety, Electrical Safety, Lift & Equipment Safety, Behavioral
Safety, Safety Management, Energy Efficiency)
Bureau Veritas Honored with 2012 Prize for Best
Service Provider in China's Commercial Property
Bureau Veritas Participated in MIPIM Asia 2012
growing, the application of this evaluation tool will be increasing in
the next few years. All these factors will encourage the tools’
development, help users and owners make decision on building
The 2012 MIPIM Asia summit was held successfully in the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 7-9
th
Bureau Veritas Took Charge of the Entire Project
Management for Mecoxlane’s Operations Center
activities.
2012. The
Honorable C Y LEUNG, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, delivered a welcome keynote speech as the
guest of honor during the official Opening Ceremony. Bureau Veritas
Construction Business Line was invited to participate and gave a
presentation on “Green & Sustainability: impacts, innovations and
Bureau Veritas Awarded New Project Management
Assistance Contract for Landmark International
Theme Park Project in Shanghai
importance”.
MIPIM Asia is the Asia-Pacific Region version of MIPIM Cannes, the
International Real Estate Expo in France, being fully recognized as
the annual international real estate event. This year MIPIM Asia
adopted a unique 3-in-1 theme to include 3 different summits:
Investment Summit, the Retail Summit and the Sustainable Property
Expo. This helped reflect the rapid development of the Asian retail
property, promoting cooperation between real estate business, asset
managers and tenants, and creating a new sustainable retail
On October 30, 2012, the 2012 China Commercial Property Summit
Forum and 2012 China Commercial Property Award Ceremony were
held in Shanghai, Bureau Veritas was honorably awarded with the
“2012 Prize for the Best Service Provider”. Meanwhile, Bureau
Veritas delivered a speech on the energy-saving and safe operations
of commercial property.
Recently in China, with the increasing areas for commercial
buildings, it is a big challenge for both commercial property
developers and operators to guarantee health, high efficiency, and
sustainable operations of commercial buildings. In view of this issue,
Mr. Hemin Zhuang, Director of Bureau Veritas Construction
Business Line in Greater China Area, said that "the integrated
planning and professional engineering technology team are the
prerequisites for the success of a commercial project. As the project
is established, we will fully consider various challenges from the
operations, including, energy-saving and safe operations. Then, a
powerful professional engineering technology team will fulfill the
planning, design, construction, and operation of the project, to
guarantee the quality of commercial property and realize the added
value ".
shopping experience, while attracting 750 enterprises from 44
countries and regions.
As a leading third party inspection institution in the domain of
sustainable development, we shared Bureau Veritas 180 years’
history and substantial results in China's construction market in the
last 20 years. Bureau Veritas has provided technical consultancy such
as Project Management and Construction Management for new
November 12, 2012, Bureau Veritas in China has been awarded, by
one of the world’s leading international theme park, entertainment
and hospitality operators, a contract to provide Project Management
Assistance (PMA) from 2012 to 2015 for their landmark international
theme park project in Shanghai. This new landmark international
theme park project is the largest construction project in Shanghai
since the 2010 World Expo and has captured the attention of the
entire city of Shanghai and many parts of China. The new service
contract further solidifies Bureau Veritas’ position as a market
January 2013, Mecoxlane Group's Global Operations Center located
leader in PMA services in mainland China.
at the Wujiang Economic Development Zone of Jiangsu Province, is
The landmark international theme park project was officially
September, 2012. The project management of the facility during its
announced in November 2009 by the Shanghai authorities to
construction was undertaken by the Construction Business Line of
announce the new investment in the Pudong region of Shanghai. The
Bureau Veritas whom completed the project to a high degree of
groundbreaking ceremony, held in April 2011, marked the start of
success and ahead of schedule.
initial construction works on the new theme park.
operating smoothly since it was officially put into service in
With a rich history in the construction industry in China and vast
construction, and Inspection and Verification for existing property. In
Bureau Veritas was entrusted with the Project Management
the realm of sustainable development in the construction field,
experience in project management, Bureau Veritas was entrusted by
Assistance of two major portions of the project. Bureau Veritas’
Bureau Veritas has provided Environmental Consulting, Green
Mecoxlane for a series of consulting services for the whole-of-life
mission begins at this early stage of design and will carries through
Building Certification, and Energy Efficiency services in China to
project management at the end of 2010. These services included:
to the project completion in 2015. The scope of the mission shall include:
both multinational companies and local Chinese companies. At
the forum, Mickael Sigda, Head of Green & Sustainability
Services of Bureau Veritas, gave a speech to introduce the green
TM
building rating system called Green Rating an important tool to
evaluate the energy saving level of existing properties. With the
assistance for project examination and approval, design review and
auditing the design documentation and providing pre-construction
management,
technical support, providing support for mock-up and sample
management, field safety management, cost engineering, and fire
management, permitting assistance, tendering consulting, on site
protection testing. With the efforts of Bureau Veritas, the project's
construction management and EHS audit. At project close-out, Bureau
construction duration, safety, quality, and customer satisfaction have
Veritas shall support with the monitoring of testing and commissioning
reconstruction market rising, global energy consumption becoming
exceeded expectations. For the duration of the project, each project
and hand-over to the operations team.
team had to modify the design and working plan owing to partial
critical, and people’s consciousness to the environmental protection
Bureau Veritas was selected by the client to provide solutions to the
project challenges. Specifically, the Client’s objectives were to
achieve a world class quality construction within the tight project
bid
invitation
management,
construction
changes in logistics technology. Fortunately, Bureau Veritas’
management team has successfully coordinated any concerns and
reduced the affected construction period by about one month. In view
of the cost control after the change of technology, Bureau
Bureau Veritas 20-years of experience in the building field in China
timeline. The project shall introduce new construction materials and
enables it to offer various standard services to land agents,
methods to the Chinese construction market and shall require
governmental agencies, chain industry (retail, hotel, bank, and
meticulous detail and planning. In addition, with an estimated 14,000
Mecoxlane took time to express their thanks for Bureau Veritas'
insurer) and most of the industrial enterprises. So far, Bureau
workers on the construction site at peak time, the Client faced a
efforts with a letter, highlighting Bureau Veritas' specialized project
Veritas has successfully provided Auchan, Capitaland, Carrefour,
challenge implementing strong health, safety, environment and
management experience and skills, superior working attitude, and a
China Resources Land, Greentown Group, IKEA, Shimao Group,
international labor standards for the duration of the project.
Veritas’management team also helped Mecoxlane save relevant costs.
Sogo, Takashimaya and Tesco with various services, such as project
management, quality surveillance, construction supervision,
environmental / engineering consulting, material testing, technical
audit, green building services and energy conservation consulting.
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conscientious work style. They appreciated Bureau Veritas’
development trend of the integrated management system of
finalized, many countries except a few took the initiatives to support
contributions to the project, particularly pertaining to program
ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001, and analyzed how to establish
the nuclear power industry. Nuclear power shows great potential in
formation, risk assessment, government coordination, and efforts
the integrated management system and the integrated operation
the world energy development. For the Chinese nuclear power
for faster examination and approval.
mode based on the common points and correlation of the 3 systems
market, China is ranking world No.1 in respect of numbers of nuclear
and the need of the companies. He stressed “It is to obtain the
power plants under construction and China has many projects in
customer satisfaction with the quality management system, meet the
preparation, the nuclear power service market in China is hopeful
social
the
that it will be entering another “booming period”. Joining CNEA at
environment management system, and protect the employees and
this time is a great opportunity for Bureau Veritas to further
reduce the safety risks with the occupational health and safety
implement its localization strategy, as Mr. Zhang Wenyin, Manager of
management system.”
Bureau Veritas Nuclear Power Department, said when talking about
Bureau Veritas Awarded Project Management
Assistance Contract for Stevanato’s New Plant
responsibility
for
environment
protection
with
this topic, “Bureau Veritas has rich experience in the nuclear power
Mr. Cai Yong, Manager of Bureau Veritas In-Service Inspection &
industry and also has top ranking technologies in mechanical design,
Verification Business Line, presented the requirements and
metal material, NDT, etc. It is also the sole inspection agency in the
challenges from a macro view for the operational safety
world that provides the quality services for the both Generation 3
management, as the key to protect brand value and business
continuity. He introduced the holistic management concept along the
nominated for the Alliance Award for French Enterprise in China. Dr.
entire 5-phase lifecycle of assets, shared the local regulations for
Xing Jishun, Senior Vice President of Bureau Veritas Group and
facilities management and the key points of the daily safety
Regional Chief Executive of Industry and Facilities Division, Greater
inspection. He also pointed out the key risks and control method at
China was invited to attend the award ceremony alongside
each stage of asset lifecycle with the typical cases of Bureau Veritas.
representatives of French companies in China that have made
Mr. Liang Hailiang, Technical Manager of Bureau Veritas In-Service
outstanding achievements.
Inspection & Verification Business Line, also shared his experiences
in fire risk management practices, introduced the history of
firefighting since ancient times, and knowledge on firefighting in
In November, 2012, Bureau Veritas China was appointed by
Stevanato Group S.P.A. to provide construction management
services for the new plant located in Zhangjiagang Economy &
Technology Development Zone. The total building area is about
different scenarios with filmclips of Hollywood (e.g. The Amazing
Spider-Man, Enemy of State and 007) and discussed with the
audience about potential fire risks along the whole asset life cycle,
including design, construction, operation, etc.
11,000 squares including workshop and office building, with total
services for “life cycle of the nuclear power plant” from the feasibility
Xing Jishun, pointed out that "the nomination for the Alliance Award
study to dismantling. Bureau Veritas’ nuclear power services in
is an honor as well as an encouragement for Bureau Veritas to offer
China began in 1997, and it has been the leader of the nuclear power
more professional services in future and to keep developing within
services for the past 15 years. It provided the services for Daya Bay,
the Chinese market".
Qinshan Phase 1, Qinshan Phase 3, Ling’ao Phase 1, Ling’ao Phase 2
CCIFC, and Think Tank Premier Cercle for the purpose to introduce
containers
products
opportunities to us for developing nuclear power in China.”
certification organization, providing the inspection and assessment
Management services before.
glass
industry. We hope the admission to the CNEA will bring more
China, such as Bureau Veritas, Legrand, Air Liquide, and SEB. Dr.
Consultants, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris (CCIP),
of
confident that we can develop alongside the Chinese nuclear power
Bureau Veritas is a world leading third party inspection and
provided Design Management, Project Application and Tendering
manufacturer
participated in several nuclear power projects in China. We are
high as 200 million Euro and have remarkable achievements in
This award ceremony was jointly organized by OC&C Strategy
leading
Finland EPR and China AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant and has
Nominations included 17 French companies with global revenues as
construction duration about 10 months. Bureau Veritas already
and review French companies’ accomplishments in China and share
Founded in 1949, Stevanato Group S.P.A. is one of the three world's
prototype reactor projects, demonstrated successfully for the
and other nuclear power stations; and is providing the quality
services for Zhejiang Sanmen, Shandong Haiyang, Guangdong
Taishan, Guangdong Yangjiang, Fujian Fuqing and other nuclear
power stations under construction.
their successful experience. Meanwhile, the organizers would take
and
this opportunity to change the misconception of some companies
pharmaceuticals machinery with an annual production value of about
that reject or neglect the Chinese market and showcase the
€180 millions.
Bureau Veritas Held China’s First Information
Meeting on EUTR Solutions
importance of the Chinese market to the future development. It is of
great significance to highlight business expansion in China, which
Bureau Veritas Held Seminar on Integrated
Management System and Fire Risk Management
Practice
Department and In-Service Inspection & Verification Business Line of
Bureau Veritas. This event was held at Bureau Veritas Shanghai
Bureau Veritas Joins China Nuclear
Energy Association
Bureau Veritas Nominated for the “Alliance Award ”
for French Enterprises in China
Headquarters on December 21, 2012 and attended by the
On November 24, 2012, the French Chamber of Commerce and
DSM, Siemens, Sony, etc.
th
Industry in China (CCIFC) 20 Anniversary Celebration as well as the
Mr. Ji Daiwen, a senior standard system registration auditor of
appraisal and prize presentation of the Best French Company in
Bureau
China Award were successfully held in Beijing. Bureau Veritas was
introduced
the
international buyers in forestry, timber, and wood product industries.
Mr. Hubert de Bonafos, Global Product Manager of Forestry and
Sustainable Development, introduced in detail the due diligence
Recently, the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) admitted
Bureau Veritas as a member - one of its few foreign members.
representatives of nearly 100 famous companies, including Auchan,
Department,
Traceability Solutions for the European Union, US, and Australian
by more than 50 representatives from the leading manufacturers and
Management Practice was jointly organized by the Certification
Certification
Bureau Veritas held China’s First Information Meeting on Trade and
and long-term global competitiveness.
timber regulations in Shanghai on October 30, 2012. It was attended
The Seminar on Integrated Management System (IMS) and Fire Risk
Veritas
will facilitate the enlargement of customer base as well as medium
Bureau Veritas showed a positive assessment of the Chinese nuclear
energy industry with its professional nuclear energy services and the
trend of higher opening level of the Chinese nuclear energy industry.
With the national nuclear power policies and planning gradually
system required in the latest timber regulations in the world as well
as “Bureau Veritas' Trade and Traceability Solutions”, by saying, “To
ensure that companies can confidently conduct the trade and trace
the legal sources of forests, timber, and wood products in world,
Bureau Veritas has properly made preparations in the following
aspects: First, Bureau Veritas has been approved as a supervision
body by the EU. Second, Bureau Veritas provides companies with
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EU Timber Regulations (EUTR) solutions, like the proprietary due
Summit. Dr. Jishun Xing was elected unanimously by the Electoral
diligence procedures to ensure the effective traceability of the
Commission of the 12th China Economy Top Figures Award to win this
forests, timbers, and wood products in the entire supply chain and
prize because of his outstanding contribution to China’s economy
the legal source of timbers. Third, Bureau Veritas has developed the
development.
new risk review and risk mitigation procedures according to EUTR,
for flexible application of companies and applicable to all risk levels.
Finally, Bureau Veritas has trained and approved many forest
auditors and timber inspectors in the world, to ensure the
consistency of the audit and inspection”.
EUTR, the compulsory regulation attracting the closest attention
now, will be implemented from March 3, 2013, requiring companies
in the industry, large or small, to respond in a practical and reliable
manner that ensures legal sources of forests, timber and wood
The China Economy Summit is a prestigious high level economic
forum that has been organized annually since 2003. During each
business leaders of the year. The China Economy Summit is
and China Economic Herald of National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC), and is supported by the People’s Daily and
Global Times. The theme of this summit was to “Focus on economic
development and recognize influential business leaders”.
Bureau Veritas starts cooperation with Nanjing
Boiler & Pressure Vessel Supervision and
Inspection Institute
qualification evaluating for boilers, pressure vessels and piping to
offer scientific and specialized solutions to the safety engineering of
pressure equipment. Meanwhile, Bureau Veritas' Inspection
Department maintains long-term and close cooperation with many
major boiler manufacturers nationwide, including Shanghai Boiler
requiring them to make earlier preparations, to ensure the successful
Recently, the Strategic Cooperation Agreement and Welder
Qualification Service Agreement were signed by Bureau Veritas
Dr. Jishun Xing of Bureau Veritas China was Awarded
the Prize of “China Economy New Leader”
experience in design verification, supervision, product certification,
assessment (QRA), chemical risk management and welder
so Chinese exporters and manufacturers will face great challenges,
export to Europe next year”.
ability, high efficiency operation management, and rich project
in-service test, nondestructive testing (NDT), quantitative risk
Veritas Certification Department said, “The EUTR covers numerous
second largest market for export of timbers and wood products of China,
with top-rate
organized by the Economic Daily, the China Economic Information
unnecessary costs. Mr. Sun Changjun, new product manager of Bureau
printed books, newspapers and magazines. The European market is the
ability
summit, the electoral commission will recognize the most influential
products and also avoids excessive administrative burden or
products, nearly all timber and wood products except recycled products,
our
Inspection Department and Nanjing Boiler & Pressure Vessel
Factory and Harbin Boiler Factory. It also fosters over 1,000
qualified welders for major enterprises. Thus, its accumulated
experience is basis for the cooperation with NJBPVI.
Supervision and Inspection Institute (NJBPVI) to complement their
individual advantages and also to facilitate their joint development.
The agreements were signed by Mr. Fan Jiangfeng, Director of
Bureau Veritas' Inspection Department in Greater China Area and
CNOOC Signed Third Party Certification Contract for
QHD32-6 Oilfield with Bureau Veritas
Mr. Liang Hua, Chief Engineer of Nanjing Bureau of Quality and
Technical Supervision.
platform for integration and exchange of information and improve
Project in Tianjin on October 21, 2012. Bureau Veritas will provide
techniques, qualifications and market resources in inspection and
third party certification services for the design, manufacturing,
supervision. Particularly, in terms of physicochemical testing and
installation, and commissioning phases of the Project.
Tel: +86 (10) 5968 3888
QHD32-6 Oilfield is located in the middle of Bohai Bay, about 20km
Fax: +86 (10) 5968 3777
qualification
training,
Bureau
Veritas'
Inspection
Nanjing and nearby regions. Such technical services are competitive
in both quality and price to maximize social and economic benefits.
As indicated by both Mr. Fan Jiangfeng and Mr. Liang Hua, the
strategic cooperation agreements are an important move to realize
the
unity
of
energetic
enterprises,
strategic
interaction,
resource-sharing, and complementary advantages. The influences
of both companies have been enhanced. It also has practical and
On January 13
2013, Dr. Jishun Xing, Senior Vice President of
Facilities Division, Greater China Region, was awarded the prize of
“China Economy New Leader” during the 2012 China Economy
location:
signed a contract for QHD32-6 Oilfield Comprehensive Adjustment
Department offers "one-stop" technical services to clients in
Bureau Veritas Group and Regional Chief Executive of Industry &
On January 28th, 2013, Bureau Veritas Beijing Office moved to a new
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Bureau Veritas
Under the framework agreement, both parties will establish a
welder
th
Bureau Veritas Beijing Office Moved to a New Location
strategic significance for the development of the pressure
equipment manufacturing industry.
Bureau Veritas has a professional testing team, advanced technical
east of NB35-2 Oilfield and 20km southeast of Jingtang harbor, with
the average water depth of 20m. In the Project Bureau Veritas will
provide services for the four newly-built platforms, twelve submarine
pipelines, three composite cables, and six platforms for renovation of
Global Trade Center F22, Tower B, No.36, North Third Ring Road
East, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100013, P.R.C.
Bureau Veritas has experienced solid and fast growth in both
business volume and staff number. Therefore the previous Beijing
office reached its limits and we decided to move to this new office.
the oilfield, including design review, supervision of fabrication,
pre-commissioning, installation and commissioning, survey of all the
offshore facilities and issue the certificate after completion .
Cooperation between Bureau Veritas and CNOOC started from
Dongfang 1-1 Gas field Project in 1998. Since the SZ36-1 Phase I
Oilfield Adjustment Project in 2008, both parties have increased
cooperation and Bureau Veritas’ services have expanded from
shallow to deep water from fixed platform to the subsea and from
CAPEX projects to OPEX projects. “We hope Bureau Veritas can
continue to expand the scope of services and increase the
cooperation projects for CNOOC in the future, and also hope CNOOC
BUREAU VERITAS 2013
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Auchan:
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We No Longer Worry About Security
Because of Bureau Veritas
Interview with Bruno MERCIER, Chairman of the Board, Auchan Asia
Millions of customers go shopping at each Auchan store every year, so it is very important for
Auchan to ensure the security of customers. Mr. Bruno MERCIER, Chairman of the Board, Auchan
Asia, said while being interviewed by BV EXPRESS. “Since Bureau Veritas provides us with the
excellent in-service inspection services, we no longer worry about security and I can get good nights sleep
every night because of Bureau Veritas.”
[BV EXPRESS]：Why did Auchan choose to cooperate
with third party inspection institutions for the new
projects management and the in-service
store inspection?
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Bruno MERCIER: Auchan choose to cooperate with third party
inspection institutions for three reasons: First, Auchan is at the rapid
expansion stage where our team manages many large hypermarkets,
including the new and the existing stores, but the number of the
newly-built stores is not definite, meaning we cannot have a team that
is too large. So we need the support of the third party inspection
institutions. Second, we are not so professional in the construction
project management and the in-service inspection fields, so we need
the professional knowledge of third party inspection institutions.
Finally, the construction industry is a very complicated industry, and we
want to ensure the most reliable and beneficial work with the
assistance of third party inspection institutions.
Bruno MERCIER: Bureau Veritas is very familiar with the
international and national standards, and has an excellent local
practice for international standards, an excellent and professional
staff, transparent costs, and true and reliable reports. Millions of
customers go shopping at each Auchan store every year, so the
security is very important to us. We need the third party inspection
institutions to conduct the strict inspection and review of our
materials and equipment used and the methods for using them, to
ensure the security of customers shopping at each Auchan store.
Bureau Veritas provides us with the excellent services in regards to
these aspects. They allow us to no longer worry too much about
security at each store. In one word, I can get good nights sleep every
night because of Bureau Veritas.
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[BV EXPRESS]: Will you briefly introduce Auchan’s
development history and current condition in China?
Bruno MERCIER: Auchan entered the Chinese market on July 18,
1999 when Auchan Zhongyuan Store (Shanghai) was built and put
into operation. The joint cooperation between Auchan and
Ruentex Group (Taiwan) to establish the Sun Art Retail Group
Limited in 2001 initiated the rapid expansion of Auchan. In 13
years, Auchan has established 54 superstores in China’s cities,
including: Beijing, Shenyang, Shandong, Qingdao in the North;
Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunshan, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang,
Zhengjiang, Nanjing in the East; Chengdu in the West, and
Guangzhou in the South.
Auchan has developed quickly and successfully in China. Its
China operation influences the development of Auchan Group,
not only in Asia but globally and hence plays an important role in
the company’s strategy.
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[BV EXPRESS]：Compared with other hypermarkets,
what are the competitive advantages of Auchan?
Bruno MERCIER: Now our annual sales turnover is RMB15 billion in
China and that of the single store is RMB300 million - the highest
among all the hypermarkets in China. Such a high sales turnover
comes from our 4 advantages: high product quality, low product
price, good location of the stores and complete store facilities (e.g.
the parking lots).
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[BV EXPRESS]：What is the development plan of
Auchan China in the future? Which challenges will be
encountered and how would you like Bureau
Veritas to assist you?
Bruno MERCIER: In the following years, the most important goal of
Auchan China is to open larger hypermarkets with area’s over
100,000m2, so the challenges in the security will be more and more
prominent. The government will have higher requirements and
standards for public buildings and facilities, particularly for fire
fighting regulations and requirements for domestic design institutes
to improve further. This means Bureau Veritas may provide us with
more support in the management of the new projects, in-service
equipment and facility inspection, and training services for fire
fighting safety and security. In addition, we also hope, apart from the
existing cooperation, to expand the cooperation in other aspects, for
example food safety inspection.
[BV EXPRESS]：How do you comment the rapid
development of the online retail market in China,
and what are the strategies of Auchan China for it?
Bruno MERCIER: In fact online retail has not had a significant
influence over the food industry because most customers choose
to go to the hypermarkets to buy foods; but other goods, such as
small electrical appliances, have an impact, so we seriously
consider the online retailers as a strong competitor. On one hand,
the best selling online goods, for instance the small electrical
appliances, we reduce the supply and continuously introduce new
products, as more people choose to shop online. On the other
hand, we also made the attempt to open an online hypermarket.
One that is now operating satisfactorily is Auchan Drive in Suzhou
(www.auchandrive.cn). Customers can order online and pick-up
after five minutes at the store, or have it delivered to their door.
[BV EXPRESS]：The cooperation between Bureau
Veritas and Auchan China started in 2002, what would
you say about the services of Bureau Veritas after ten
years of cooperation?
About Auchan
The first hypermarket of Auchan opened in Lille (Northern France) in 1961, it’s the first time that combined with
"More Choices, Lower Price, Better Service" in business, therefore Auchan became the world's pioneer in
hypermarket business. At present, Auchan is one of the most famous hypermarket chains in the world. The turnover
has reached 56.2 billion Euros in 2011, Auchan has 1,421 hypermarkets and supermarkets in 12 countries, employs
more than 269,000 persons and has 1.3 billion customers, it’s considered as one of the main commercial groups in
France at present, and it’s the 142th of The World's Top 500 Enterprises.
The first hypermarket of Auchan in China - Shanghai ZhongYuan Store opened on 18th, July 1999 in YangPu District,
it covers an area of 20,000 square meters, the construction area is 15,000 square meters and the business area is
8,000 square meters. Auchan has started stable & continued development in China since 1999, Shanghai ChangYang
Store, Shanghai MinHang Store, SuZhou Store, WuXi Store, Hangzhou Store, BeiJing Store, ChengDu Store… also
opened successively. Now there are 54 hypermarkets in China until the end of 2012, more and more hypermarkets
will open soon.
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Faurecia:
Bureau Veritas Helps Us to Complete
Outstanding Newly Built Projects
Interview with Jean-Michel Vallin, President Faurecia China - Chief Representative
Bureau Veritas has successfully completed several projects for Faurecia as its global partner.
Mr. Jean-Michel Vallin, President Faurecia China Chief Representative, expressed during its
interview with BV EXPRESS: “Bureau Veritas has provided us with the results and the support we
were expecting for our projects, especially for our Yancheng project. We can say this is the best new
building project for Faurecia. Beside, I am quite impressed by Bureau Veritas staff. ”
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plants, including the pedestrian areas in the plant, where the
equipments should be placed, where the dangerous zones are,
under what conditions the machines should automatically shut
down, and so on. Bureau Veritas helped us to design a strict and
comprehensive safety system; we have not had any serious
incidents since I joined Faurecia China, five years ago: it is an
outstanding performance.
[BV EXPRESS]：Could you briefly introduce Faurecia’s
development in China?
Jean-Michel Vallin：Faurecia entered the Chinese market in
1994, by introducing emission control products, quickly followed
by auto seats, interior systems and exterior systems, respectively
in 2000, 2005 and 2011. Now, Faurecia has established
independent R&D capabilities in China, has completed its
purchase and sales system and has strengthened its position, as a
global business in China. We now have 35 facilities in Shanghai,
Changchun, Shenyang, Wuhan, Wuhu, Cixi, Wuxi, Chongqing,
Chengdu, Nanjing, Qingdao, Yantai and Guangzhou that represent
8,000 employees, including more than 600 engineers. Our sales
turnover in 2011 was of 1.2 billion € and the estimated sales will
be 1.5 billion € in 2012.
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Faurecia and Bureau Veritas signed a global contract to construct
our new buildings, and Bureau Veritas has successfully completed
several of our projects in China, providing us with project
management services including design review, bidding & tender
management, construction supervision and acceptance of the
release of the new buildings, such as our new Technical Center in
Minhang (a building with an area of 36,000 m2). I want to emphasize
again that Bureau Veritas did deliver the expected results and
support for our projects, especially for the recently completed
project in Yancheng, which, as I already said, appears to be the best
new building construction project for Faurecia. I am, moreover,
quite impressed by many people, in Bureau Veritas staff.
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[BV EXPRESS]：What are Faurecia’s development
strategies for the next three years?
How do you expect Bureau Veritas to support your
development?
Jean-Michel Vallin: Our estimate is that our annual sales
turnover will be of 2.5 billion € in China by 2015, and China will
become the country with the most numerous businesses and
employees in the world. At that time, we shall have about 50
manufacturing sites all over the country, and we will pay attention
to reduce the investment in newly built sites, increase the output,
improve the overall quality and integrate our logistic system.
We hope that Bureau Veritas will continue to deliver excellent
services for our ongoing projects, and will provide us with more
and complete project management services for our new projects.
[BV EXPRESS]：Who are Faurecia’s main clients
in China?
Jean-Michel Vallin：We intended to enter China in order to
follow our traditional customers like PSA, and, in parallel, we
developed the North American market. Now, we set up a
cooperation with Ford and GM, as well as started to cooperate
with Asian companies, the main one being Nissan. In addition, we
also started cooperating with some Chinese OEMs. Even though
their cars are sold in low-end markets, they still have 35 to 40% of
the market share, and, undoubtedly, some of them will become
quite global players in the long run.
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[BV EXPRESS]：What are Faurecia’s competitive
advantages, compared with your competitors in China?
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[BV EXPRESS]：Faurecia has cooperated with Bureau
Veritas, repeatedly in the past, for safety system and
construction project management; what has been the
most impressive for you during your cooperation with
Bureau Veritas?
Jean-Michel Vallin: Safety is key to us. We have thus
committed ourselves in what the chairman has defined as the top
priority, as far as the global deployment of our safety system is
concerned: taking safety precautions as early as possible,
including our engineering and design activities, but also the
machine, equipment and the working environment which should
be a hundred percent safe. So we chose Bureau Veritas to help us
to design a comprehensive safety system and management of our
About Faurecia
Faurecia is the world's sixth-largest automotive equipment supplier with four key Business Groups: Automotive Seating,
Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive Exteriors. In 2011, the Group posted total sales of €16.2
billion. On December 31, 2011, Faurecia employed 84,000 people in 33 countries at 270 sites and 40 R&D centers. Faurecia is
listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange.
All four core businesses have been fully deployed in China. Faurecia China ‘s headquarter is located in Shanghai. It currently
employs 8,000 people and operates 4 R&D centers and 35 sites. In 2011 Faurecia China’s revenue exceeds € 1.2 billion Euro.
For more information, please visit www.faurecia.com or www.faurecia.cn.
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ArcelorMittal:
safety and project construction management for cost, quality,
and planning. Yes! I am impressed by the ability of Bureau
Veritas staff in the adjustment and management to our project.
The people involved in our project are ArcelorMittal people,
Valin people, and workers who do not have any experience in
the past involving project construction management
companies in such a project. I’m impressed by the capability
and flexibility of Bureau Veritas staff.
Bureau Veritas Offers the Highest Value Services
Interview with Hugues Chataigné, CEO of Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive (VAMA) Steel Co., Ltd.
The VAMA Project is an important step for ArcelorMittal to enter the Chinese
automotive market, so they had to be very prudent in choosing the project management
company. Mr. Hugues Chataigné, CEO of Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co., Ltd.
told the reporter of BV Express: “During the construction phase, Bureau Veritas can offer
us the highest value services including the highest guarantee of health and safety, the very
good guarantees of planning, cost and quality.”
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[BV EXPRESS]：When did ArcelorMittal entered
China? What was your development in China like?
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Hugues Chataigné: I believe that our advantage over our
competitors is mainly in three areas. First the process: we have
developed advanced production technologies based on correct
understanding and rich experience. Second is the market
approach: ArcelorMittal has R&D centers in Japan, Germany,
France, the U.S., and has experience in cooperating with
Automobile OEMs, enabling us to have a global strategic view.
The third is the service, which we have proven experience in
Europe and North America, so we can provide customized
services to OEMs in China according to their local expectations.
Hugues Chataigné: The former Mittal Company and Arcelor
Company started their footprint in China at least 20 to 25 years
ago. The first business was trading activity, which began when
the level of the steel production in China was far behind
compared to today’s levels. The exporting of medium to high end
products was a big trading activity. Now it is clear that industry
footprint is a concern. With that consideration, the industry
footprint of ArcelorMittal has been conducted through joint
ventures.
Today, ArcelorMittal has two main footprints. One is through a
joint venture with China Oriental for long products, and another
one is through a joint venture with Valin in Central-South of
China for flat products. In 2011, ArcelorMittal crude steel
production reached 92 million tonnes, which represents around
6% of world steel output.
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[BV EXPRESS]：What are the competitive advantages
of VAMA Project?
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[BV EXPRESS]：What are your criteria for choosing
project management companies? Why did you choose
Bureau Veritas? What impressed you most during the
cooperation with Bureau Veritas?
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[BV EXPRESS]：What is your expectation for VAMA
Project? How do you expect Bureau Veritas to help
VAMA and ArcelorMittal?
Hugues Chataigné: ArcelorMittal is the No.1 automotive steel
supplier in the world, and the VAMA Project with Valin is an
important footprint for automotive steel. In terms of product,
the expectation is to quickly expand the automobile steel
market in China, especially the market share of the high end
products, to produce 1.5 million tonnes in 2016. In terms of
service, the services for automotive OEMs, Volkswagen, PSA,
GM and Ford, the gap is getting very, very narrow with the
current services we are providing to them in North American,
Brazil and Europe. So, the expectation from VAMA is to be the
leading product and service supplier.
I hope that Bureau Veritas will help VAMA to successfully
achieve these goals. I am sure that there will be other
opportunities to carry on our fruitful relation, and continue to
support our development in the automotive market in China.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with presence in more than 60 countries.
ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global carbon steel markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging,
[BV EXPRESS]：Why did ArcelorMittal chose to
cooperate with Valin for VAMA Project?
Hugues Chataigné: In our industry, it is very important to bring
quality, product range, and services to our automotive
customers. There is a prerequisite for this: to fully integrate
production chain from steel making to finished products. So our
decision was to work with Valin, our historical partner, because
they have key, newly invested equipments, a new upstream
which performs with high standard as in Europe, North America
and South America, and ensure metallurgical properties which
meet our automotive customer’s requirements.
Hugues Chataigné: We have four key components and key
attributes for the selection of our consultants, like health and
Safety, planning, cost, and quality. Following our meetings, we
selected Bureau Veritas out of four bidders, because of its
combination in the four key components and it was the best
offer.
Bureau Veritas has a proven and extensive experience to share
with our VAMA project team regarding this specific Greenfield.
Thanks to Bureau Veritas, we have already implemented very
specific work breakdown structure, cost breakdown structure,
and health and safety measures. Bureau Veritas’ scope of
responsibility is supervision and management for health and
with leading R&D and technology. The Group also has a world class mining business with a global portfolio of over 20 mines in operation and
development, and is the world’s 4th largest iron ore producer. With operation in over 20 countries spanning four continents, the Company
covers all of the key industrial markets, from emerging to mature, and has outstanding distribution networks.
Through its core values of sustainability, quality and leadership, ArcelorMittal commits to operating in a responsible way with respect to the
health, safety and well-being of its employees, contractors and the communities in which it operates. It is also committed to the sustainable
management of the environment. It takes a leading role in the industry's efforts to develop breakthrough steelmaking technologies and is
actively researching and developing steel-based technologies and solutions that contribute to combat climate change. ArcelorMittal is a
member of the FTSE4Good Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
In 2011, ArcelorMittal had revenues of $94 billion and crude steel production of 91.9 million tonnes, representing approximately 6 percent of
world steel output. The Group's mining operations produced 54 million tonnes of iron ore and 8 million tonnes of metallurgical coal.
For more information about ArcelorMittal visit www.arcelormittal.com
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IKEA China:
Bureau Veritas is Our Security Guard
Interview with Andreas Martiny, Property Director of IKEA China
“Availability and self assembly” is what makes IKEA unique, a mix of
being both a store and a warehouse in one building. However, this has presented a
big challenge to IKEA in terms of safety management. “Bureau Veritas is like our
third party, which guarantees the main safety installations in the store could
stringently follow higher security standards”, said by Mr. Andreas Martiny,
Property Director from IKEA at the interview of BV EXPRESS.
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[BV EXPRESS]：Why did IKEA enter the Chinese
market and how is it going in the Chinese market?
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Andreas Martiny: The construction environment in China is
not very favorable for a building owner. Even though many
Chinese construction companies will sign on and agree to
deliver IKEA quality construction, this doesn't mean that they
are really committed to the level we are requesting. In many
cases, maximizing profit is the primary objective of a local
construction company, and coming back with a lower quality
product is quite common. For this reason we need support to
meet our quality requirements in China. Besides, our
philosophy is that “We manage the project, but don’t want to do
it by ourselves“. This means we are depending on external
consultants for our project management. As a company with
the international knowledge and a strong European
background, Bureau Veritas has a very good understanding of
what we are looking for and how it may be delivered in the
Chinese market. Bureau Veritas also enjoys a great reputation
concerning safety security, an area of the project that is of
great importance to IKEA. So, we choose Bureau Veritas for
these reasons.
Andreas Martiny: With the impact of the economic crisis, IKEA’s
development in the European market is slowing down, so we need
to seek growth in the world’s emerging markets. China is the
world’s biggest potential market at the moment with 1.3 billion
people and a rapid economic growth, so we think that China will be
the most important country for IKEA in the coming years. Now we
have 11 stores in China, for example, in Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Tianjin, and other major cities.
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[BV EXPRESS]：Compared with other furniture
retailers, what are IKEA’s competitive advantages?
Andreas Martiny: First, we have the unique model. You can only
buy IKEA furniture in an IKEA store. In other words, if you want to
buy something with the brand IKEA in a department store, that's
never going to happen. This is the most attractive point to
customers and why we are successful. Second, we will have our
own factory in China, so we can manufacture locally the furniture
we sell in China, which saves a lot of cost for logistics, duties, etc.
So here we are able to offer competitive local pricing for an
international product. Finally, for the purchasing experience of
customers, we combine the show room and the warehouse in the
same building. The customer can visualize the product in the show
room and then immediately pick up the goods at the warehouse
area, without having to wait for reservation, pickup, which is
common in other furniture stores. The fact that our furniture
products can be assembled by the customer himself adds another
unique facet to this customer experience and is their
contribution to an affordable price level.
[BV EXPRESS]：Why do IKEA select Bureau Veritas to
support its growth?
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[BV EXPRESS]：What are the key challenges that you
face for building new stores in China? How does
Bureau Veritas help IKEA to face these challenges?
Andreas Martiny: For building the new stores, the major
challenges that we face relate to combining the showroom
(commercial areas) with the warehouse inside the same building.
First, laws and regulations in China are not applicable to such a
business model and architectural style, and this hinders our
application for the construction license. Second, our warehouse
needs to be used for commercial purposes, but administrative
rules in China for such warehouses do not exist. The existing laws
and regulations for warehouses conflict our own safety standards.
Therefore, the reference standards for use are unavailable. Finally,
we have very strict standards for fire control, but some
construction companies’ safety awareness on fire control is not
strong enough. So, sometimes, we may have different viewpoints
with our construction companies in terms of fire control safety.
Bureau Veritas is very familiar with the fire control and safety
standards in China, U.S.A. and Europe, so it is able to support us in
the delivery of the highest global standard. This includes checking
our designers’ compliance to such highest standards, supervising
our construction companies to honor their contracts and carry out
final review on the building. Relatively, Bureau Veritas is more like
our internal security guard to ensure that our new stores meet our
safety regulations and requirements, while we are like external
consultant, just to offer comments on the project.
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[BV EXPRESS]：What is IKEA’s development plan in
China in the coming few years? What are your
expectations to Bureau Veritas?
Andreas Martiny: In the coming few years, China will be the most
important market to IKEA. And this is a very strong commitment for
us, so we are building as many stores as possible in China. Our plan
is to have approx. 35 stores by 2020. That means we have to open
every year more or less 3 stores for the next 8 years. At that time,
our stores will be spread all over China.
People in Bureau Veritas who have been allocated to IKEA
projects for some time know exactly what the priorities are,
what the difficulties are, and where we need to place our focus.
This is a typical approach for IKEA with our consultants to
ensure we can work in the most efficient way. So, in 2011 IKEA
and Bureau Veritas finalized a frame agreement to provide fire
life safety consulting services for all of the new stores which will
be built in China. We hope that a long-term and stable
cooperation will be made with Bureau Veritas, to build a fire life
safety team and guarantee IKEA’s safety.
About IKEA
Founded in Sweden in 1943, IKEA has been striving to “create better daily life for the many people”. The IKEA brand
is always associated with how to raise people’s living quality, so it offers a wide range of well-designed, functional
home furnishing products at affordable prices. This is the idea at the heart of everything IKEA does. IKEA also stands
fast to the business mode oriented to customer and social benefits and commits itself to environment protection and
social responsibility.
As of 2011, IKEA had 287 stores in 26 countries and regions around the globe, 11 of which are located in mainland
China, i.e., Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Shenyang, Dalian, and Wuxi.
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MOVE FORWARD WITH BUREAU VERITAS
Energy Audit and Its Benefits
ELECTRICITY INFORMATION
Electricity Breakdown -2012 Year
Bureau Veritas Construction Business Line, Li Hong / Leon Wang
Common types / levels of energy audits are distinguished below,
although the actual tasks performed and level of effort may vary
with the consultant providing services under these broad
headings. The only way to ensure that a proposed audit will meet
specific needs is to spell out those requirements in a detailed
scope of work. Taking the time to prepare a formal solicitation
will also assure the building owner of receiving competitive and
comparable proposals.
Generally, four levels of analysis can be outlined (ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc.):
1 Level 0 – Benchmarking: This first analysis consists of a
preliminary Whole Building Energy Use (WBEU) analysis
based on an analysis of the historic utility use, costs, and on
Energy Conservation Measures
(ECM) Recommendations
Potential Energy
Savings
[KWh
/ year]
[RMB
/ year]
Estimated
Investment
[RMB]
the comparison of the performances of the buildings to those of
similar buildings. This benchmarking of the studied
installation allows determining if further analysis is required;
4 Level III – Investment-Grade audit: Detailed Analysis of
Capital-Intensive Modifications focusing on potential costly
ECOs requiring rigorous engineering study.
Payback
time
[years]
AHUs (Air Handling Unit)
Kitchen Ventilation System
10%
AHUs
9%
Chiller
15%
Evolution of Electricity Consumption
1500000
1400000
1300000
1200000
1100000
1000000
900000
800000
700000
600000
500000
400000
2010Y
2011Y
2012Y
Month 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Priority
As of today, most of us are interested in energy savings but some
do not have a clear plan for achieving higher energy efficiency.
Consider the following:
2 The audit will not only inform you of opportunities but provide
you with financial analysis. This will enable prioritization
based on financial benefit and return on investment;
1 Are you aware of all beneficial efficiency measures applicable
to your facility or only a few?
3 Provide you with solid, easy to understand technical information
regarding the proposed energy conservation measures;
2 Are you able to prioritize your measures based on their financial
benefits (ex: Change lighting or upgrade old Chillers)?
4 A good quality audit will analyze your historical energy use and
find potential issues using statistical methods;
3 If necessary, do you have solid proof of why you chose one
measure compared to another?
5 Provide you with emissions analysis to help you understand the
benefits of your decisions from an environmental standpoint;
4 Are your decisions being fueled by unbiased, good quality facts
or parties interested in selling their product?
6 Understand where energy is used and which areas are worth
focusing on the most (energy hogs);
Good quality energy audits will help you address the above and
more. Here are some benefits of performing a quality energy
audit:
7 Provide you with benchmark information to help you understand
your energy use performance compared to others in your field
and area.
1 Energy audits evaluate your facility “as a whole”; their goal is
not to evaluate single measures but to consider a wide range
of available alternatives (Electrical, Mechanical, Envelope and
Water);
The cost-benefit analysis of the audit report helps decision
makers prioritize opportunities and evaluate them as
investments. These indicators include rate of return, net present
value, cash flow analysis, and payback.
Immediate (ROI< 1 year)
240,000
216,000
1,000,000
4
Priority (1 year < ROI < 3years)
Useful term (3 years < ROI <7 years)
Long term (ROI>7 years)
ECM#2: Equip Air Handling Unit
(AHU) - K9, K3, K6 and Chilled water
pumps, the secondary hot water
pumps with Variable - Frequency
Drive (VFD)
94,528
85,075
150,000
2
ECM#3: The maintenance of AHUs
should be improved
21,000
18,900
No
Investment
Immediate
Financial analysis example of Energy Conservation Measures
Chiller
Analysis example of Energy Consumption
Ventilation System
ECM#1: Upgrade and retrofit the
existing ventilation system and set up
an automatic management instead
of the current manual management
and put in place free-cooling via the
Building Management System
Lifts
Kitchen Ventilation System
2 Level I – Walk-through audit: Preliminary analysis made to
assess building energy efficiency to identify not only simple
and low-cost improvements but also a list of energy
conservation measures (ECMs, or energy conservation
opportunities, ECOs) and to orient future detailed auditing.
This inspection is based on visual verifications, study of
installed equipment, and operating data and detailed analysis
of recorded energy consumption collected during the
benchmarking phase;
3 Level II – Detailed/General energy audit: Based on the results
of the pre-audit, this type of energy audit consists in energy
use survey in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the
studied installation, a more detailed analysis of the facility, a
breakdown of the energy use, and a first quantitative
evaluation of the ECOs/ECMs selected to correct the defects
or improve the existing installation. This level of analysis can
involve advanced on-site measurements and sophisticated
computer based simulation tools to evaluate precisely the
selected energy retrofits;
Solar Hot Water System
17%
Solar Hot Water System
KWh
The term energy audit is commonly used to describe a broad
spectrum of energy studies ranging from a quick walk-through
of a facility to identification of major problem areas to a
comprehensive analysis of the implications of alternative energy
efficiency measures sufficient to satisfy the financial criteria of
sophisticated investors. Numerous audit procedures have been
developed for non-residential (tertiary) buildings. Auditing is
required to identify the most efficient and cost-effective Energy
Conservation Opportunities (ECOs) or Measures (ECMs). Energy
conservation opportunities (or measures) consist of more
efficient use or of partial or global replacement of the existing
installation.
Lifts
6%
Lighting
43%
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China’s Green Building Revolution
Bureau Veritas Construction Business Line, Joyne Zhou
The Third Industrial Revolution-Energy Revolution
One of the best sellers books in the U.S., “The Third Industrial
Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the
Economy, and the World” by Jeremy Rifkin, explores the new
topic of “Energy Network”. The book points out that fossil fuel
dependence and its related technology is the root of the Global
Economic Crisis. A sustainable energy production system used in
conjunction with internet can create an “Energy Network” which
allows people to individually generate green energy and share it
through the network. In the near future, every building could be
an electricity plant; every person would be self-sufficient,
assisted with the network as a distributor. Globally, energy from
buildings accounts for about 41% of total energy consumption. By
helping to increase building’s energy efficiency, green building
design will be a critical issue to avoid the energy crisis.
Wind Turbine
Solar Collector/Solar
water heater on the roof
Building Insulation
Board to prevent
heat loss
Cork doublelayer glass
Rainwater
Collection
System
Cogeneration
System to
provide heating
Floor heating System
Ground Source
Heat Pump
From: www.chinajnzz.com
Booming Green Building Certification
As a critical part of the potential Chinese Energy Revolution, green
buildings have become a major trend for high level properties. From
design to construction, green buildings require low initial investment
and allow for minimum operation cost. The added-value of a green
building certification is to have an integrated design approach taking
into account all the feasible energy saving strategies, thereby helping
developers reduce initial cost and decrease maintenance fees.
Currently, multiple standards coexist within China’s green building
market: American LEED, British BREEAM, Japanese CASBEE,
German DGNB, Australian NABERS and Dutch Green Calc. Draft
version of the Chinese green building evaluation standard was based
on earlier versions of LEED, and has been revised in June 2006 to
become the “Evaluation Standard for Green Building” (GB/T
50378-2006) (Green Building Label). Every standard has its unique
requirements to meet.
"Green Building Label" and LEED have become the two main
evaluation systems in China’s domestic market. LEED or “Green
Label” has become a dilemma for more and more project developers
who are considering pursuing a green building certification. The two
rating systems have different structures and contents, and are based
on different national standards.
LEED vs. “Green Building Label”
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was
established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1998.
After ten years of development and growth, it has become a globally
recognized evaluation system that defines and measures“green
buildings”.
The USGBC has developed several rating systems for different types
of projects including: New Construction, Existing Building and
Operation, Commercial Interior Design, Home, and Neighborhood,
and others. LEED Green Building Rating Systems promote
sustainability with a whole-building approach, and address 5
categories that focus on human health and environment: Sustainable
Sites (SS), Water Efficiency (WE), Energy and Atmosphere (EA),
Materials and Resources (MR), Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ).
Once the project is reviewed by the Green Building Certification
Institute (GBCI), it receives official certification as Certified, Silver,
Gold or Platinum level according to the number of points it has
achieved.
China’s national “Green Building Label” was developed by China
Academy of Building Research (CABR), China Academy of Urban
Planning & Design and Tsinghua University. “Green Building Label”
applies to residential and commercial buildings such as offices,
shopping centers, and hotels. Green buildings are graded on a one,
two or three stars system. It addresses different categories such as
Land Saving and Outdoor Environment; Energy Saving and Energy
Utilization; Water Saving and Water Source Utilization; Material
Saving and Utilization; Indoor Air Environment; Operation and
Management (Residential building); Whole Life Cycle Approach
(Commercial building). For each topic, there are “Control” credits
which must be achieved, “General” credits which are optional, and
“Preferred” credits which could be considered as innovation credits.
Imported or Domestic?
“Dual-Certificate”- Gain both Fame and Wealth
Which standard is more suitable for Chinese Green Building: the
more expensive one, which could bring more benefits and is
recognized as an “International Standard”, or the least costly one,
which is more adapted to local standards but harder to achieve?
It is inevitable that more American-style offices and residential
buildings will be built in China, although their energy efficiency of
central HVAC are lower than split HVAC system. Therefore, LEED
works for this styles of buildings to reduce energy consumption,
while “Green Building Label”, is more suitable for the buildings with
split system for heating. In short, both LEED and “Green Building
Label” have their markets in China.
Upon comparison of the two standards, LEED is more voluntary,
consensus-based, and market-driven. Based on existing and proven
technology, it evaluates environmental performance from a whole
building perspective over a building’s life cycle and provides a
definitive standard for what constitutes a green building in design,
construction, and operation. “Green Building Label” is a government
policy that is oriented from top-down system. It is similar to a policy
tool which aims to guide the market towards sustainable development.
However, “Green Building Label” is very recent, so its market
participation is still relatively low. Currently, the certification is confined
to government demonstration projects set as examples to the public.
In the process of promoting green building, the Chinese government
always considers “energy saving" as the first principle and the core
concept of a “green building”. Thus, when a project is pursuing
"Green Building Label", it is required to pass a certain score which
focus on energy conservation and encourages the use of natural
resources. On the other hand, LEED does not focus that much on
energy conservation. Every new construction pursuing LEED
certification must achieve at least 10% energy cost savings compared
with a baseline building (defined according to ASHRAE 90.1-2007, the
American Standard for Energy Efficiency). The building can get
certified by having high scores in other categories non-related to
energy efficiency. Basically, LEED focuses on the building occupants
comfort rather than on the building’s energy efficiency, which is driven
by the American market. For example, the Modern MOMA project in
Beijing designed a constant temperature and humidity system to
maintain comfort for 24-hour. Although it received LEED ND certificate
in 2005, it is criticized because of its relative poor indoor air quality (no
operable windows for ventilation) and high energy consumption.
Is the “Green Building Label” better than LEED? Some evidence
indicate that some of the best performing, three-star buildings’
energy performance is excellent; unit energy consumption is only 79
kWh / square meter / year, far below the LEED system average of 218
kWh / square meters / year . However, since “Green Building Label”
is not as mature as LEED, these buildings couldn’t maintain a
comfortable indoor temperature and humidity. Although “Green
Building Label” is more adapted to the Chinese market, the rating
system is not updated as frequently as LEED. Thus, some new
technologies which have been applied in the building may not count
as a strategy in “Green Building Label”. Both LEED and “Green
Label” are not perfect. We can’t totally criticize one system while
praise highly another one.
Dual certification is the wisest choice. Following the Shanghai Expo
Center, which became the first dual-certificate building (LEED NC
Gold and “Green label” three star), the Shanghai Center Tower
became a dual-certificate high-rise green building. Passing both
certificates brings building not only international recognition, but
User
also satisfies domestic demand. This would also raise the local
reputation, and helps attracting more tenants at higher rental fees.
In order to evaluate energy efficiency measures and its potential
environmental impact more accurately, more research should be
conducted. Only if we figure out how much energy each building
consumes, can we regard these rating systems as effective tools to
decrease Chinese building energy consumption.
As a member of USGBC, Bureau Veritas Green building consultancy
team has participated in many “Dual-Certificate” projects.
Successfully gathering all players in the project around one table to
address environmental and sustainable issues in a holistic way,
Bureau Veritas looks at both LEED and Green Building Label.
Moreover, gathering information and sharing it and making a
certification plan for both rating systems reduces costs and gains
more time for project.
Thanks to Bureau Veritas North America’s unique position as
Certified Body, Bureau Veritas China has a unique position for LEED
Consultancy. Similarly, Bureau Veritas is in the same position for the
Green Label Consultancy in China from its Shanghai branch.
Combining local experience and knowledge in the construction
market, pursuing advanced computer simulation technology, holistic
approach or review process. Bureau Veritas can and already have
participated in the first steps of Chinese Green Building development
as well as stimulate the building energy revolution.
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History and Culture of China’s Fire Protection
Bureau Veritas In-Service Inspection & Verification Business Line, Eric Liang
As a core business of Bureau Veritas In-Service Inspection & Verification Business Line in China, fire safety technical consulting and periodic
inspection has been highly valued by many reputed multinational companies and established the leading position of Bureau Veritas in the field of
facility safety management in China. It is also an important topic for Bureau Veritas internal technical development & sharing. Whilst exploring fire
protection-related science & technology and the latest trends, we found that a study on the history and culture of China's fire protection would be
interesting and necessary for many fire colleagues, such as:
1) Where did “Fire Protection” originate from?
2) When was the first fire engine constructed in China?
3) When was the first fire hazard recorded?
4) In ancient China, how was fire protection blended in the design of buildings?
This article will seek to answer these questions.
1. Historical and cultural inspiration
Fire protection enjoys a long-standing history and culture. We, as the insiders, are very
proud of it. Historically speaking, no culture could be compared with that of fire protection.
For human beings, fire protection came automatically with the use of fire. "Fire use and fire
protection are contradicted but interdependent", said Ren Jiyu, a famous contemporary
philosopher. Since fire protection focuses on fire, it is an integral part of fire culture, the
earliest culture of human beings and the basis for all cultures.
The use of fire is a milestone in human evolution. When using fire, humans took command
of a powerful material force, distinguishing human from ape. "As the powerful material
force, fire helped humans to form 'Humanity' ", said Jia Lanpo, a famous
paleoanthropologist.
Both the philosopher and scientist hold the same viewpoint, that fire creates and develops
culture. Human society cannot get away from fire and fire protection culture, it has
penetrated our everyday life.
2. Study on the history of fire protection
2.1 History of the human’s use of fire
Throughout the years, fire has always been mentioned as fire protection has been
promoted. However, it is still not clear when fire was first used by humans. It is universally
accepted that humans were using fire throughout their evolution. The archaeological
research on more than 20 ancient human sites shows that such opinion is inaccurate. As a
matter of fact, the earliest human fossils, stoneware, and evidence of fire use don’t show
up at the same time, but are actually apart from each other.
The earliest human fossil was found in Ethiopia and dates back to 2.8-3.3 million years ago.
Human footprint dates back to around 4 million years ago. Also, Tanzania had human
stoneware around 2.6 million years ago. However, the earliest evidence of human's using
fire dates back to 500,000 years ago, found at humanoid cave in Longgu Mountain in
Zhoukoudian, Beijing.
Thus it can be seen that a gap exists of 0.2~1.4 million years between the birth of humans
to the fabrication of tools. 2.1 million years for the ability to use tools to make fire. So a gap
of 2.3~3.5 million years exists between human evolution and the ability of humans to use fire.
As per the statements above, humans were not born with the ability to use fire. Meanwhile, it
was much more difficult for humans to use fire as compared with other simple tools.
2.2 Origin of fire disasters
2.4 Several No.1 records in China’s history of fire protection
Two basic conditions are necessary for the formation of disaster: a
destructive power and human society. Before the birth of human
society, regardless of the scale and intensity, the destructive power
of nature, such as earthquakes, storms and volcanoes are not
deemed as disasters because humans were not present to
experence then. When human evolved the destructive power of
nature presented harm, thus forming the disaster. Therefore, the
disaster has both natural and social qualities.
Fire protection is isolated from the development of history. Here, China
enjoys several No.1 records in the world's history of fire protection.
When humans entered caves did the cave period begin? Natural cave
themselves are free from fire danger, but some firewood may be stored
in the cave as fuel. Also, some withered grass or leaves may be available
as mattresses. Thus, fire presented a threat to the cave inhabitants. In
addition, the volcanic explosion or forest fires created a threat to
humans. However, the frequency of such fires were low. The sphere of
human activities at that time was very narrow. In this case, the frequency
of such fire disasters was rare. So far, no archaeological data is available
to demonstrate such fire disasters. Therefore, the occurrence of such
fire disasters is only on a theoretic basis.
3 China is the first country in the world to make architectural
Fire disasters actually occurred during the Neolithic Age when
housing construction appeared. At that time, houses were built with
tree branches, so it was very easy to arouse conflagration. Since
entire families tended to live under the same roof, fire posed a
serious and wide scale threat. This was testified after a lot of ancient
human sites were excavated. The Chinese character for "Disaster"
vividly indicates the burning of wall and roof.
2.3 The formation of design concept for building fire
protection
In 1980s, archaeological workers discovered a lot of housing sites at
Dadiwan of Qin'an in Gansu Province. Such housing sites were at the
late stage of Neolithic Age, which was 5000~8000 years ago. Here,
No.405 housing site and No. 901 housing site are so far the earliest
large-sized public buildings found in China. Many stores on the sites
show that these buildings were elaborately designed. Also, a lot of
fire protection measures, such as the wooden roof with mud, were
adopted to substantially improve fire proofing of buildings. Also, the
combustible constructional materials, such as stakes and wooden
beams, were smeared with the fire retardant coating made from
“Cementing Materials". Meanwhile, the grass mud was built around
the stake to form fire protection with the thickness of over 10cm. In
addition, the importance was attached on both fire-resisting division
and fire break. So, we could see that before these buildings were
constructed, designers had very strong fire protection awareness.
The overall plan is important for the buildings fire protection. Found
in 1972, Jiangzhai Site in Lintong, Shaanxi existed 6600 years ago.
This site covers an area of over 50,000 m2. A square of 4,000 m2 is
available in the center and encircled by the residential area. The
1
entire
site is divided into five groups, each of which has a big house in
the center and is enclosed by 10 to 30 small houses. Also, certain
distance is available between the groups as well as between the
houses. The entire residential area is circled by three ditches. The
ceramics-making area is to the west of ditch of residential area, so
that the production area is separated from the residential area. The
scholar pointed out that such orderly arrangement benefits from the
elaborately unified planning.
Though the term of "Building Fire Protection Design" was firstly
issued by China's fire protection standards for building design in
1956, the production and practice of building fire protection design
existed over 5000~6500 years ago.
1 China has the earliest building conflagration sites in the world.
For example, Xi'an Banpo remains which was 6,000 years ago;
Qin'an Dadiwan remains which was 5,000 years ago;
2 China is the first country in the world to adopt covering for fire
protection and fire retardant coating. For example, Qin'an
Dadiwan had these 5,000 years ago;
planning that meets modern standards. For example, Jiangzhai
site in Lintong, Shaanxi which was 6,600 years ago;
4 China has the earliest written records for fire disaster. According
to the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang
Dynasty, the slaves burned three granaries at the night of Wuxu
Day during the period of Wuding, i.e. 1271~1213 BC;
5 China is the world's first country where a fire disaster occured in
a high-rise building. At the end of Shang Dynasty (1046 BC), King
Zhou stepped on Lutai to burn himself. Lutai was a high-rise
building. As recorded in the Interpretation of Historical Records,
Lutai was three-li long and one thousand-chi high. One chi in
Shang Dynasty was equal to 31.1cm. So, Lutai covered an area of
over 2 million m2 and was 310 m high. Measured and calculated
by the experts, the actual height of Lutai should be around 170m,
while the modern high-rise building was first established in
th
Chicago in 1871, or during the 11 year of reign of Emperor
Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty;
6 China is the first country in the world to establish an urban fire brigade.
In the Song Dynasty, China established the first urban fire brigade in
the world to manage the public fire protection. Such urban fire
brigade was almost the same as the fire brigade today regardless of
its organizational form and nature. It was featured as below:
1 The city was divided into several zones. Each zone is provided with
an observation tower specially used by the fire brigade;
2 Over 100 soldiers were stationed below each observation tower as
the special fire brigade;
3 Provided with over 10 kinds of fire control equipment such as the
bucket, fire hook, Mada（麻搭）, and Tiemaoer（铁猫儿）;
4 Provided with warning system; the person was specially assigned
to watch the fire behavior on the fire-watch building. Also, the
"Fire Watchman" was available at each lane and block. The fire
alarm could be timely sent through the cavalry;
5 In case of fire hazard, the soldiers stationed below the
observation tower could immediately extinguish the fire;
6 The observation tower belonged to the government. Also, the
personnel stationed below the observation tower were from the
state's troops, indicating that fire should be put out by the state's
specialized team rather than the common people.
Therefore, as pointed out by Bai Shouyi in the General History of
China, this was the earliest specialized fire brigade in the world.
This national fire brigade was established in Kaifeng, the capital of
Northern Song Dynasty. However, it was difficult to determine the
starting time thereof. Under sufficient research, this fire brigade may
be established in the third year of Renzong in Northern Song Dynasty
th
(the year of 1056), which was 944 years ago. As of the 12 year of
Chunyou in Southern Song Dynasty (the year of 1252), there were 20
teams and 7 corps of fire brigades in Hangzhou, totaling 5,100 people
and 10 observation towers.
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3. China’s fire protection in ancient times
respected by the people for their implementation of good "Fire Protection
Measures". Lin Zexu, a famous official of Qing Dynasty, was also
respected by the people for his fire protection policies. According to his
16-year diary, he fought fires 12 times when he acted as the local official
in Hangzhou, Xuzhou, Wuchang, Liangjiang, and Huguang.
In ancient times, fire protection was always a part of social security. For
example, in Han Dynasty, fire protection was under jurisdiction of such
administrative organizations as "Liangqianshi Caoshangshu" and
"Zhijinwu" which were responsible for flood, fire hazard and robbery".
Since the Xia Dynasty in 2070 BC, past dynasties attached importance
to the fire protection and established relevant management systems
for over 4,000 years. In the feudal society, the emperor was
concerned with fire protection and developed the relevant imperial
edicts. When fire disaster broke out, the emperor would adopt such
measures as wearing plain white clothes, leaving the main hall,
cancelling entertainment, and moderating his eating and even
issuing self-punishment to enhance introspection and good morals.
Meanwhile, the emperor would encourage free expression of views.
In April of the sixth year of Jianyuan in Western Han Dynasty (135 BC),
Han Gaozu's mausoleum suffered from fire disaster. So, Emperor
Wu immediately took off his imperial robe and put on the white
clothes for five days to show his fear of fire hazard and the attitude of
self-reproach. In April of the third year of Chuyuan in Western Han
Dynasty (46 BC), Baihe Room at Emperor Wu's cemetery caught fire.
Then Emperor Yuan issued the first "Imperial Edict for Self-reproach"
which was followed by the emperors in the successive dynasties as an
example. In the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420 AD), three
great halls in the imperial palace caught fire, so that Emperor Yongle
delivered a deep and profound reflections on 12 aspects through his
"Imperial Edict for Self-reproach". Also, Chinese Fire Records collected
54 "Imperial Edicts" of Emperor Qianlong whose edicts related to fire
hazard were the most recent in Chinese history. On October 21 of the
second year of Jiaqing (1797 AD), the Palace of Heavenly Purity caught
fire. At the age of 87, the Retired Emperor Qianlong still undertook the
main responsibility of "Imperial Edit for Self-reproach" which he
indicated that rather than the reigning emperor would be responsible for
fire hazards.
Also, fire protection was the duty of magistracy at each level and they
spared no efforts to implement the "Fire Protection Measures". For
instance, Lian Fan, the prefecture chief of Chengdu in Han Dynasty;
Du Yu, Khrom of Lingnan and Liu Zongyuan, Yongzhou Governor in
Tang Dynasty; Chen Xiliang, magistrate of Hu County in Song
Dynasty; and He Xin, magistrate of Huizhou in Ming Dynasty were all
In the Western Han Dynasty, there were 16 "Jieting" （街亭）in
Chang'an. In Eastern Han Dynasty, there were 24 "Jieting" in
Luoyang. Such "Jieting" was also called Duting. In Tang Dynasty, the
organization for social security and fire protection, the "Wuhoupu"
（武侯铺） was established in Chang'an. Such "Wuhoupu"was
composed of 100 people in the main city gate and 30 people in the
main block, and 20 people in the minor city gate and 5 people in the
minor lane. "Wuhoupu" was under the leadership of left & right Yifu
subordinated to left & right Jinwu to form a network system for social
security and fire protection. "Junxunpu" （军巡铺） in Song Dynasty
inherited "Wuhoupu" in Tang Dynasty. "Junxunpu" was composed of
five people and established in each block for every three hundred
steps. Though "Junxunpu" was not recorded in the official history of
Yuan Dynasty, Marco Polo Travels described the "Zheyin
Watchhouse" （遮荫哨所）which is the same as "Junxunpu". In Ming
Dynasty, "Hongpu" （红铺）was established both inside and outside
the imperial city. The number of which came to 112. Each "Hongpu" was
composed of 10 soldiers. Though the name was different, Jieting,
Wuhoupu, Junxunpu, Zheyin Watchhouse, and Hongpu were all the
grassroots fire departments in the city, equal to today’s police stations.
4. About modern fire control
Modern history begins from 1840 after the Opium War. Great
changes took place during this period and so the modern history of
fire control can be traced back to this moment.
4.1 The appearance of “fire control”
Since the ancient times, China has placed importance on fire
brigades and made great achievements, but the word "fire control"
didn't exist in state administration on public affairs. The term "fire
control" originated from May of the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu in
Qing Dynasty (1902). Yuan Shikai, Zhili Provincial Governor, "referred
to the western law and drew up the regulations", and then
established the Police Headquarters and Police School. As specified
in the Regulations for Police School, "the fire control law is specially
formulated and fire brigade is generally applied in other countries".
In August of the same year, Yuan Shikai took over the "General
Yamun" in Tianjin on behalf of the Qing government, which ended the
Great Powers' colonial domination in Tianjin for two years. When the
Police Headquarters was established, the original fire station was
renamed as the fire brigade. This was the first time the name "fire
brigade" turns up in the history of China and it is also the first
modern fire brigade established by the Chinese government. Before
that, the modern fire brigade in the municipality was called the Fire
Brigade of Shanghai Municipal Council, which was the first fire
brigade established on July 20, 1866 (the fifth year of Tongzhi in Qing
Dynasty), 36 years earlier than that in Tianjin.
"Fire control" was borrowed from Japanese and turned up during the
Edo age. As early as the ninth year of Kyoho (the twice year of
Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, 1724 AD), it was recorded that "fire
control in the village arrived when fire hazard took place" in the Book
of Wang in Front of Curtain of Wuzhou Xincang Prefecture. At the early
days of Meiji (the twelfth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, 1873 AD),
the term of "fire control" became popularized.
Anyway, "fire control" was originated from China. In ancient Chinese
writing, the character of Xiao originates from "water", "little" and "meat”,
a lump of meat disappeared when flushing in the river. The character of
Fang originates from "Fu" （阜）and "Fang"（方）; the former refers to
a mountain slope that looks like ladder, and the latter refers to the
prisoner of war or slave tied up with rope, meaning to prevent the
prisoner of war from escape. Given the fact that Japanese characters
evolved from the Chinese characters, which were introduced into Japan
as early as the fifth year of Taikang in Western Jin Dynasty (284 AD), the
Japanese character is similar. Also, "fire control" in both Japanese and
Chinese characters is the same in the shape of words and meaning.
4.2 The modernization of fire control technical
equipment
The modernization of fire control is embodied mainly in four aspects:
1 Replacement of the fire engine driven by manpower, animal
power, and steam with motor pump fire engine powered by
internal-combustion engine;
2 Fire fighting water supplied by the urban water supply network
rather than the natural water stored in vat and carried by
manpower;
3 Fire alarm is reported via phone rather than the observation
tower, alarm bell, flag, and lamp;
4 Water is replaced by a chemical extinguishing agent for special
Shanghai Yangshupu Water Plant was set up to supply water for the
concession. In the wake of the underground pipe network, the Fire
Brigade of Shanghai Municipal Council requested to fix fire hydrants
on the roads. Fire hydrants were originally called "Hai Ting" as they
were a transliteration of Hydrant, meaning intake pipe or distributing
pipe, commonly called a fireplug, firehouse, or water pole in some
places. In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China (1935), the
China Fire Control, primarily edited by the Police Administration but
was affiliated to the Department of the Interior of the Nationalist
Government, chose to use the name "fireplug". It wasn’t renamed
“fire hydrant” until 1956 when the Ministry of Construction and the
Ministry of Public Security drew up the Fire Protection Standards on
Industrial and Civil Architecture.
On the eve of liberation in 1949, there were 3117 fire hydrants in
Shanghai, ranking the first in China. At the same period, there were 542
fire hydrants in Beijing and 420 fire hydrants in Tianjin.
During the summer and autumn seasons of the seventh year of
Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1887), the telephone was adopted for fire
communication. At that time, Great Northern Telegraph Co.
(Denmark) was approved by Shanghai Municipal Council to operate
the telephone services in the concession. This became the first
phone in China. At the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), Fire Brigade of
Shanghai Municipal Council set up the first fire reporting phone.
However, telephones were available in Tianjin, Nanjing, Beijing,
Qingdao, and Guangzhou only after the Republic of China was
founded.
Fire-extinguishing chemicals were introduced from Japan to China
in the late years of Qing Dynasty. The foam fire-extinguishing
chemical was introduced into China soon after it was invented in USA
in 1915. Also, carbon dioxide and carbon tetrachloride
fire-extinguishing chemical entered China during the reign of the
Republic of China. The home-made fire-extinguishing chemical was
invented in Tianjin in August, 1918. The above fire-extinguishing
chemicals were mainly used in the small-sized fire extinguishers to
put out the flaming at the very beginning. The emergence of
fire-extinguishing chemical should be a revolution of extinguishment
for the past thousands of years.
fire hazard.
A scholar once made the following evaluation: China's modern fire
protection could date back to the end of Qing Dynasty and was
developing during the reign of the Republic of China. Also, Shanghai
is the origin of China's modern fire control, and Shanghai’s modern
fire control stemmed from concessions.
The first motor pump fire engine driven by internal-combustion
engine in China was purchased from the United States by the Fire
Brigade of Shanghai Municipal Council at the 34th year of Guangxu in
Qing Dynasty (1908). Before the dominance of the People's Republic
of China in 1949, there were altogether 707 fire engines nationwide.
Specifically, Shanghai was equipped with 188 fire engines, while
Jiangsu Province, second to Shanghai, had 99 fire engines; Jilin and
Heilongjiang had 60 fire engines each; Liaoning had 50 fire engines;
and Hubei had 41 fire engines.
5. Conclusion
China has a history of fire protection of over 6,000 years, which is long
standing, extensive and profound. As the leader in fire safety
consulting and management, Bureau Veritas insist on developing and
expanding this precious heritage.
Reference:
Chinese Fire Records Chief Editor: Li Caiqin; Subeditor: Li Chunhao and
Ren Kan;
A General History of China’s Fire Protection Chief Editor: Li Caiqin.
The first fire hydrant in China was placed in a concession of Shanghai
at the ninth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1883). At that time,
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