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A worker notifying a hot work permit on a phone on a shipyard deck.
Permit-to-Work

Permit to Work at Your Site, Part 2: The Self-Service Model

Not every job needs a second set of eyes before it can start. Part 2 of two: how the self-service model runs, where the safety team's time goes instead, and what changed at Meyer Turku.

September 22, 2026•5 min read
A maintenance planner requesting a work permit on a tablet in a plant.
Permit-to-Work

Permit to Work at Your Site, Part 1: The Permit Request Model

Some sites need every permit reviewed before work starts. Others trust their crews to issue their own. Part 1 of two: how the permit request model runs, where it fits, and how it is configured to your site.

September 16, 2026•5 min read
Construction site supervisor reviewing digital permit-to-work approvals on a tablet while crews work at height and near an excavation.
Industry Insights

Permit to Work in Construction: Types, Permits & Software

Construction permits, contractor competence and the shift handover, where paper permits fail most often. With YIT Tripla's experience of managing hundreds of hot work permits.

August 25, 2026•5 min read
A refinery worker reviewing a digital permit to work on a tablet beside process piping and gas-testing equipment.
Industry Insights

Permit to Work System in Oil and Gas & Chemical Plants

A practical guide to the permit to work system in oil and gas, covering hot work, gas testing, confined space, LOTO and audit-ready records.

August 25, 2026•5 min read
Technician using a digital permit-to-work app inside a data center hall during electrical maintenance.
Industry Insights

Permit to Work for Data Centers: Construction & Operations

A practical guide to permit to work for data centers: contractor access, electrical safety, and audit-ready records in build and live operations.

August 25, 2026•7 min read
Digital Permit-to-Work Implementation Planning Guide: printed cover with industrial workers on site
Permit-to-Work

When it’s time to fix your paper-based permit-to-work process

Paper-based PTW processes are slow, error-prone, and hard to audit. Digital systems fix all of that, and they’re far easier to implement than most organisations expect.

April 12, 2026•3 min read

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