Posts Tagged ‘Business Interruption’

Business Interruption – Water pipe burst evacuates 3500 from Sydney’s AMP Tower

Friday, February 25th, 2011

A real life example of a business interruption incident today. A burst water pipe in the AMP Building in Sydney caused 3500 staff to be evacuated.

For the businesses without water damage, hopefully access can be restored and everyone is back to work on Monday morning. If any businesses sustained significant damage to their floor, it may be a while longer. This is an example of when having an alternate recovery site location ready to invoke may be necessary.

Read more on Sydney Morning Herald news.. http://t.co/DxhLGrO

The business continuity plan is not just for major catastrophes

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Many organisations have business continuity plans designed to cater for major catastrophes but often don’t consider some of the less dramatic but more common causes of business interruption such as extended power or IT failures. Consider whether your BCP has the flexibility to respond to the wide variety of incidents that may occur.