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Commercial Assets and Human Health Exposure Protection

EMI/RFI Services for Commercial Properties

We Protect Your Data, and Your Bottom Line.

The ever-growing threats of EMI interference
Commercial and residential high-rises are growing like weeds in major cities around the world.
Primary distribution systems supply the substations and switchgear rooms to sustain daily operations, thereby generating elevated and high 50/60 Hz magnetic fields.

The World Trade Towers, Bank of America, Goldman-Sachs, Raytheon, Intel, Rockefeller Center—they all posed unique challenges. Is your building safe and secure?
At Vitatech, we don’t believe in cookie-cutter solutions because they put our clients at risk. The only way to be certain you are protecting essential assets is through detailed assessment and simulation. There are no shortcuts. That’s why it’s crucial to have experienced engineers managing every detail of your project. Once we’re done with our comprehensive survey, assessment, and simulations, we’ll provide you with a detailed, understandable report of our findings, and what the best practical and cost-effective EMF solutions are for your building.

EMI/RFI Survey, Design Fabrication, Installation. All Under One Roof.

What do our services protect you from? Here’s a short list: 

EMF emissions from subways, electric trains, transmission and distribution lines, transformers, secondary feeders, switchgear rooms, substations, industrial processing facilities, RF transmitters, microwaves, and radar sources. Not only are humans at risk, today’s servers, IT and telephony equipment, data centers, and multi-media equipment have EMI susceptibility requirements as required by EMC immunity standard CENELEC EN 55035:2017.

When EMF levels exceed acceptable human exposure and EMI/RFI equipment susceptibility levels, Vitatech recommends, designs and installs customized, state-of-the-art mitigation solutions for our clients.

Our Comprehensive Commercial Services

Full-Spectrum EMI/RFI Testing

Full-spectrum DC, AC ELF, and RF EMF Surveys

We specialize in full-spectrum (0 Hz – 26 GHz) electric and magnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EMF consultation services for commercial clients, telecom closets and the business world at large. Vitatech tests the following non-ionizing frequencies:

  • Geomagnetic/Static DC electric/magnetic frequency sources from (0 Hz – 10 Hz)
    • Sources Include: geomagnetic, electrified or diesel trains, vehicles, MRIs, NMRs, research/ramping magnets and processing equipment
  • AC ELF (extremely low frequency) electric/magnetic frequency sources from (3 Hz – 3000 Hz)
    • Sources Include: transmission/distribution lines, transformers, switchgears, busways, risers, conduits, panels, subways/trains, electronics, etc.
  •   VLF (very low frequency) and LF (low frequency) frequency sources from 3 kHz – 30 kHz
    • Sources Include: electrotechnical equipment, high resolution display systems, florescent lighting systems, etc.
  •  RF (radio frequency) electric/magnetic frequency sources from 14 kHz – 26 GHz
    • Source Include: mobile, marine, UHF/VHF, cell/PCS, radar, radio navigation services, government time radio stations, military communication, etc.
  •  PQ (power quality) electrical sources (harmonics, voltage/current surges, etc.)

Building Design Support

Medically driven and shared research facilities around the globe are investing in site assessment services to evaluate the internal and external sources of EMF/RF for “clean bill of health” purposes. We examine possible EMI emissions in the proposed building systems that will compromise human occupied areas or medical and emergency diagnostic/research equipment from electrical and electromechanical distribution and infrastructure systems.

EMI/RFI design criteria will be recommended for building sites, health care centers, in-patient suites, triage centers, emergency rooms, and medical diagnostic facilites.

MRI and NMR Planning

Industry protocol requires posting of 5 Gauss warning signs in public and patient areas where potential exposure to the MRI 5 Gauss isoline could compromise implantable devices. Vitatech will review all siting and planning guides for MRIs, fMRIs, and NMRs and liaise with manufacturers to guarantee the horizontal and vertical isolines are within safe human limits.

To reduce the degradation of the MRI, fMRI, and NMR systems, prudent separation distance from electrical distribution, adjacent MRIs/NMRs, elevators, trains and more is highly suggested for precise and dependable data and preserving the integrity of the equipment. Additionally, Vitatech reviews structural and MEP drawings to identify the potential for magnetization of steel rebar.

EMI/RFI Mitigation

Vitatech provides prudent hospital/health care center recommendations for ensuring a low-level magnetic field environment for the hospital employees, patients and diagnostic equipment. We provide the following mitigation services for medical facilities:

  • Magnetic Shielding – reduces emissions from electrical sources and equipment with highly conductive magnetic shielding materials
  • Magnetic Field Cancellation System –  custom engineered single-axis magnetic field canceling system (MR K) Hyperlink
  • Setback Guidelines – define safe limits for human health or medical diagnostic equipment from EMF/RF sources, also known as prudent avoidance.

Who and What We Protect

Commercial Assets and Human Health Exposure Protection:

  • Human Health Exposure
  • Building Control Systems (HVAC, Power Monitoring, etc.)
  • Fire and Security Control Systems
  • Communication Systems (Telephony, Fiber, WiFi, etc.)
  • Data Centers (Servers, Magnetic/Optical Storage, Networks, etc.)
  • Multi-media (Audio/Video, Broadcast Receivers, Lighting Systems and ITE)
  • General Office and Operations Equipment

Services: Site Surveys, Simulation Modeling, Magnetic Shielding