Go to local meetings, read monthly magazines and attend conventions. Let a few updated versions be out and find out from users the on-going pitfalls. Do a general design, but be open to new technology that may influence the final design. Don t design on old technology and then look around. This is a team effort and must include representatives of the various points of view in the company.
Concurrent engineering is the buzz word.
Now you also have to take advantage of the network of people protecting the same type industry. All items in each building and each building in a complex. You need to make list of possible risks which generate additional lists. Review these with associates and obtain additional input. Usually the only way this is accomplished is by wading deeply into the situation and examining the components and recognizing specific similarities and differences with other components.