At Process Safety Consulting we understand that managing risk is paramount in delivering safe and reliable products and systems. Our Functional Safety Services are designed to ensure that your operations not only comply with international standards such as IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 (BS EN 61508 and BS EN 61511 in the U.K) but also align with the best industry practices to prevent harm to people the environment, and your company's reputation.
Functional safety is a challenging subject for many operating sites. Often, the issue lies in taking a silo approach to the subject, seeing it as separate from the overall process safety management system and ALARP case. This lack of integration leads to confusion and an inability to explain the subject confidently to the regulatory authorities.
If you require support from our Functional Safety Consultants then please don't hesitate to get in touch with us today. We are passionate about helping you to resolve these issues and make compliance something that is simple, achievable and understandable.
Our certified Functional Safety Consultants brings a wealth of expertise and experience of applying the safety lifecycle across various sectors in the process industries, including chemicals, industrial gases, fuel storage, distilleries, hydrogen manufacturing, warehousing and energy transition.
By partnering with us, you gain access to professionals who are experienced in the major accident hazard environment and specialise in the following service areas:
Developing and deploying management systems tailor-made for your organisation. Included in this service area are Functional Safety Management Plans, Management of Change and Functional Safety Audits.
Guiding your design team through the complexities of creating systems that meet rigorous functional safety standards. Our technical safety consultants can provide SIL verification studies, including Calculation of Hardware Reliability and Architectural Assessments, to ensure that a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) achieves the requires Safety Integrity Level (SIL).
FSA 1 – 5 are applied are specific parts of the safety lifecycle and aim to check the validity of the work. Our consultants can provide the expertise and independence required to perform these activities.
Our Overview Training extensively covers the IEC 61511 safety lifecycle, from hazard and risk assessment to decommissioning - ensuring a holistic understanding of functional safety management. The course specifically aims to build intelligent customer capability in the subject by identifying and tackling the typical failings.
Are you looking for a trusted partner to help develop or improve your Proof Test Procedures? Our safety engineers can mentor and partner with your maintenance teams to develop maintenance, inspection and proof testing procedures which are in accordance with recognised international standards and accepted good practice..
There is no requirement in the standards for SIL certificated equipment. We can help to assess installed safety instrumented systems to demonstrate that they are fit for purpose in SIL duty.
The SRS is a crucial document which serves as the cornerstone reference for designers, installers, and operators of Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF).
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies, including Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) and Hazard Identification (HAZID) techniques to enable cost effective, risk based decisions to be made.
Looking to determine the safety integrity level (SIL) requirements for your safety instrumented systems? Our experienced engineering safety consultants will guide and orchestrate a variety of advanced techniques, from calibrated Risk Graphs to semi-quantitative Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and fully-quantitative Fault Tree Analysis. .
Functional Safety is a key topic for the Health and Safety Executives (HSE’s) Electrical, Control and Instrumentation specialists under the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regulations. Whether you are preparing for a EC+I COMAH intervention meeting, writing a COMAH Safety Report or responding to a HSE legal action, we can help you.
We aim to partner with you to achieve your objectives, thereby protecting your people, environment, assets and the surrounding community.
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