engineering & design
Providing front end engineering activities critical for Planning and estimating Process Automation and Functional Safety migration, brownfield and greenfield projects and programs.
Detail Design activities including: Produce, Edit, Scope and issue all key deliverables for engineering and design for process automation, functional safety and panel design projects.
Example deliverables:
P&ID’s, Cause and Effect drawings, Safety Requirement Specifications, Functional Requirements Specification, Wiring diagrams, Layout drawings, Location Plan drawings, Loops, Block Flow diagrams, Startup and Testing Procedures, Estimates and Engineering Plans.
testing & commissioning
Complete testing for systems and full support for implementation and commissioning. Utilizing remote technology to bring together owners and experts for full tests with a fraction of the cost. Commissioning support for implementation, testing and turnover of systems. Development of test and commissioning plans.
Testing
- Factory Testing – Hardware and software testing, documentation, deviations, compliance, signatures, and approvals
- System Integration Testing – System integration testing, peer to peer communication, instrumentation testing, Hart and smart device validation, third party system communication tests
- Site Testing – Testing to support system turnover, deviation checklist and action closeout, system checkout signoff
Commissioning
- Programming and validation – Programming support, review of system logic and programs
- Startup and Commissioning Procedures – Develop and review startup and commissioning procedures
- Onsite support – System checkout, testing, turnover and startup support.
functional safety
Identification & Risk Reduction
Identification & Risk Reduction
Identification & Risk Reduction
- PHA - support, scenario templates, risk summary and action closure.
- LOPA - facilitation and implementation, templates, calculations, database of industry mitigation scenarios.
- SIL - Selection and Tolerable Risk Matrix
- Gap Analysis – identification, quantification and estimating
- Codes & Standards – IEC61511, API 556, 538, 520,521, RP576, NFPA 85,86,87, ISA62381, EMUA 191, ISA 18.2, CCPS …
Identification & Risk Reduction
Identification & Risk Reduction
Full lifecycle capabilities performing all aspects of the functional safety lifecycle as detailed by IEC 61511. This includes solutions and services for:
- Identification
- Engineering and Design
- Implementation
- Maintenance and Operations
- People and Tools
Engineering & Design
Identification & Risk Reduction
Implementation, Maintenance & Operations
- IPL implementation - Facility Siting, Relief Device, Critical Equipment, DCS and Alarm rationalization
- SIF development – System Architecture, SIF Architecture, SIL Calculations, C&E, Logic solver, final elements and sensors
- Instrumentation – PSV, SIL Rated Transmitters & Valves, Loops, Wiring, Cabinet design
- System Design – SIS hardware, cabinets, HMI
- Infrastructure – Fiber optics, Remote I/O, Control Room Layout, RIE and Rack Room
Implementation, Maintenance & Operations
Implementation, Maintenance & Operations
Implementation, Maintenance & Operations
- Project and Program Planning – Project planning addressing program cost, turnaround and outage schedule and prioritizing largest risk mitigation
- Systems Testing and Procedures – FAT, SAT, SIT, proof testing and maintenance plans
- Online Monitoring – Planning and analysis for Safety Lifecycle, maintaining and monitoring Safety Instrumented Functions and Independent Protection Layers
People & Tools
Implementation, Maintenance & Operations
People & Tools
We have extensive experience in functional safety projects and programs with SME’s experienced in System Hardware, Programming, and Software.
People
- Process Automation Professionals
- Fabrication, Design and Engineering Expertise
- Commissioning and startup SME’s
- Certified Functional Safety Experts
- SIS, DCS, PLC and Networking experience
Software & Hardware
- Experienced with Best in class SIL calculation software: aeShield, exSILentia, SILsolver, SLM
- Experienced SME’s using aeShield full software
- Custom fault tree analysis for applications that do not fit simplified equations
- Programming and configuration experience in Emerson Delta V SIS, Honeywell SM, Triconex, RTP, Rockwell as well as legacy systems
Process automation
Implementing process automation projects from system replacements, new installations, and system integration activities.
Full lifecycle support with SME’s experienced in the planning, testing and implementation of process automation projects from simple control panel replacements to process systems and asset control program implementation.
Experienced SME’s with design and engineering of systems, instrumentation and infrastructure for DCS, PLC and SIS integration projects.
