Facility Siting
Facility Siting Services for Process Safety Management
Hazards Analysis
Evaluating fire, toxic and explosion hazard consequences is required by regulatory agencies to demonstrate worker protection and public exposure. ABS Group quantifies consequences to help our clients to clearly understand the risks. Our knowledge and experience with a range of hazard analysis tools allows us to select and apply the most appropriate techniques for each situation. Primary services offered for hazards analysis include:
- Accident Scenario Development
- Explosion, Toxic and Fire Hazard Prediction
- Consequence Based and Risk Based Evaluations
- Portable Building Siting
- Facility Siting Study Updates/Revalidation
- Facility Siting for new process or new building construction
- Detailed Structural Assessments of buildings for blast loads
- Emergency Shelter Evaluations during fires or toxic releases
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling for dispersion, explosion or fire hazards
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modeling for building response
Hazard Remediation
Once an unacceptable hazard is identified, it must be remediated. Our engineers have extensive plant experience developing practical measures to reduce the magnitude or severity of the hazard and to reduce the consequences. This is accomplished through a variety of measures including process changes, relocation of personnel, hardening of facilities and new facility construction. We assist clients in developing a comprehensive remediation plan that includes costs and schedules. Representative tasks include:
- Remedial Action Development
- Building Retrofit or New Construction Design
- Window Vulnerability and Retrofit Analysis
- Debris Hazards Retrofit Design
Additional Facility Siting Services
Our Advanced Engineering services go beyond just performing a study and remediating the findings. We also have experience in the following areas to provide a complete solution to any client:
- Facility Siting guidelines and corporate risk criteria development
- Explosion Testing to evaluate structural response to blast, including structural retrofits
Training
Learn more about our Shock Tube Test Facility for controlled blast tests located in San Antonio, Texas.
Related Services
Process Safety Management
No other firm has as much knowledge and experience in the process safety arena. Commercial clients and government agencies worldwide turn to us to upgrade their level of process safety performance. It is part of a larger Safety, Risk and Compliance effort that has helped many industries avoid major accidents, as well as manage and comply with changing safety requirements. Services cover topics that include:
- Management of Change
- Pre-Startup Safety Review
- Incident Investigation and Response
- Facility Siting
Compliance Management
As regulations and standards change, ABS Group can address the specific challenges at your facility and provide comprehensive solutions. We can not only evaluate assets, but also implement any needed adjustments to your infrastructure. We will help you remain efficient while working to meet or exceed regulations, achieving compliance with a number of governing bodies including:
- NERC
- BSEE SEMS
- PHMSA
- COMAH/SEVESO
- HSE