Industrial + Process Safety
Having a sound Process Safety Management (PSM) foundation is imperative to life safety, business continuity, loss control, regulatory compliance, and environmental protection.
Identify + Manage Risks of Hazardous Chemicals
Our process safety consultants have a well-established team to help audit, develop, implement and maintain your process safety program at all stages of operation to meet these critical requirements, whether or not your facility is subject to PSM compliance. Through our risk-informed approach, deep knowledge of the underlying codes and standards, and practical engineering expertise, we develop an approach to process safety tailored to your business needs.
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
Our certified PHA staff can help you and your team prepare for and document a PHA at the design stage, prior to startup, and during re-validations. We can develop a tracking and prioritization system to resolve PHA findings. Our team can lead your Hazards and Operability (HAZOP) studies, What-If Analyses, Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA), Fault Tree Analyses (FTA) and Event Tree Analyses (ETA).
Process Safety Program Audits
Process safety needs evolve throughout the lifecycle of a facility—from design to decommissioning. In addition to stated regulatory compliance mandates, process safety programs should reflect the current state of the facility. Our process safety management consulting is available to provide a full audit team or a subject matter expert to lead an internal team.
Adiabatic Reaction Calorimeter
Our process safety laboratory offers the full suite of analytical testing methods. This includes the Adiabatic Reaction Calorimeter (PHI-TEC II). This state-of-the-art apparatus will characterize material hazards for process safety analyses. Our scientific team can conduct quick tests to screen the runaway explosion hazard of chemicals as well as longer and more detailed tests to determine reaction data necessary for vent sizing in emergency relief system design.
Risk Analysis
For a complete Process Safety Management program, all potential impacts need to be analyzed. We will help identify and perform a Level of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) analyses for ISA S84.01 or IEC-61511 compliance, and Security Vulnerability Analysis.
Process Safety Training
Through on-site training or customized online learning, our team can help your staff keep current on a wide range of process safety training topics. Ongoing training is a cornerstone of a robust safety culture and we can help with its introduction as well.
Job Hazard Analysis
Effective facility and process design is the foundation for protecting your staff from possible effects of hazardous materials. We will conduct a Job Hazard Analysis in conformance with NFPA 2113 to help determine the appropriate level of protection in each hazardous area, including the adequacy of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Explosion Protection
Industrial explosions present serious risk to any company that manufactures or handles combustible dusts and vapors. Ignition of a dust or vapor cloud in process equipment can not only destroy the primary vessel, but also spread to interconnected equipment and into the plant, causing secondary explosions with devastating results. We have developed various methods of deflagration protection, in accordance with NFPA 68 and NFPA 69, that can protect facilities against explosions and limit the extent of damage, including rapid explosion suppression, venting and isolation. We can also conduct third-party reviews to ensure compliance.
Environmental Health + Safety Programs
Our approach goes beyond regulatory compliance by implementing comprehensive, compliant, and holistic health and safety programs that focus on the people who keep businesses running. With technical expertise in global management systems, risk assessment, incident investigation, safety culture development, fire protection, environmental protection, hazardous materials, safety engineering, and process safety, we address stakeholders' needs—including business continuity, environmental impact, and evolving security threats—supporting our clients' safety journeys across all sectors and disciplines
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MEET OUR EXPERTS
Jens Conzen
Vice President, Business Development
Jens Conzen
Vice President, Business Development
MBA, Data Science, MS, Engineering Mechanics, Dipl. Ing., Produktiontechnik (Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering and Business), Professional European Engineer, EUR ING, Member, Principal Technical Committee Member NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems, Member, Energy Storage Fire Prevention and Mitigation Advisory Committee, Member, Member, Member
Christopher Unangst
Manager — Industrial + Process Safety
Christopher Unangst
Manager — Industrial + Process Safety
BS, Chemical Engineering, Certified Safety Professional, Member, Member, Member,
Jeremy Lebowitz
Senior Director + Market Leader
Jeremy Lebowitz
Senior Director + Market Leader
BS, Chemical Engineering, MS, Fire Protection Engineering, Registered PE: MA
Mark Suski
Senior Director, Business Development – Midwest Region
Mark Suski
Senior Director, Business Development – Midwest Region
BS, Fire Protection Engineering Technology,, AS, Fire Protection Engineering Technology, Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS), NICET, Fire Alarm Systems - Level IV, NICET, Special Hazards Suppression Systems - Level IV, Principal Technical Committee Member NFPA 75, Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment, Principal Technical Committee Member NFPA 76, Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities
Dr. Gayle Nicoll
Principal Process Safety Consultant
Dr. Gayle Nicoll
Principal Process Safety Consultant
PhD, Chemistry, MS, Chemistry, BS, Chemistry, BS, Physics, Certified Safety Professional, Associate Safety Professional, Registered Environmental Professional, FEMA Emergency Management Incident Command, OSHA Certified Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, HAZWOPER Site Supervisor, Certified Chemical Security Compliance User, CFATS
Dr. Jonathan Hodges
Manager, Research, Development, Testing + Evaluation Division
Dr. Jonathan Hodges
Manager, Research, Development, Testing + Evaluation Division
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, MS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Member
Anil Kapahi
Director, RDT+E
Anil Kapahi
Director, RDT+E
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Member, Member, Member
Adrian Pierorazio
Senior Director, East Canada
Adrian Pierorazio
Senior Director, East Canada
B.Sc.e, Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc.(eng), Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A., Executive Leadership, Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, Professional Process Safety Engineer, Fellow, Professional Engineer: BC, AB, ON, NS, Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, NAFI
Parker MacNeil
Lead Engineer
Parker MacNeil
Lead Engineer
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Diploma, Chemical Engineering, P.Eng.: NS, Member, Member
Dustin Baucom
Process Safety Consultant
Dustin Baucom
Process Safety Consultant
PhD, Chemistry, BS, Chemistry (summa cum laude), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), ASP-37158
