Safety & risk consulting
Functional safety
The functional safety standards IEC 61508, IEC 61511, IEC 62061, ISO 13849 and all other related standards are expected to be adopted as the best practice approach for specification, design, procurement, installation, operation and maintenance of safety related systems.
Zento Global Solutions can provide practical guidance and support for all aspects of functional safety compliance for new projects and ageing assets. From high level planning and management through to detailed design and validation of safety related systems, our experienced consultants help you understand the concepts underlying these standards allowing you to achieve the safety benefits that come from good application of functional safety techniques.
The services we offer are based on our practical experience of the standards across all lifecycle phases and include:
- Gap analysis and health checks against the requirements of the standards
- Functional Safety Management:
- Developing Functional Safety Management Systems and Plans
- Functional Safety Audits & Assessments
- Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)
- Competence Management Systems
- Supplier assessment
- Hazard & risk assessment
- HAZOP
- LOPA and SIL Assessments
- Developing Safety Requirements Specifications
- Conceptual Design
- Verification & Validation:
- Verification & Validation plans
- SIL (hardware) Verification
- Safety critical software assessment
- Code reviews
- Change and configuration management
- Operation & maintenance phase support
- Development of operation & maintenance plans
- Development and assessment of proof test procedures
- Developing requirements for data collection during the operations phase
- Product certification to the functional safety standards
- Training for managers, engineers, supervisors, technicians and operators
The services we offer are based on our practical experience across multiple industries, and include:
- Corporate Risk Profiling
- Inherent safety
- Process risk and safety advice
- Process safety management (PSM)
- Risk management programs
- Process hazards analysis (PHA)
- HAZID and HAZOP
- HSE Impact Assessments (HSEIAs)
- SIL and LOPA studies
- Consequence analysis using PHAST
- Risk analysis using SAFETI
- Bow-tie Analyses, Safety Critical Elements Identification and Performance Standards
- Transport Risk Assessments
- Drilling/SIMOPs Risk Assessment
- Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling
- Fire and gas systems, 3D mapping and detector optimisation
- Pressure relief systems management
- Facility siting studies
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Due diligence
- Expert witness
- Hazardous area classification
- ATEX and DSEAR compliance
- Technical safety and design reviews
- Process reliability & availability assessment
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Offshore Safety Cases
- HSE Cases, Seveso and COMAH
- Safety case authoring, reviewing and updating
- Formal Safety Assessments
- HSE and Safety Management Systems
- Training
Process safety
When your business involves any hazardous activity, it is imperative that you implement and maintain an effective process safety management system, enabling hazards to be identified and risks assessed and managed, to ensure the facility risk is minimised.
Zento Global Solutions Safety & Risk Management services range from the traditional assessment of risk and input into the design and operation of upstream and downstream O&G facilities, to the growing areas of human factors and safety culture.
We deliver the full suite of engineering safety studies on new development projects, including Formal Safety Assessments, all the way to detailed Process Safety reviews of high risk sites and liability costings for clients considering asset purchases.
Zento Global Solutions can support your project or brownfield asset with highly qualified and experienced personnel who will help you meet your safety challenges.
Machinery safety
We work with companies globally to improve their safety and reliability performance.
For many years production workers have been the interface between raw materials, processing machines, and their products. Hazards existed on these machines which could be avoided using simple, static means. Progressively, machinery is being updated with advanced automation technologies. Production facilities have a need to protect personnel from the very fast and unforgiving machines they operate.
The state of the art in machine safety has rapidly progressed in recent years, from older category-based standards, to the new performance-based standards IEC 62061, and ISO 13849. Combined with ISO 12100, these standards form a holistic approach to machine safety.
Zento Global Solutions offer a complete portfolio of services and solutions to assure the compliance and safety of your plant, equipment and machinery across the complete safety lifecycle. We provide viable solutions to the most complex safety issues in a wide range of industries.
The services we offer are based on our practical experience across multiple industries, new or existing machine designs, and include:
- Gap analysis and health checks against requirements of the standards
- Risk assessment
- Safety concept
- Safety system design
- Safety requirements specification
- System implementation
- Design verification
- Safety validation
- International compliance services
- Inspection of machinery and safeguarding devices
- Site audits
- Conveyor safety
- Training for all personnel interacting with or managing safety control systems
Our early involvement releases you to focus on what you do best with the peace of mind of having a true safety specialist as your partner.
The services we offer are based on our practical experience across multiple industries, greenfield projects and brownfield assets, and include:
- Process reliability & availability assessment
- RAMS studies
- Functional failure analysis
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Criticality Assessment
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Maintenance strategy development
- Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
- Risk Based Inspection strategies (RBI)
- Reliability audits
- Spare parts analysis and optimisation
- Lifecycle costing
The return on investment (ROI) for reliability and asset optimisation projects is often very short and adds value immediately to the company’s bottom line, making them a worthwhile investment even in challenging economic times. Our reliability consultants can identify the improvements to your reliability program that will provide the biggest impact, including:
- Building reliability into the design on major capital projects
- Reducing the cost of unplanned maintenance
- Identifying bottlenecks and opportunities to improve throughput
- Eliminating recurring problems and waste
Reliability
We work with companies globally to improve their reliability performance.
Reliability engineering and asset optimisation focuses on identifying and managing asset condition and mitigating risks that could negatively affect the throughput, productivity or availability of an asset.
Reliability engineering and asset optimisation focuses on identifying and managing asset condition and mitigating risks that could negatively affect the throughput, productivity or availability of an asset.
Zento Global Solutions vast experience in reliability engineering enables us to deliver high quality, efficient and effective reliability support services.
