Practical process safety guidance for capital project teams — written for engineers, project managers, and PSM leads who need it right the first time.
HAZOP studies generate dozens — sometimes hundreds — of action items. Without a disciplined tracking system, critical recommendations disappear into spreadsheets and project close-out reports. Here's how to build a register that actually closes out before commissioning.
Read Article29 CFR 1910.119(i) gives you four requirements. Experienced practitioners know there are really twelve things that need to be right before you introduce chemicals. The gap between compliance and safety is where incidents happen.
Read ArticleConstruction crews encounter field conditions that don't match the design every day. Not all of them require Management of Change. Knowing which do — and getting the documentation right — is the difference between a clean startup and a §(l) violation.
Read ArticleMost commissioning procedures are written in a hurry. The warning signs are predictable: passive voice, missing acceptance criteria, steps that assume knowledge the technician doesn't have. Here's the anatomy of a procedure that actually guides safe first-time operation.
Read ArticleThe decisions made during FEED determine 70% of a facility's lifecycle risk profile. Layout, relief header design, control philosophy — these are orders of magnitude cheaper to change at FEED than at detailed engineering or construction. Here's what to review and when.
Read ArticleTraining operators for an existing unit is hard enough. Training them for a facility that has never run is a different challenge entirely — there are no experienced veterans to observe, no normalized routines to follow. Here's a structured approach that works.
Read ArticleThese articles cover principles. Your project has specifics — site conditions, phase constraints, regulatory timelines, and stakeholders with different priorities. That's where we work.