Technical Safety

Workshop Facilitation
We have a selection of dedicated Chairpersons with significant industry experience able to facilitate workshops. Our Chairpersons have a history in executing and coordinating the following workshops:
– Organazation Vision, Mission and Strategyies Statements
– Hazard Identification Tools (HAZID)
– Hazard and Operability (HAZOP techniques)
– Offshore Activities Risk Assessment Review
– BOWTIE
– Safety Integrity Level (SIL Assessments)
– Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
– Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
– Reliability Operability Maintenance (ROM)

Safety Engineering
EPC is a specialist provider of the following safety studies to identify process or non-process hazards, analyze their effects and assess the risks associated with the facilities or operations during normal operations or simultaneous operations (SIMOPS)
– Fire and Explosion Hazards Analysis (FERA/FEA/FRA/FEDHA)
– Gas Dispersion and Smoke Ingress Analysis (GDSI)
– Exhaust Vent Study
– Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Analysis (EERA)
– Emergency Systems Survivability Assessment (ESSA) Dropped Object (DOS) and Material Handling Study
– Ship/Helicopter Collision and Structural Failure Study
– Transportation Risk Assessment (TRA)

Fire Detection and Fire Protection System Design
At Erika Perkins Consult, we have team of specialists who provides fire risk assessment and fire risk safety engineering design to ensure fires and smoke are detected on the onset of the events and appropriate controls and mitigations safeguards are provided to protect people and their environments from the destructive effects of fires and smoke. EPC also provides guidance to our clients in the selection of appropriate systems in accordance with the best industry practices and client specifications.

EPC specialist services include:
– Fire, Heat and Smoke Detection System Design
– Active Fire Protection (AFP) Design
– Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Design
– Fire and Gas Mapping
– Fire Dynamics Analysis/Fire Effects Modelling

HSE Risk Management
Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
Qualitative Risk Assessments and Quantitative Risk Assessments are specialized methods for calculating risks to individuals, public (societal risk), the environment and/or assets. As part of the formal safety assessment required in the project HSE management, a QRA is highly demanded by our clients to idenufy major accident hazards and reduce the significant risk ontributor according to the As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principle.
EPC can provide the following comprehensive studies and solutions:
– Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) for onshore and offshore facilities
– Offshore/Onshore Pipeline QRA
– Miscellaneous Risk Assessments.
– Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS) Risk Assessment
– Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
– ALARP Assessment
EPC uses client proprietary software’s and approved EPC in-house consequence modelling and risk tools.

HSE Management System Development and Compliance

HSE MS development and compliance form a major part of EPC consultancy work. Our team provides advisory services to assist our clients in handling HSE issues associated with their facilities and operations from the earliest stage of the project and provides services to develop formal documentation for the HSE MS and outlines the appropriate actions to be taken in every project activity to ensure effective HSE management. Our services extend to assist our client to update and maintain the document as a live system through the whole project lifecycle.

Our specialist services are as follows:
Offshore HSE/Safety Case Development
HSE/Safety Case Updates/Revisions and Bridging Documents
Hazard and Risk Register Preparation
Emergency Response Plan (ERP) Development
Performance Standards (PS) Development for Safety Critical Elements (SCEs)