Case Studies

Energy company Scottish Power set out to learn from others about asset integrity, process safety management and key performance indicators, so it looked to the chemical and major hazard industries for good practice.

Martin will be presenting this paper at HazardEx 2012 & taking questions Scottish Power has taken this learning and good practice and made dramatic improvements in its management of risk, delivering significant cost savings to the business. In fact, the Institute of Chemical Engineers recognised this achievement by awarding first prize to the...

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Valspar Europe has recently had an installation of loading bay equipment from Stertil Stokvis to ensure safe and efficient operation of an Atex Zone 2 area within its manufacturing and distribution at Deeside in Flintshire, Wales. Atex Zone 2 classification relates to the installation of equipment and machinery and Stertil Stokvis was chosen to supply loading bay equipment which would fully meet the requirements of the directive for Valspar Europe. The Deeside operation sees an average of 25 trailers and container vehicles a week arriving to load and unload palletised drums and IBCs. The equipment supplied and installed by Stertil Stokvis included a six tonne capacity telescopic lip dock leveller - type XP22-21, a WI...

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British Energy recently commissioned Carillion Communications to create a bespoke audio-visual simulation facility at their Sizewell B plant in Suffolk. Sizewell B power-station has the UK’s only large Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) and is capable of supplying around two million households. The station supplies 3% of the UK’s entire electricity needs and employs over 500 staff. The audio-visual installation extends over several working environments, a control room and one large plant area.  The requirement was to create a simulated working environment with the ability to re-create real-life operations and possible problems under the close scrutiny of the Sizewell training team.  The brief included the capability for two-way...

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Fifty top-tier COMAH companies have signalled their intention to upskill their Senior Executives and Board Members in the area of Process Safety Leadership, demonstrating their appetite for a quality assured approach to training delivery in the chemical and petrochemical industries. The National Skills Academy for Process Industries has worked with Cogent, the sector skills council for the science-based industries and a consortium of trade bodies and senior industrialists to set the standards for the Process Safety Leadership for Senior Executives course. This high level course will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the business case for effective process safety management. It will offer a clear insight into...

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