Functional Safety Specialists
Fulcrum is an independent company
which specialises in Functional Safety
compliance solutions for UK industries.
Founded in 2014, we have established
ourselves as a flexible company that can
adapt quickly to our client needs and
timescales.
Based in the north east of Scotland, we
support UK industries in all aspects of the
Functional Safety Lifecycle. Functional
Safety is essential to all process plant
operations and our objective is to
provide an efficient, high quality service,
delivering Functional Safety solutions
to ensure compliance and continued
safe operation. We currently operate a
business management system which is
certified to ISO-9001, ISO-14001 and
OHSAS-18001.
We currently provide services for major
oil companies and smaller independent
operators. The standards that we work
with are equally applicable to the UK food
and drink industries as they are regulated
by the Health and Safety Executive, with
the approved code of practice IEC-61511,
“Safety instrumented systems for the
process industry”.
Currently consisting of a team of
five full time staff, we have proven
competence by means of the TUV
Rheinland Functional Safety Program,
having both the FS Engineer and FS
Expert qualification in our team. We also
have expertise in the leading software
products used in the management of
Functional Safety.
Two important aspects of the Functional
Safety lifecycle that we provide services
for are HAZOP and SIL assessment,
where we would analyse the design
and operation of your process plant
to assign adequate reliability targets.
We also follow on from those stages
with a hardware verification study, to
ensure that these targets can be met
practically.
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In terms of training & competence, we
have developed our own web-based
training for operators and technicians,
to ensure that people have adequate
knowledge of process plant protective
functions and the responsibilities that
they have in maintaining them. This
training carries CPD certification.
With the release of IEC-61511 Edition 2
in 2016, we are providing audit services
to comply with the new requirement
for mandatory Functional Safety
Assessments in lifecycle stages 1 to 5.
This covers all aspects of a process plant
from design, operation and maintenance
to decommissioning.
Finally, we have recently had discussions
with a major distillery company to
provide HAZOP services for one of their
sites. On another site, we have been
asked to provide bespoke proof testing
services on-site to ensure that there is
documented evidence that the protective
trip functions are working to adequate
standards.
For more information, visit
www.fulcrum-ns.com