IPDS has a great deal of experience in Hazardous Area Classification and the design and installation of electrical equipment and circuits in Hazardous Areas on Top Tier COMAH sites. We can offer expertise in a range of services tailored to suit your needs such as:
Chair And Lead Area Classification Meetings
Provide Experienced Process And Electrical Engineers To Support The Client's Own Personnel.
Carry Out Detailed Plant, Equipment And Services Surveys.
Produce The Necessary Hazardous Area Plan And Elevation Layout Drawings, With Supporting Calculations, Data Sheets And Reports
IPDS engineers can perform the following activities to ensure compliance with the requirements for any new or existing process/site:
Carry out a risk assessment of the dangers
Maintain an Explosion Protection Document
Advise on any further training of staff to the level of competency required
Ensure that an adequate maintenance strategy is in place or update existing
Eliminate or reduce the risks
Classify plant and site into hazardous and Non-hazardous zones
Provide adequate written Instructions, Permits to Work and Control of Work Procedures and enforce them
Inspect, identify and correct any defects in the explosion protection systems deployed.
Where necessary IPDS will arrange for site equipment surveys to be carried out, with management, production and implementation of the necessary systems, strategies and documentation. The following forms the IPDS approach through the design and build process regarding Hazardous Areas:
Risk Assessment
Provide coordinated compliance strategy.
Eliminate or reduce risk so far as is reasonably practicable.
Training.
Written instructions and Permit to Work procedures
Identification of containers / pipes containing hazardous material.
