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High ethical standards enable new technologies to enter markets and assess their impact

Due to the complexity of scientific research and the impact that emerging technologies have on people’s daily lives, it is of tremendous importance that scientific research and technology development is conducted in accordance with high ethical standards.

Standards help us to produce and introduce new technologies to the market as well as to properly assess their impact on environment and society.

As a result of extensive investigations, broad consultation and mutual learning processes with hundreds of stakeholders, the SATORI CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA 17145) on “Ethics Assessment of research and innovation” was published in June 2017 and it can be freely downloaded from the website of the SATORI project.

CWA 17145 consists of two parts:

Part 1 “Ethics Committee”, which contains core recommendations on ethics assessment and the composition and operations of ethics committees.

Part 2, which contains an additional ethical impact assessment framework, which is a novel approach for anticipating and ethically assessing social & environmental consequences of research and innovation. It combines ethics assessment, impact assessment and technology assessment.

This workshop agreement has been developed by the Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN) and Danish Standards (DS), in collaboration with partners in the Research and Innovation EU SATORI project. The final SATORI Conference ‘Ethics assessment of research and innovation: looking to the future’ was held on 18-19 September 2017, in Brussels.

Improving safety and reliability in process industry plants

Development of safety and reliability programmes for crucial plants

Ahmad Hosni, MSc, a Functional Safety Senior Engineer, Certified Functional Safety Expert/Professional and Certified Fire Protection Specialist, has just published a book on process safety and reliability programmes for process industry plants. e-tech publishes here a summary of the main findings of his book. 

Ahmad Hosni recently published a book on process safety and reliability programmes for process industry plants

Following up on previous work and experience

Hosni, contributed an article for e-tech on Asset integrity and functional safety in 2015. The article drew lessons from the February 2015 condensate leak incident on the Gudrun North Sea offshore platform operated by Norway's Statoil company.

Hosni shared with e-tech some of the findings of the book he recently published. This book focuses on process safety and reliability programme for the process industry plants (chemical, petrochemical, oil, gas, power generation, mining and nuclear power plants).

Developing such a programme faces a lot of challenges, Hosni says.

This leads to the spread of common imperfections and even mistakes in such programmes. In addition, the availability of too many engineering, operation and maintenance Standards and practices (like IEC 61511, Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector, American Petroleum Institute (API) 14C, Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems for Offshore Production Platforms, etc.) that were not developed to be aligned, contributed to inconsistency in many of the programmes developed.

The relatively new approach in IEC 61511 and in IEC 61513:2011, Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control important to safety – General requirements for systems, did not introduce new findings but rather organized the risk-based design approach whose basics have already been known from before and required by some regulations, Hosni says.

The Standards introduced new terms and guidance on how to achieve the design and perform maintenance in a systematic and consistent way. The new terms introduced are like “functional safety”, which, in IEC 61511 does not only include safety-instrumented systems but also other protection layers (like pressure relief valves).

IEC 61511 and IEC 61513 a possible answer for most safety barriers

Can the standardization developed in IEC 61511 and IEC 61513 be applied to all safety barriers? The answer, says Hosni, is yes for most barriers especially those that aim at preventing fire, explosion, flammable and toxic releases. The benefit of this is significant improvement in safety and cost savings estimated at some 10% of capital expenditure and 30% of operational expenditure per plant. The real question is: How to design and operate the plant that way in a fully-integrated and consistent manner?

Process safety, reliability programmes, and challenges explored

Hosni’s book, “Development of a process safety and reliability program for the process industry plants” discusses the elements of process safety and reliability programmes for the process industry plants (chemical, petrochemical, oil, gas, power generation, mining and nuclear power plants). Moreover, it discusses the common imperfections and challenges that such programmes have in plants built until now. Furthermore, it recommends better practices to be followed in developing these programmes and each element they include. It also provides insights on cost and its balance with safety and reliability especially since, when Hosni started writing this book, oil prices dropped significantly, something that happened also more than once over the history of the oil industry.

As described in the standardization process presented in IEC 61511 and IEC 61513, plant design until decommissioning is an interlinked process.

Therefore, all activities need to be connected together and consistent and this while avoiding redundancy and inconsistencies.

This implies restructuring engineering teams to achieve consistency, safety and save cost. It also implies aligning safety and reliability studies like quantitative risk analysis (QRA), hazard and operability study (Hazop), consequence modelling, layer of protection analysis (LOPA), safety integrity level (SIL) assessment, hazardous area classification, fugitive emissions, valve tightness and the design of safeguards like alarms, trips, relief valves, protective barriers and dikes, etc. and the inspection and maintenance programmes.

Hosni’s book gives a comprehensive review of works published previously and more recently, followed by an analysis of a case study showing the typical weakness points common in many plants design and maintenance. It further explains how to carry out the restructuring and configuration within the design and engineering phase, as well as the operational phase of the plant till its decommissioning.

Several common design cases are also discussed with recommendations on how to organize the design in the safest and most cost-effective manner.

All the information contained in this book should be of interest to engineers and other experts involved in the design, operation and management of process industry plants. It is also worth noting that the book is now an IChemE Global Award Finalist

Reference: Ahmad Hosni (2017), Development of a process safety and reliability program for the process industry plants

*Ahmad Hosni, MSc, is a Functional Safety Senior Engineer (FS Eng), Certified Functional Safety Expert/Professional (CFSE/CFSP) with TüV SüD/CFSE Board CFSP, TüV Rheinland, as well as a National Fire Protection Association/Certified Fire Protection Specialist (NFPA/CFPS)

Improving safety and reliability in process industry plants

Development of safety and reliability programmes for crucial plants

Ahmad Hosni, MSc, a Functional Safety Senior Engineer, Certified Functional Safety Expert/Professional and Certified Fire Protection Specialist, has just published a book on process safety and reliability programmes for process industry plants. e-tech publishes here a summary of the main findings of his book. 

Ahmad Hosni recently published a book on process safety and reliability programmes for process industry plants

Following up on previous work and experience

Hosni, contributed an article for e-tech on Asset integrity and functional safety in 2015. The article drew lessons from the February 2015 condensate leak incident on the Gudrun North Sea offshore platform operated by Norway's Statoil company.

Hosni shared with e-tech some of the findings of the book he recently published. This book focuses on process safety and reliability programme for the process industry plants (chemical, petrochemical, oil, gas, power generation, mining and nuclear power plants).

Developing such a programme faces a lot of challenges, Hosni says.

This leads to the spread of common imperfections and even mistakes in such programmes. In addition, the availability of too many engineering, operation and maintenance Standards and practices (like IEC 61511, Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector, American Petroleum Institute (API) 14C, Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems for Offshore Production Platforms, etc.) that were not developed to be aligned, contributed to inconsistency in many of the programmes developed.

The relatively new approach in IEC 61511 and in IEC 61513:2011, Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control important to safety – General requirements for systems, did not introduce new findings but rather organized the risk-based design approach whose basics have already been known from before and required by some regulations, Hosni says.

The Standards introduced new terms and guidance on how to achieve the design and perform maintenance in a systematic and consistent way. The new terms introduced are like “functional safety”, which, in IEC 61511 does not only include safety-instrumented systems but also other protection layers (like pressure relief valves).

IEC 61511 and IEC 61513 a possible answer for most safety barriers

Can the standardization developed in IEC 61511 and IEC 61513 be applied to all safety barriers? The answer, says Hosni, is yes for most barriers especially those that aim at preventing fire, explosion, flammable and toxic releases. The benefit of this is significant improvement in safety and cost savings estimated at some 10% of capital expenditure and 30% of operational expenditure per plant. The real question is: How to design and operate the plant that way in a fully-integrated and consistent manner?

Process safety, reliability programmes, and challenges explored

Hosni’s book, “Development of a process safety and reliability program for the process industry plants” discusses the elements of process safety and reliability programmes for the process industry plants (chemical, petrochemical, oil, gas, power generation, mining and nuclear power plants). Moreover, it discusses the common imperfections and challenges that such programmes have in plants built until now. Furthermore, it recommends better practices to be followed in developing these programmes and each element they include. It also provides insights on cost and its balance with safety and reliability especially since, when Hosni started writing this book, oil prices dropped significantly, something that happened also more than once over the history of the oil industry.

As described in the standardization process presented in IEC 61511 and IEC 61513, plant design until decommissioning is an interlinked process.

Therefore, all activities need to be connected together and consistent and this while avoiding redundancy and inconsistencies.

This implies restructuring engineering teams to achieve consistency, safety and save cost. It also implies aligning safety and reliability studies like quantitative risk analysis (QRA), hazard and operability study (Hazop), consequence modelling, layer of protection analysis (LOPA), safety integrity level (SIL) assessment, hazardous area classification, fugitive emissions, valve tightness and the design of safeguards like alarms, trips, relief valves, protective barriers and dikes, etc. and the inspection and maintenance programmes.

Hosni’s book gives a comprehensive review of works published previously and more recently, followed by an analysis of a case study showing the typical weakness points common in many plants design and maintenance. It further explains how to carry out the restructuring and configuration within the design and engineering phase, as well as the operational phase of the plant till its decommissioning.

Several common design cases are also discussed with recommendations on how to organize the design in the safest and most cost-effective manner.

All the information contained in this book should be of interest to engineers and other experts involved in the design, operation and management of process industry plants. It is also worth noting that the book is now an IChemE Global Award Finalist

Reference: Ahmad Hosni (2017), Development of a process safety and reliability program for the process industry plants

*Ahmad Hosni, MSc, is a Functional Safety Senior Engineer (FS Eng), Certified Functional Safety Expert/Professional (CFSE/CFSP) with TüV SüD/CFSE Board CFSP, TüV Rheinland, as well as a National Fire Protection Association/Certified Fire Protection Specialist (NFPA/CFPS)

BSI launches new Kitemark for Functional Safety

-ABB’s Emerg-ilite EMEX Power central battery system for emergency lighting is first product to achieve this Kitemark-

BSI, the business standards company, has today launched a new Kitemark™ to help manufacturers demonstrate that their products are both effective and fit for purpose, and can function in times of emergency.

The BSI Kitemark™ for Functional Safety will verify that a manufacturer’s electrical or electronic safeguarding systems will perform when required, and at critical times throughout their lifecycle. This may include products such as emergency lighting, fire and security alarms or valve and emergency shut-offs. The first product to achieve the Kitemark is ABB’s Emerg-ilite EMEX Power central battery system for emergency lighting.

Functional Safety is increasingly becoming a requirement to prove the reliability of safety-related products to customers and specifiers, in the event of incidents such as operator errors, hardware failures or environmental changes. In order to measure the safety performance or probability of failure for a system, designers specify SILs (Safety Integrity Levels) – the higher the SIL level, the lower the probability of failure and the better the performance of the system.

The new Kitemark rigorously and independently verifies the SIL, providing assurance that these safeguard systems work exactly as they should, even if they are dormant for extended periods. The scheme has been developed for applications where the consequences of failure could result in significant risk to the public, employees or environment. For example in fuel storage depots, shopping malls or hotels.

In order to achieve the BSI Kitemark for Functional Safety, manufacturers will be independently assessed against the requirements of EN 61508 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems. BSI’s technical experts will validate that the manufacturer’s capabilities and processes for generating products meet the required SIL throughout the sixteen phases of the safety lifecycle. As with other Kitemarks, organizations holding the Kitemark will be routinely assessed.

Darren Birch, Global Product Line Manager at ABB Emergilite said:“Obtaining the third party Kitemark certificate from BSI is essential to give the specifier, designer and user (the responsible persons) the peace of mind that the product is fit for purpose and has the highest qualifications in its class for safety and reliability.

 “In today’s emergency lighting market the competition is fierce and we are flooded with products at lower price points and claimed benefits. However we strongly believe that our products should be a pinnacle of what safety products are meant to stand for, and this certification along with others we hold provides an excellent standpoint to emphasise this.”

Natasha Bambridge, UK Product Certification Director at BSI said: “The industry is increasingly using automated safeguarding systems, therefore it’s vital that the necessary processes are put in place to prevent injury to people and livestock, damage to assets or environmental harm.

 “The BSI Kitemark has a long established history of supporting organizations and consumers to help them manufacture and select products and services that they can trust; with new schemes being developed in response to societal needs. Achieving this independent third party certification will help organizations to demonstrate that the Safety Integrity Level claimed for the product can be achieved.”

New code of practice for recording data on underground utilities

BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new code of practice to transform the way data on underground utilities – such as water pipes, telephone lines, and fibre optic cables – is captured, recorded, maintained and shared.

Accurate mapping of underground utilities – also known as “buried assets” – is vital for those undertaking excavations in order to maintain service, minimize costs and comply with health and safety legislation. There are in excess of 3 million highway excavations each year – yet there is scant industry guidance for asset owners on how they might best manage and maintain these data records. This results in unnecessary excavations, causing needless environmental disturbance and inconvenience for the public. 

PAS 256, Buried assets – Capturing, recording, maintaining and sharing of location information and data – Code of practice, was created to address the variable quality, reliability and availability of existing data. Sponsored by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the PAS provides recommendations and guidance to improve the capturing, recording and maintaining of data related to buried assets, and the security-minded sharing of asset information relating to utilities’, local authorities’ and other providers’ infrastructure.

The vast network of buried assets in the UK, typically owned by utility companies and local authorities, form a key part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure. The PAS applies to buried assets located in private and public land, and the code of practice covers:

–          transition of spatial data, using relative accuracy as a minimum and moving towards absolute accuracy, (including depth) together with supporting evidence such as photographs or tagging

–         inclusion of decommissioned or abandoned assets when sharing data

–          the use of warning and protection devices to aid the final location of the buried asset

–          a target number of days to make data available for sharing from installation

–          the capture of data emanating from works carried out under s50 license or equivalent 

–          compatibility with Geography Markup language (GML)

–          the inclusion of local authority and other organizations’ buried assets

–          movement from paper or microfiche records to a structured, accessible digital format

–          symbology, typology, colour coding and layering

–          a data glossary

Ant Burd, Head of Market Development for Built Environment at BSI, said: “Needless digging wastes time and money. PAS 256 was created to make it easier for organizations to capture, record, maintain and share the location of their excavation work. Access to data is a win-win for the industry, the environment, and local residents subjected to repeated digging outside their homes or businesses.”

PAS 256 is intended to be used alongside PAS 128, Specification for underground utility defection, verification and location. PAS 128 applies to active, abandoned, redundant or unknown underground utilities and the location of their associated surface features. It specifies requirements for the detection, verification and location of existing and new underground utilities.

In addition to the Institution of Civil Engineers, the following organizations were also involved in the development of PAS 256: A Luck Associates; Aberdeenshire County Council Atkins; Centriforce Products Ltd; Civil Engineering Contractors Association; Enfield Council; Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd; Les Guest Associates; LinesearchbeforeUdig Ltd; National Joint Utilities Group; Ordnance Survey Ltd; Pitney Bowes Software; Premier Energy Services Ltd; Subscan Technology Ltd; Thames Water; TPS Consult; Transport for London; University of Birmingham, School of Engineering; and a co-opted member.

A proposed ASTM International standard will help characterize the quality of diesel fuels and biodiesel blends. The proposed standard (WK51775) is being developed by the committee on petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants (D02).

The proposed standard will be used to separate and determine the content of aromatics, nonaromatics, and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in middle distillates, including biodiesel blends with up to 20 percent by volume of FAME.

“The knowledge of total content of saturates and aromatics in middle distillates is useful to investigate the effects of petroleum processing on production of various finished fuels,” said ASTM International member Yang Tingting a senior engineer at the SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing in China. Tingting notes that the method described in the standard is time-saving and environmentally friendly.

The proposed method could be used by refinery plants, diesel fuel producers, and analytical laboratories.

The next meeting of Committee D02 is December 3-7, 2017, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Seeking comments on early-stage analysis of the impacts associated with draft changes to AS 3959, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas

In accordance with the Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) Protocol for NCC Referenced Documents, Standards Australia’s technical committee FP-020 has developed an early-stage analysis of the impacts associated with draft changes to AS 3959, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in the form of a draft Preliminary Impact Analysis (PIA).

The ABCB’s PIA process is a requirement to make changes to documents referenced by the National Construction Code (NCC). AS 3959 is a current referenced document in NCC Volumes One and Two. The PIA requires the identification of the nature and extent of the problem, consideration of all feasible options that address the problem, and a cost-benefit analysis of all options considered. Also, it will be used to support the proposal to reference when considered by the ABCB’s Building Codes Committee.

Standards Australia is seeking responses from all interested parties on the ‘Consultation Questions’ contained in the PIA. This will assist in establishing the nature and extent of the problem and the likely impacts of Option 2. See PIA below. Responses to the questions are invited until 22 November 2017 and can be emailed to Damith Rupasinghe, Project Manager at Damith.Rupasinghe@standards.org.au. All responses will be used to inform the final PIA.

The public comment process remains subject to Standards Australia’s public commenting procedures. Access the AS 3959 draft and submit comments through our Public Comment portal. All comments must be received by 22 November 2017. Contact Ron Pulido Stakeholder Engagement Manager 02 9237 6077

BSI certifies first MRO site in the world against newly revised MRO aircraft Quality Management System standard

UTC Aerospace Systems’ maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Prestwick, Scotland, is the first site in the world to obtain certification against the revised quality and risk management standard, AS9110C Requirements for aviation maintenance organizations. The site, which provides comprehensive nacelle systems repairs, was independently assessed by BSI (British Standards Institution).

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The revised international standard was published in 2016 and is applicable for both the civilian and military sectors. The standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving a Quality Management System (QMS) for aerospace MRO organizations.

 “UTC Aerospace Systems has demonstrated its leadership and commitment to safety by carrying out and achieving prompt certification to AS9110C,” said Todd VanderVen, President, BSI America Inc. “As a result of this industry first, UTC Aerospace Systems has further cemented its status as a progressive leader in aerospace quality management.”

The AS9110C certification represents the latest aerospace industry best practice to manage and monitor quality across all operations, requiring rigorous audits to ensure correct procedures and processes are developed and followed to ensure flight safety.

AS9110C builds on the revised Quality Management Systems Standard, ISO 9001 which was updated in 2015 to include a high level structure (HLS) – featuring terms, definitions, headings and text common to all management system standards, allowing easier integration when implementing multiple management systems.

First global organizations certified to new BIM Kitemark™ for Asset Management

-Atkins, ENGIE and RTA are the first global organizations to achieve new BSI Kitemark™ for the effective management of asset data- 

BSI, the business standards company, has today launched a new Kitemark™ for BIM (Building Information Modelling) to help the asset management industry demonstrate that they have integrated BIM into their processes. 

The first organizations to achieve the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3 are Atkins, a respected design, engineering and project management consultancy, ENGIE, a leading energy and services group and RTA, the Roads & Transportation Authority of Dubai, a major government agency.

Asset managers have a significant challenge in managing information around the maintenance, performance and legal compliance requirements of assets, particularly where they own or manage assets across multiple sites.

The BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3 Specification for information management for the operational phase of assets using building information modelling validates that any data and information held about an asset (buildings and infrastructure assets), commonly known as the AIM (Asset Information Model) has been defined and managed in accordance with BIM Level 2. BIM is all about collaboration and therefore sharing this asset data brings a number of benefits including improving the management of assets in order to save operating costs, enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing the value of the asset.

It also ensures that asset information requirements are clearly defined with the asset owner and continue to be maintained in line with these requirements. This would typically include operation, maintenance, safety and legal requirements e.g. building regulations, which are all critical to the performance, compliance and safety of an asset.

Neil Thompson at Atkins said: “This BSI Kitemark adds to our ISO certification and demonstrates the importance we place in understanding our clients’ data-rich assets. Through the development of a number of BIM standards globally and our group-wide focus on digital asset management, we’re fully committed to reducing costs, controlling risks and improving the whole-life performance of our clients’ existing infrastructure.”

James Spires, Strategy Director – Services at ENGIE UK said: “The use of data-enriching, 3D information brings buildings digitally to life. BIM enables the digitalisation of our services to customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their building. The new Kitemark for BIM provides reassurance from a trusted accreditor of a robust approach to digital asset management and service quality, bringing multiple benefits to our customers. ENGIE is proud to be amongst the first organizations globally and the first business in the facilities management industry to achieve the new Kitemark certification.”

Wajdi Mereb, Chief Specialist – BIM Manager at RTA said: “We’re delighted to be the first assets owner in the globe to achieve the new BSI Kitemark for Asset Management. This will absolutely help us to demonstrate to our supply chain that the industry recognized processes and procedures for BIM are fully embedded into our organization.”

Andy Butterfield, Director of Built Environment, Product Certification at BSI said: “BIM is fast becoming a game-changer for the construction industry, with governments around the world starting to make it a condition of contract.

 “Its main purpose is to help companies to carry out more efficient methods of design and construction, ultimately driving out waste and inefficiency. Subsequently, owners of large properties, estates or portfolios of assets need to be confident that their assets are maintained effectively and cost efficiently for operational and maintenance purposes. We’ve developed this scheme to provide the asset management industry with that assurance.”

Achieving this Kitemark will also ensure that organizational and strategic decisions are better informed, which is particularly important for commercial and public buildings or infrastructure assets which need to be fully operational at all times. In addition, having this evidence will benefit asset owners should they choose to sell the asset in the future.

In order to achieve the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3, organizations will be assessed against the requirements of the standard by BSI’s technical BIM experts. As with other Kitemarks, organizations holding the Kitemark will be routinely assessed. The BSI Kitemark for Asset Management is available to all asset managers that have a quality management system equivalent to ISO 9001, the Quality Management Systems standard and can demonstrate effective client satisfaction management.

PAS 1192-3 provides guidance to Asset Managers on how to integrate the management of information across the longer term activity of asset management with the shorter term activity of asset construction for a portfolio of assets.

The Kitemark for Asset Management builds on the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-2 Information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects which launched in December 2016. It provides the most robust measurement of a company’s delivery of BIM projects, certifying businesses for their diligence in design and construction, supply chain management and delivery of customer service excellence.

For more information, please visit www.bsigroup.com/BIM-UK

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