Vanguard Solutions - Safety, Risk, Reliability and Environmental Management

Vanguard Solutions is an independent engineering consultancy group which provides pragmatic and effective solutions to industry in the fields of safety, risk, reliability and environmental engineering.

SAFETY ENGINEERING AND RISK-MANAGEMENT SERVICES

The Vanguard Solutions Group can provide the following services in the fields of safety engineering and risk management:

• Hazard Identification (HAZID) studies
• HazardD and Operability (HAZOP) studies
• Formal safety assessments
• Concept safety case preparation and review
• Development of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) management systems
• Safety audits
• Quantitative risk analysis
• Risk reduction and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) demonstration
• Development of bridging document and Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS) plans
• Safety system design, e.g. fire protection
• Design validation / verification

RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE-PLANNING SERVICES

The Vanguard Solutions Group can provide a wide range of services in the fields of reliability and maintenance planning. These include risk-management workshops, incident investigation (root-cause analysis), reliability and availability studies, failure modes / effects and criticality analysis, emergency response planning / training, risk-based maintenance planning, reliability-centred maintenance planning, periodical inspection planning, HSE behavioural and cultural services, business interruption risk-assessment, strategy for redundancy and standby equipment, ranking of contributors to unavailability, cost benefit studies and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Assessment.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

The Vanguard Solutions group can provide the following services in the field of environmental engineering and management:

• Environmental impact assessments
• Public environmental review
• Environment Review and Management Programme (ERMP)
• Environmental management plans
• Environmental management systems
• Environmental risk assessment
• HAZID / ENVID support
• Dealings with regulatory requirements and authorities
• Environmental auditing
• Environmental engineering support
• Environmental input into contract selection procedures
• Emission and discharge estimating; internal and external emission reporting

HAZOP TRAINING COURSES

Specialised courses that we offer include HAZOP ‘leadership’ (advanced course for those wishing to either lead HAZOP study teams or gain a greater knowledge of the technique), HAZOP for participants (an introduction to the HAZOP technique), and ‘bow tie diagrams’ - how to represent hazard management via simple diagrams and risk assessment (the basic principles of risk assessment technique).

CUSTOMISED OFFSHORE MANAGEMENT COURSES

Vanguard Solutions can also design and tailor a course to meet our clients’ needs. We would seek to understand specific requirements and either develop the course from the ground up or adapt modules of existing courses to provide totally customised and valuable solutions.

Vanguard Solutions has worked for major clients in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our experience in the offshore oil and gas industry includes:

• FPSOs / FSOs
• Wellhead platforms
• Production platforms
• Pipelines
• Subsea completions and tie-backs
• Jack-up rigs and MODUs
• Processing plants
• Tank farms
• Drilling rigs
• Refineries
• Pipelines