About Us

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IASM provides a full range of Functional Safety services to a wide range of industries, including the machinery sector; entertainment industry; power generation; oil & gas; nuclear etc. 

Setting the standard on Functional Safety Management in the Biosafety Industry

Over the years, IASM have worked with a number of organisations operating CL3 and CL4 laboratories facilitating research in animal and human health.

IASM have become the leading consultancy for delivering and implementing management systems across these specialist organisations.

Our expertise and experience in this industry has set the benchmark and defined the way Functional Safety is implemented across this industry.

Typical services provided by IASM in the chemical plants sector include:

Polypropylene Plant

• Chaired Quantitative Risk Analysis workshop
• Hardware reliability analysis and SIL verification on existing Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs).

Sulphonation Plant

• Lead and facilitated Layers of Protection Analysis study for entire plant to determine SIL targets for proposed Safety Related System (SRS)
• Conducted Cost Benefit Analysis to demonstrate As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) in line with UK HSE requirements

Typical services provided by IASM in this sector include:

Onshore Gas Treatment Plants

• Undertaking complete review of plants for both Safety Integrity Level (SIL) targeting and SIL verification
• Producing Safety Requirement Specifications for proposed Safety Related Systems

Onshore Tank Farms

• Chairing HAZOP studies
• Conducting Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and SIL Verification of overfill protection systems
• Demonstration of As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) for hazards associated with proposed Safety Instrumented Functions
• Providing guidance on meeting HSE recommendations in line with: HSE Report: Safety and environmental standards for fuel storage sites

Onshore LPG Storage and Distribution Plants

• Conducting SIL assessment of High Integrity Protection Systems (HIPS) to prevent overfill of Butane storage bullets

Compressor Stations

• Providing SIL determination and verification for emissions reduction project

LNG Processing Plants

• Completing post-operational plant review for SIL determination and verification.

Typical services provided by IASM in the Machinery Safety sector include: 

Food Processing

• Conducting machinery safety audits to EN ISO 13849 and providing design consultancy for safety system upgrades

Confectionery

• Performing Machinery Risk Assessment to EN ISO 14121 on Depositor Machines
• Identifying requirements for:
• Safety Control Functions to EN ISO 13849
• Additional Emergency Stop Controls

Milling

• Performing Machinery Risk Assessments to EN ISO 14121 on entire plant
• Identifying requirements for:
• Additional machine guarding
• Formal procedures
• Safety Control Functions to EN ISO 13849

Aluminium Extrusion

• Performing Performance Level (PL) Verification to EN ISO 13849 on Press Line Safety Functions:
• Line isolation
• Shutdown
• Conveyor Access
• Light curtains

Typical services provided by IASM in the Upstream Oil & Gas sector include:

Offshore Drilling Platforms

• Delivering Hardware Reliability Analysis of Emergency Shutdown (ESD) and Fire and Gas (F&G) detection systems and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Verification on existing system
• Providing product certification for legacy ESD system, including ‘prior-use’ assessment

Offshore Wellhead Platforms

• Conducting risk evaluation for the departing gas pipeline with Cost Benefit Analysis
• Chairing HAZOP and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) studies to ascertain Safety Related System requirements
• Producing hardware reliability sensitivity analysis to identify suitable testing/maintenance strategy and system architecture for SIL4  High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS)

Offshore Production Platforms

• Providing Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) including dispersion modelling and consequence analysis
• Facilitating and leading Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and LOPA studies to determine SIL requirements and verification of proposed ESD and F&G detection systems