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Introduction - Your Source for Functional Safety

"Mitigating safety risk and maintaining operational reliability"

Assessment and cost-effective reduction of process risks are critical to protecting the safety of employees and the public, minimizing environmental damage, reducing potential capital losses, shortening business interruptions, and limiting legal and regulatory exposure.

Premier Consulting Services (PCS) provides National and International Standards compliance verification, risk analysis, assessment, and reduction methodologies through the application of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) for all major industries, including refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper, utility, nuclear and manufacturing. PCS utilizes specific, high expertise skills to achieve an objective solution that increases safety and reliability performance for our clients.

Creating solutions which yield the greatest cost-to-benefit ratio and increase competitive performance is the focus of Premier Consulting Services (PCS).

This introduction concisely describes the typical SIS project flow with emphasis on compliance to National and International Safety Standards, specifically focused on the IEC 61511 safety lifecycle.

Although some stages or functions may be performed by the end-user, engineering contractor and/or SIS vendor, the outline for each project stage describes all the objectives and deliverables in general terms, irrespective of the provider. Services that are within the PCS scope are highlighted separately.

SIS Project Flow - IEC 61511 Compliant

  1. Site Assessment
  2. Competency Assessment
  3. HAZOP/SIF Review – SIL Assignment
  4. SRS Safety Requirements Specification
  5. SIF Device Selection - PIU - MHFT
  6. Conceptual Design
  7. SIL Verification
  8. Detailed Design
  9. Installation and Commissioning
  10. Functional Safety Assessment
  11. Operation & Maintenance
  12. Safety Audits
  13. Modifications / MOC