(56d) Safety First Guidelines to Implement Facility Siting Techniques in the Early Stages of Capital Projects
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
GCPS Electronic Poster Session
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 5:12pm to 5:18pm
Consciously incorporating process safety as part of the project Master Planning effort can help to drive down the cost of implementing safety measures. A common complaint is that safety studies conducted at the end of design phases require costly redesigns or expensive mitigation options. Performing safety studies, such as facility siting, early in the process, provides the opportunity to optimize the layout of the facility for both safety and cost. It can also allow project managers to better understand the costs associated with making design choices. This can facilitate better overall time and cost estimation throughout the project.
Because of the discussed hurdles and benefits, the process safety engineer needs to explore new techniques for increasing the efficiency and transparency of their analysis. This paper will detail guidelines for incorporating facility siting techniques throughout the stages of a capital project to reduce risk and better manage safety spending throughout the project. At each project stage, both the methodology for conducting the analysis as well as the operational and communication challenges that accompany it will be discussed. Examples will be provided that illustrate the effectiveness of the techniques to aid in cost benefit analysis and project forecasting, with the end goal of achieving corporate safety goals while effectively managing safety spending.