HazRes Hazard Research and Risk Consultants Ltd. is a technologically advanced safety consultancy and testing company that works closely with clients to recognise, quantify and manage hazards related to flammable and explosive materials. We can help you conduct your business in a safer manner. HazRes’ mission is to focus on your organisation’s problems and concerns regarding safety, and provide cost effective integrated answers that are of the greatest benefit to your overall program. Services We have comprehensive, state-of-the-art experimental facilities and equipment, allowing our personnel to handle an unprecedented range of scenarios on a wide range of scales. HazRes’ product and service portfolio is unparalleled, providing a complete “one-stop-shop” to its clients, including the following services: Energetic Consequences and Blast Effects Blast Resistant Structural Design Safety and Risk Management Experimental Research and Testing Investigation Services Training and Educational Services Contact us for the latest information on HazRes’ products and services, or to contact us with specific requestsEnergetic Consequences and Blast Effects Services HazRes can help your organisation to identify and understand the consequences of flammable and toxic material releases, including their effects on people, assets and operations. Prediction capabilities range from dispersion modelling to the physical effects of explosions from blast loads and fragment generators.We work with our clients to develop tailored prevention, mitigation or protection strategies, which can successfully be applied to a wide range of projects, from facility siting and occupied building studies through to blast resistant structure design. Blast Resistant Structural DesignOrganisations concerned with providing protection from accident and/or terrorist threats can take advantage of HazRes' specialist structural design and analysis skills, research and design capabilities and practical construction experience. Previous applications have included the design and analysis of structures protecting against air blast, fragmentation impact and other impulsive loads, blast containment chambers and structural upgrades to existing buildings. A fundamental understanding has been achieved of how buildings and structures respond under blast loading and their modes of failure by conducting accident investigations, structural explosion testing, and advanced analyses. We offer the following structural services: Construction technique analysis to evaluate performance under blast loads Upgrade of construction to resist blast loads Conceptual design of new facilities to determine optimal siting and construction requirements while meeting blast criteria Design of new buildings to resist the effects of close-in explosions Design of “Enhanced-Conventional” construction to resist moderate blast loads from nearby explosions or far-field blast loads Upgrade of existing blast resistant buildings to enhance blast capacity Design and evaluation of barricades used to control fragments and suppress blast from potential explosions Counter terrorist structural mitigation techniques for new and existing structures Safety and Risk Management Safety and Risk Management protects assets and employees by not only identifying and evaluating threats, hazards or other exposures to losses and costs, but also mitigating them through the development of sound management strategies. Outlined below are HazRes' numerous assessment techniques, which provide tools for further risk management decision-making.Risk Analysis HazRes offers a comprehensive range of risk analyses, including risks to people, production, assets, business, the environment and markets:Facility Siting & Work Place Risk Analysis Studies Qualitative Risk Assessment and Risk Ranking Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA) Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Evaluation and Verification Demonstrations of ‘as low as reasonably practicable’(ALARP) Production and management of complete ‘safety cases’ Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) Control Of Major Accidental Hazards (COMAH) Implementation Occupied Building Analysis Studies Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) and Hazard Identification (HAZID) ATEX Directive and DSEAR Regulation Compliance Security/Terrorism Vulnerability Assessments Independent Assessment of In-house Risk/Safety Documents Risk Management HazRes personnel have helped many companies in creating, developing and placing overall risk management systems into action, as well as individual risk analysis procedures. Risk management systems include a multitude of criteria not only measures for recognising and analyzing risks, but also procedures for risk-based decision making, including: Process Safety Management (PSM) Insurance Risk Engineering (IRE) Loss Prevention Engineering Risk Based Decision Making Emergency Response Planning Due Diligence Experimental Research and Testing Services The basis to provide a truly accurate hazard prevention solution, is through comprehensive testing and scientific analysis. Our extensive and technologically advanced testing facilities allow us to verify the results of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and structural analysis predictions, as well as providing state-of-the-art R&D services. Additionally, our consultants' considerable experience with scientific experimental techniques and the latest instrumentation gives us unique testing abilities in the field of explosion and shock wave physics. The extensive internal and external testing facilities available to HazRes offer a comprehensive and diverse range of testing abilities. Our facilities include: An internal laboratory for consultation testing associated with small scale fundamental combustion, explosion and shock studies. Instrumentation and data acquisition to measure high speed energetic events such as temperature, pressure, velocity, displacement and material response with data capture speeds up to 10 million per second. Small diameter research apparatus to investigate energetic reactions including flames and flame acceleration, detonations and shock waves whilst varying physical parameters. Large scale testing apparatus including pipelines of various internal diameters up to 18”, explosion chambers and heated apparatus to investigate gas explosion phenomena on larger industrial scales. Specialist equipment for in-situ performance, operating and forensic testing. An extensive database of over 35 years of previous R & D work. Investigation ServicesInvestigation of accidental and intentional events is a prime focus for HazRes. Our aim is to resolve and establish the root cause of an event, and provide recommendations and advice on prevention and mitigation techniques against future occurrences. We also offer litigation support in legal cases in the form of expert witnesses.HazRes can provide a fast response to assist clients in exercising control, organisation and investigation execution, as well as assisting the client in responding to authorities and stakeholders. We can supply technical expertise and experienced leadership to assist clients through all phases of an investigation. Examples of activities that can be carried out by our personnel to support accident investigation include: Planning and coordination Collecting, preserving, control and retention of evidence Interviewing witnesses Documenting damage to structures and equipment Mapping fragment and debris throw Conducting chemical and metallurgical analyses Developing potential accident scena rios Determining explosion source and energy Developing blast load contours Simulating the accident through modelling Conducting experiments to investigate scenarios Determining origin and root cause Providing litigation support and expert testimony Third party site access and request coordination Accident site control procedures Control and maintenance of paperwork (Chain of Custody, protocols, etc.) Safety and health procedures (site safety plan, etc.) Investigation Services Investigation of accidental and intentional events is a prime focus for HazRes. Our aim is to resolve and establish the root cause of an event, and provide recommendations and advice on prevention and mitigation techniques against future occurrences. We also offer litigation support in legal cases in the form of expert witnesses. HazRes can provide a fast response to assist clients in exercising control, organisation and investigation execution, as well as assisting the client in responding to authorities and stakeholders. We can supply technical expertise and experienced leadership to assist clients through all phases of an investigation. Examples of activities that can be carried out by our personnel to support accident investigation include: Planning and coordination Collecting, preserving, control and retention of evidence Interviewing witnesses Documenting damage to structures and equipment Mapping fragment and debris throw Conducting chemical and metallurgical analyses Developing potential accident scenarios Determining explosion source and energy Developing blast load contours Simulating the accident through modelling Conducting experiments to investigate scenarios Determining origin and root cause Providing litigation support and expert testimony Third party site access and request coordination Accident site control procedures Control and maintenance of paperwork (Chain of Custody, protocols, etc.) Safety and health procedures (site safety plan, etc.) Training and Educational Services In addition to our extensive consultancy and testing services HazRes is able to provide customers with short courses and training on various specialised topics. Training can be provided as residential or non-residential courses at a number of locations in the UK and USA or at customer’s premises. We also offer a range of independent and in-house workshops to develop safety awareness and culture within organisations. For more information on our future courses and training that we have to offer please contact us.