Our Services
Alarm Philosophy Development
Avoca Consulting provides complete development & review services for your site’s alarm philosophy. We ensure it includes all the detail mandated by the most relevant industry standards. Your alarm philosophy is the cornerstone for an effective alarm management program. This document effectively becomes the ‘rule book’ for how your site executes the alarm management program.
Alarm Rationalization
Avoca Consulting provides experienced facilitators to lead your alarm rationalization efforts. Alarm rationalization is a critical component of any alarm management program. Alarm configuration is reviewed in detail, and the team drives the alarm system into alignment with the site alarm philosophy. Having an experienced 3rd-party facilitator ensures that this key process is carried out in a way that’s: objective, comprehensive, and efficient.
Alarm Management Training
Avoca Consulting provides comprehensive training to support your organization through the entire alarm management lifecycle. We deliver workshops ranging from Leadership Orientation (½ d) through Principles & Practices (2 d). Training can be customized to your organization’s requirements and provided onsite to minimize your training costs.
Alarm Management Audit
Avoca Consulting provides objective 3rd-party audits of your organization’s alarm management program. We benchmark your facility against the most relevant industry standards and recognized best-practices; IEC 62682, ANSI/ISA 18.2, EEMUA 191, API RP 1167, etc.
Monitoring & Assessment
Avoca Consulting provides periodic monitoring & assessment of your alarm system performance. We review relevant alarm system KPIs and provide guidance on how to resolve emerging issues. Monitoring & assessment services can be provided at multiple different levels of the organization: enterprise, site/facility, and specific area/unit.
Control Systems HAZOP
Avoca Consulting provides experienced facilitators to lead your CHAZOP studies. CHAZOP provides a means to systematically review the design and operation of a control and safety system to identify potential hazards and/or operability problems. CHAZOP is a critical component for any greenfield automation project, and for all control system upgrade projects.