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Design Safety
Package Delivery

The conceptual stage is where the project’s risk profile is built and inherent safety flexibility is greatest — the FEL 2 package matures the fundamental safety decisions before that flexibility disappears.

  • Preliminary Risk Register
  • Technological Readiness Level Assessment Report
  • Safety Engineering Implementation Plan
  • Inherent Safety Review
  • HAZID

FEED is where the design basis, key safety decisions and risk controls must reach the maturity EPC execution will be priced and committed on — the FEL 3 package carries the safety deliverables to that maturity.

  • Process Safety Philosophy (Revised)
  • Layout Safety Review (LSR1)
  • Preliminary Flare Radiation and Dispersion Analysis
  • HAC and Relevant Compliance Studies
  • QRA/FRA
  • Fire & Gas Conceptual Design (Philosophy, Mapping, C & E)
  • Alarm Management Philosophy
  • Functional Safety Management Plan
  • Generic SIL Verification
  • ToR and Project Based Philosophy Studies for All Safety Related Deliverables
  • Functional Safety Assessment 1 (FSA1)
  • Process Safety Requirements Specification (SRS)
  • FEED Phase PHA (HAZOP, HAZID etc.)
  • Target SIL Selection
  • Updates of Consolidated Risk Register
  • Passive Fire Protection Studies (Philosophy, Envelope, List of Equipment to be Fireproofed)
  • Active Fire Fighting System Studies (System Concept, Preliminary Calculations, Technology and Equipment Selection)
  • Data Sheet (DS) and Preliminary MR (Material Requisition)
  • Safety Critical Element (SCE) Register
  • 3-Guide-Word Task Analysis for Preliminary Safety-Critical Operating Procedures
  • Initiation of Major Accident Hazard (MAH) Critical Element Performance Standard
  • Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Plan
  • Preliminary Emergency Response Plan
  • Asset Integrity Management Plan (inc. RBI Application Philosophy)

At detailed design the emphasis shifts from choosing the right direction to proving it has been applied consistently — the package delivers the verification and close-out evidence that proof requires.

  • Design HAZOP/HAZID
  • Safety Final Documentation
  • ALARP Demonstration Study Report
  • Safety Final Review Report
  • 3-D Model Safety Review (LSR2)
  • HAC and Relevant Compliance Studies
  • Pre-Start-Up Safety Review (PSSR)
  • Update of PFP and Other Fire Protection Studies
  • Functional Safety Assessment 2 (FSA2)
  • Detailed SRS
  • Final SIL Verification
  • Alarm Rationalization
  • Update of Consolidated Risk Register
  • Occupied Building Assessment
  • QRA (Updated)
  • Technical Integrity Verification (TIV) Report for MAH SCE
  • Final DS and MR for Safety-Critical Equipment and Instrumentation
  • SCE Register (Updated)
  • Safety Equipment and Signage Layout
  • Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) on MAH Critical Tasks
  • Valve Criticality Assessment
  • Human Factor Engineering Assessment & Findings Close-Out Report

Owner
Engineering

DSIB supports the project owners in any EPC, EPCM or Engineering-only project with the below scope depending on the engagement model and scope:

  • EPC Lifecycle Technical Risk Management Including First-of-Its-Kind Plants
  • Governance & Control of Concept, FEED and DE Phase Safety Related Deliverables
  • Licensor Package Review and/or Management (All Phases)
  • SCE Vendor Package Reviews
  • Safety Check Point for DCNs or Requests
  • Lifecycle Design Safety Engineering Planning & Control
  • Write-Up of Project-Based Process Safety Philosophies and Specifications
  • Safety Engineering Domain Consultancy in Digital Twin Projects
  • Follow-Up for Third Party Risk and Integrity Solution or Document Providers

DSIB provides a dossier involving the below studies depending on the engagement model and scope:

  • Design Specifications for Safety Critical Elements (inc. Templates of DS and MRs)
  • Multi-disciplinary Design Safety Procedures as per Each Discipline (Piping, Process, I & C, Static, Rotating, Electrical, Civil)
  • Equipment and Application Specific Safeguarding Philosophy
  • Functional Safety Management Procedure and the Relevant Plans
  • SIS (Safety Instrumented System) Design Specification
  • SIS Element Inspection and Relevant Functional Testing Plans
  • SCE (Safety Critical Element) Selection, Specification and Verification Procedure
  • SRS (Safety Requirements Specification) Write-up Plan
  • Alarm Management Procedure (inc. Rationalization Procedure)
  • All RBI (Risk Based Inspection) Relevant Procedures
  • Emergency Depressurization and Sectionalizing Procedure
  • Passive Fire Protection Procedure
  • Specifications for Active Fire Fighting System Equipment and Systems
  • Fire and Gas System Design Specification
  • Gate-Pass Safety Review Execution Plans and Checklists
  • Overall Risk-Based Process Safety Management System Handbook
  • Further Project-Specific Procedures and Specifications as Required

Depressurization System Safety Review

Some lessons learned from an earlier project of our principals revealing bottlenecks and design errors in depressurization design of a large Turkish chemical plant.

How We Manage Safety Instrumented Functions During Design Phase?

An article from DSIB to raise awareness for functional safety during design.

Multi-Disciplinary FEED Safety Endorsement Before Your EPC Bid

A lump-sum bid prices everything the FEED package says — and everything it doesn't. We review the safety documentation across six engineering disciplines and report what is missing, what is wrong and what it will cost. Before you commit.

Close-up of a safety documentation sign with the word 'ENDORSED' highlighted, showing 'Pre-bid' and 'Rev. 0' at the bottom.