Product Safety Assurance

The SOFEC Quality System is certified by Det Norske Veritas to the ISO 9001 standard under the accreditation scheme of the U.S. Registration Accreditation Board (ANSI-RAB) and is among the best in the industry.

SOFEC is committed to achieving performance in Product Safety and Quality Assurance by systematically planning, reviewing and verifying that our products are safe, reliable and cost effective using proven assurance technologies:

• Process and System Safety Management
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis
• Risk Based Inspection
• Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics
• Quality Assurance Engineering

SOFEC develops engineering designs to detect, control and mitigate health, safety & environmental risks associated with its marine terminals and floating systems:

• Hazardous Area Classification & Ventilation Systems
• Emergency Relief & Venting Systems
• Emergency Warning & Communication Systems
• Emergency Disconnect Systems
• Fire, Gas & Smoke Detection Systems
• Safety Interlock, Trip & Shutdown Systems
• Fire Prevention & Protection Systems
• Pollution Prevention & Environmental Protection Systems

SOFEC routinely carries out formal safety and reliability assessments to demonstrate that hazards with the potential to cause a major accident have been identified, and that the risks to people, property and the environment have been evaluated and adequately controlled:

• Hazard Identification (HAZID, Hazard and Operability Studies, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis)
• Risk Evaluation (consequence modeling, event frequency modeling, quantitative risk analysis)
• Emergency System Survivability & Reliability
• Smoke & Gas Ingress
• Fire & Explosion
• Escape, Evacuation, & Rescue
• Safety Integrity Level