Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering

Equity Engineering offers technical expertise for new installations, turnarounds, and safety system validations to help maximize the safety and reliability of instrumentation and control systems. We utilize best practices and ANSI/ISA/IEC codes to evaluate instrument performance, establish maintenance strategies, and resolve complex electrical and control issues.

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Improving Safety System Reliability​

Instrumentation, controls, and electrical systems are the foundation for a safe and reliable plant. If any issues arise, well-designed safety systems will prevent equipment from exceeding safe operating limits.

At Equity, our Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering team combines its industry experience with a practical approach to ensure your field instrumentation, control systems, and power systems are delivering the required performance. We leverage our broad range of expertise to assess your systems and provide practical recommendations that are focused on safety, reliability, and code compliance.

  • Maintain uptime & efficiently control the plant
  • Improve operational reliability & safety of systems
  • Comply with jurisdictional requirements
  • Apply a risk-based approach to maintenance strategy

Instrumentation & Electrical Consulting Service Areas

Instrumentation Technology & Maintenance Strategies

Make informed decisions when designing, troubleshooting, or updating instrumentation technology and process analyzers. Conduct instrumentation mechanical integrity programs and condition-based maintenance to improve system reliability and performance.

Alarm Management

Implement an alarm management program following the ISA 18.2 and IEC 62682 framework. Develop an alarm philosophy document, maintain a master alarm database, perform alarm rationalization, and define and track KPIs to measure progress.

Risk Analysis Studies

Conduct process hazard analyses, layer of protection analysis (LOPA) studies, and quantitative risk analyses to evaluate hazard scenarios.

Functional Safety & Safety Instrumented Systems

Maintain compliance with ANSI/ISA/IEC 61511 with our technical support through all stages of the system’s lifecycle with specific focus on the operation and maintenance stage.

Electrical Systems

Direct on-site electrical safety audits to evaluate performance to relevant regulatory standards and perform power system studies (short circuit, coordination, and arc flash hazard analysis) to ensure safe and reliable operation.

Corporate Best Practices

Access the Equity Engineering Practices (EEPs) for updated best practices on instrumentation, controls, and electrical.

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