DESIGN VERIFICATION
Design Verification is an independent review of the designed intent of an engineered system or process to confirm that it meets the best practice standards. These checks can be performed against: Duty Holder’s Performance Standards, National Regulatory requirements, Regulatory Guidance and associated Approved Codes of Practice, Recognized international standard (ISO/ IEC / DIN / BS etc.), Standards from professional societies (ASME / API etc.), Corporate Standards, Design Specifications, etc.
As per widely accepted local or international legislations:
An Owner / Employer must ensure that;
(a) Equipment is of sufficient size, strength, design and made of suitable materials to withstand stresses imposed on it during its operation and to perform the function for which it is intended or was designed,
(b) The rated capacity or other limitations on the operation of the equipment, or any part of it, or supplies as described in the manufacturer’s specifications or specifications certified by a professional engineer, are not exceeded,
(c) Modifications to equipment that may affect its structural integrity or stability are performed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications or specifications certified by a professional engineer, and
(d) Equipment and supplies are erected, installed, assembled, started, operated, handled, stored, serviced, tested, adjusted, calibrated, maintained, repaired and dismantled in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications or the specifications certified by a professional engineer.
Business Challenge
New Design
Sometimes what the job calls for just can’t be purchased–but it can be designed, fabricated and certified.
Whether it’s a spreader bar, a lifting device, a tool rack, a man-basket, or a jib crane, sometimes the job calls for a custom design. Our team can help define your needs and then create and validate a design to fulfill them. We can produce drawings from which to build the design to specifications and to code, load test, inspect and certify the resulting equipment. We can produce the required documentation on capacity, safe use and maintenance that you will need to use the new design properly.
Whether your custom design sees use in the field, on a third-party site, or only on your own location, having verified capacity ratings, operating and maintenance instructions and a validated design are a necessity. A culture of safety has safe, documented, and maintained equipment at its heart.
Existing Items
You own it, you use it–but you have no documentation–and that’s a problem.
It happens more often than you think. Lost documents, obliterated manufacturer’s marks, bought at auction, fabricated by Joe’s Welding the way he’s done a hundred of them, got it when we bought out XYZ Corp–all sorts of reasons. But you have been using it, safely, sometimes for years. Then the day comes when some questions come up:
How do we repair it?
How do we maintain it?
What is its maximum safe working load?
What jobs is it useful for?
What jobs should it NEVER be used for?
These are questions that an employer is legally responsible for answering under local or international legislations.
When there is no original manufacturer you can turn to answer these questions and fulfill these legal obligations, we can help. Our engineering team can document your ‘mystery’ equipment, validate its design, work out safe working capacities, and supply operating and maintenance instructions and certify the equipment as safe to operate.
What we offer
Lloyds Bureau’s qualified and internationally experienced engineers, certified from “Association of science and engineering technology professionals of Alberta”- Canada assess all safety aspects of the facility design and check compliance with international standard requirements. The design appraisal is performed through a review of the design documents prepared by the designer or manufacturer, including drawings, calculations notes, specification & functional diagrams, special surveys and more. We are using industry’s best and premium software to produce models, assembly and drawings. Our results are verified by reliable simulation software.
Our services include but not limited to;
- Equipment Capacity Verification
- Prepare Safety Notes
- Run Finite Element Analysis to Verify the Capacity Calculations
- Perform Failure Mode Effect Analysis
- Produce Detailed Manufacturing Drawings
- Produce Bill of Materials
- Assist on Project Management
Should you have any of the above mentioned verification or validation services, please request a quote by clicking below: