While the COVID-19 pandemic and social lockdowns are creating a challenging environment for everyone, we remain open, and have the skills and experience to assist you with your facilitation needs during this time. Feel free to contact us and discuss how virtual sessions can help (e.g. via Microsoft Teams, WebEx, Skype or Zoom).
Getting HAZOPs (and other studies!) done - without the hassle
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A HAZOP (HAZard and OPerability) study is one of the most effective and thorough project risk management tools available to the people who design and manage industrial, process, or manufacturing facilities.
It brings the design and operations experts together in one room to ask and answer the core questions of process integrity in real time. BUT if the study isn't run by a good facilitator, it can be an exercise fraught with time wasting and politics - not to mention a load of laborious documentation. Ekkremon delivers the independent, expert facilitation and documentation services that make sure your HAZOP study gets completed with maximum focus, meaningful results and minimum hassle. Ekkremon also facilitates other technical reviews and process studies: - Job Safety & Environment Analysis (JSEA) - Safety in Design (SiD) workshops - Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) assessments - Layout & design reviews. If there's a technical process that needs a multi-disciplinary team review - Ekkremon can facilitate.
"Had a debrief with the GOI team regarding the recently conducted HACCP assessment....Consensus was that Kathleen did a great job of facilitating and keeping the motivation up and all of us on track. Although she is known for her HAZOP facilitation, we thought that her questioning for clarification was useful and prompted discussion." - GOI Allansford, May 2019 |
"Hi Kathy, Just wanted to say a big thank you again for another session with Goodman Fielder. Your patience, humour and energy really make every session purposeful and deliberate." "Thank you for the energy, process and discipline you brought to yesterday's HAZOP. Best HAZOP session ever...and I've done a few." - Goodman Fielder, June 2021 (virtual HAZOP sessions during Melbourne's 4th COVID-19 lockdown) 
"Right balance of allowing us to expand on certain topics and then 'reminding' us when we go off track."
"Kathy was very engaging, kept us all awake and focussed." "Energy was at a good level but also detailed analysis" - Chobani Dandenong South, April 2021 
"You are very knowledgeable about food processes and do a very good job of asking questions over a wide range of topics/scenarios."
"I was expecting it to be boring and repetitive, however you made it interesting and it did not seem to drag on. You were able to maintain the focus of the group (even though we were all scattered around the state) and keep us all on track." - Bega Cheese Strathmerton, August 2020 (virtual HAZOP during COVID-19 lockdowns) |
Through our process facilitation, we engage your team, empower all stakeholders, and deliver a valuable outcome. You get the best out of your team to achieve what you need.
A quality HAZOP study is:
- a team-based audit of a completed engineering design, that
- explores possibilities and consequences of deviations from normal conditions of the design intent, to
- make sure there are safeguards in place, for the
- protection of personnel, public, property, product and the planet.
It's all about the Process
Well run HAZOP studies have a strong focus on the people & process involved in the review. A strong external facilitator can be invaluable in keeping the process on track.
Our Experience
We are qualified with a B.E.(Hons)/B.Sc. and Cert IV TAA, and have over 28 years industry experience in engineering, production management, lean, continuous improvement, sustainability and consulting.
We have been facilitating successful HAZOP (and other!) studies since 2007 and have served repeat clients across multiple industries, including:
We have been facilitating successful HAZOP (and other!) studies since 2007 and have served repeat clients across multiple industries, including:
- Food, Beverage and Dairy
- CIP (Clean in Place) and Chemicals
- Mining and Metals
- Construction Materials
- Energy generation
- Green Energy
- FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
- Pharmaceuticals
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We have applied HAZOP to:
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We are trained and practiced in the original ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) approach as developed by ICI plc in the late 1960s, and have successfully applied the technique and made it relevant to all industries beyond oil, gas and chemicals. Our HAZOP studies are conducted in accordance with Australian Standard AS 61882- HAZOP Studies Application Guide, 2003. |
"You know your stuff and you make something that could be dull rather good." - Mount Gambier, SA, February 2018 |
We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that the outcomes of the HAZOP study deliver outstanding results through our focus on the people and the process - not just the engineering and technology.
"Very good - good blend of energy and knowledge that made the entire event easy to move with."
"Good facilitator - kept it on track." "Would use you again." - South32 Cannington FIFO mine site Queensland, December 2016 |
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The word ekkremon has been
adapted from the phonetic translation of a Greek word
εκκρεμών
to describe something outstanding.
This website is under continual review and improvement. Last updated: July 2021
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