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Leveraging Risk-Based Facility Siting Assessments for Safer Operations

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BakerRisk Marketing

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July 2020

As organizations continue to adapt to challenges, we have noticed a trend in HSE and Operations professionals leveraging facility siting studies to support safety measures for their facilities.

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Our team of experts in Process Safety, Structural Analysis, and Blast Effects offers a unique, detailed, and holistic approach to conducting the initial risk-based facility siting study, creating a comprehensive baseline risk profile. Often, we are requested to further explore the potential risk drivers with a more detailed analysis to better understand the severity and/or frequency of the hazard.  Through comparisons with the base-line risk that clearly shows how effective various mitigation strategies can be and help make decision makers choose the appropriate strategy to protect their personnel and assets.

Examples of Follow-Up Studies Clients Use to Better Manage Risk

From Baseline to Better Risk Management

We are proud to provide clients and industry professionals with mitigation strategies and solutions during these ever-changing and challenging times. Whether you’d like to explore potential services, or you’d like to dive deeper into identified risks, we’re here to help! Reach out to our team of experts today and pave the way to a safer tomorrow.

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