BakerRisk Acquires Bryant-Lee Associates in Expansion of Materials Engineering and Testing

  San Antonio, Texas – Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk), a San Antonio-based leader in providing solutions to manage hazards and risks, acquired San Antonio based Bryant-Lee Associates (BLA) on David Lee performing field work and examination of equipment December 14, 2021 which expands  BakerRisk’s materials science capabilities to include BLA’s  capabilities and…

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BakerRisk Learning Center Training Courses are open for 2022

Our Learning Center Course Catalog for 2022 is now available! We are excited to bring you another year of interactive courses with leading industry insights and real life applications. BakerRisk continues to find ways to help our clients improve their understanding and management of risk. Our learning center courses can also help you earn professional…

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BakerRisk at the Hazards31 Virtual Conference

We are pleased to sponsor, exhibit, and present at the Hazards31 conference! Visit our booth to see the documents we have available for download, including our papers and presentations! Additionally, our team will be available at our booth to speak with attendees about our presentations and more. Not able to attend this conference? Request presentation…

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They came for the pizza, they left “blown away”, Dr. Kelly Thomas visits the American Institute of Chemical Engineering Chapter at UTSA

Dr. Kelly Thomas recently visited the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) student chapter at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to share some of his experience gained from over 30 years of leading explosion hazard analyses and incident investigations for refineries, chemical processing plants, offshore oil production platforms, and other industrial facilities.…

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Journal of Failure Analysis & Prevention celebrates 20th anniversary with BakerRisk articles

Dan Benac

BakerRisk conducts failure analysis of components and equipment for various industries.  Failure analyses are performed to understand how something broke, corroded, or failed so that it can be prevented from happening again. BakerRisk’s engineering experts not only conduct investigations, but also contribute to articles on how to investigate those failures. In celebration of their 20th…

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Presentations for the 2021 GPA Midstream Convention Pipeline Safety Forum

BakerRisk will present at the 2021 GPA Midstream Convention in support of pipeline safety. We have incorporated our collective experience with pipeline failures and incident investigations, dispersion analysis, fire consequence modeling, field testing, and industry regulations to share guidance that will help reduce the risk of pipeline failures and to properly plan for consequences if…

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Renewable Natural Gas: considerations for the safe design and operation for an innovative process for achieving a sustainable future

The U.S. produces almost 70 million tons of waste each year[1], which, over time, generates biogas with the help of bacteria. Biogas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases and is generally released into the atmosphere. However, waste collection plants are now looking at ways to collect the biogas and refine…

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Summer 2021 Newsletter: Terminal Risk Management

Below is our Summer 2021 Newsletter dedicated to Terminal Risk Management. If you’d like to receive these topics directly in your email box, click here. If you’d like to learn more about these topics or speak with a consultant, please Contact Us. A key function of storage terminals is to provide critical buffer volume for the global…

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Release of BakerRisk’s HF Water Mitigation Best Practice

The purpose of this BakerRisk Best Practice is to document general guidance for establishing a highly effective risk mitigation program for building occupants through Hydrofluoric (HF) water mitigation strategies. Recent industry accidents (Torrance, California; Superior, Wisconsin; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Rotterdam, Netherlands) have led to increased awareness and scrutiny of the potential hazards associated with HF…

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Risks in the Cannabis Industry: BHO Lab Explosions

Butane Hash Oil Labs: Understanding Risks and Implementing Safety Measures In recent years, the cannabis industry has experienced significant growth and transformation, giving rise to various extraction methods to produce concentrated cannabis products. One of these methods is the extraction of butane hash oil (BHO), which involves using flammable solvents to extract concentrated cannabinoids from…