May 2010 - Rail Safety Assurance
Having successfuly delivered a RAMS and Safety Assurance course to the Turkish State Railway Management team in February this year we have supported both Thales and Invensys with improvements to their Safety Assurance systems.
Additionally we have been successful in establishing ourselves on RailCorp (Sydney) Panel of Safety professionals and are provding support to them from June till September on the Clearways project
Feb 2010 -Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies
ARC has achieved a 2 Star Status in Best Companies Accreditation 2010!!!
Additionally ARC made it into the Top 100 Best Small Companies published in the Sunday Times ranking at 44th which was the top Scottish based company.
 
A record 1,086 organisations from the private and public sectors applied for Best Companies Accreditation this year, showing how high a priority staff engagement is. Of these, 773 made the grade. Just 50 companies achieved three stars, and 140 companies 2 Stars. Forty-one organisations in Scotland received accreditation status, of which ARC was one!
Jonathan Austin – Founder and CEO of Best Companies stated
“We would like to congratulate Abbott Risk Consulting on their outstanding achievement. An engaged workforce is essential as organisations move out of the recession and into a more stable economic situation. No doubt many organisations have tackled redundancies and rapid change this year. But organisations like ARC that have kept on engaging their staff and making sure they are involved in the business will be in a good position for the future and should be congratulated for their efforts”.
Oct 2009 - Ergonomics Society Registration
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Abbott Risk Consulting has been officially accepted as an Ergonomics Society Registered Consultancy.
The Ergonomics Society is the UK-based professional society for Ergonomists, Human Factors specialists and those involved in user-centred design. As the longest established body of its kind, the Ergonomics Society serves the interests of members from the UK and those who join from other countries by:
- Encouraging and maintaining high standards of professional practice through education, accreditation and professional development
- Promoting the interests of ergonomics and ergonomists across government, academia, business and industry, and
- Raising awareness of ergonomics in general.
The Ergonomics Society maintains a Consultancy Register, which is intended as an authoritative list of individuals and organisations capable of providing ergonomics advice to clients, on a consultancy basis, to the high technical and commercial standards required by the Society.
ARC has been added to the Ergonomics Society Consultancy Register. The Consultancy Register can be found on the Ergonomics Society Website |
August 2009 - ARC Expands Systems Engineering
ARC has recently recruited Don Reid into the Systems Engineering Team in Edinburgh. Don was previously Instrument Technical Authority for INEOS Grangemouth, where he was responsible for Safety Integrity Level Assessments, LOPA, Reliability Modelling, Hazardous Area Classification etc. He was also on the Buncefield Process Safety Leadership Group Working Group 3: Control and Instrumentation.
Optimisation of Passive Fire Protection
ARC has recently completed a PFP optimization exercise for Hyundai Heavy Industries as part of OFP2 Platform detailed design. Non-linear finite element analysis software USFOS was used throughout the project and resulted in the removal of half the PFP previously recommended, which represents a considerable cost saving.ARC has recently being carrying out work for clients on the development of safety cases in the UK regulatory regime for new build nuclear reactors and associated plant. This is an exciting development for ARC which it is hoped will lead to further opportunities.
ARC has continued its relationship with clients in the Caithness area by recently sponsoring the Safari Open. UKAEA remains one of ARC’s biggest clients in the nuclear sector, and support is now being provided to them on commercial decommissioning activities, where safety case advice is being provided.
August 2009 ARC Expands Systems Engineering
ARC has recently recruited Don Reid into the Systems Engineering Team in Edinburgh. Don was previously Instrument Technical Authority for INEOS Grangemouth, where he was responsible for Safety Integrity Level Assessments, LOPA, Reliability Modelling, Hazardous Area Classification etc. He was also on the Buncefield Process Safety Leadership Group Working Group 3: Control and Instrumentation.
Optimisation of Passive Fire Protection
ARC has recently completed a PFP optimization exercise for Hyundai Heavy Industries as part of OFP2 Platform detailed design. Non-linear finite element analysis software USFOS was used throughout the project and resulted in the removal of half the PFP previously recommended, which represents a considerable cost saving.
Chevron - Chevron UK has awarded ARC a contract for Process Hazard Analysis Services. All Chevron UK installations will be subject to process hazard analysis over the next 18 months and ARC will provide a team of consultants to carry out the work in Aberdeen.
September 2008:
ARC has recently being carrying out work for clients on the development of safety cases in the UK regulatory regime for new build nuclear reactors and associated plant. This is an exciting development for ARC which it is hoped will lead to further opportunities.
ARC has continued its relationship with clients in the Caithness area by recently sponsoring the Safari Open. UKAEA remains one of ARC’s biggest clients in the nuclear sector, and support is now being provided to them on commercial decommissioning activities, where safety case advice is being provided.
October 2007: Jerry Mullins and Jo York join the fast expanding ARC’s Manchester office
Jerry was previously with Asher Consulting and prior to that Serco Assurance. He has over 16 years experience in the assessment of major accident hazards and has worked extensively with HSE plus a number of clients in the chemical and onshore oil & gas sector. Jerry has also been involved in producing nuclear safety case documentation; principally assessing conventional (non radiological) hazards.
You can contact Jerry on 0161 435 6400 or jerry.mullins@consultarc.com
Jo has worked in the Safety & Risk consultancy sector for over 15 years. Before joining ARC as Senior Administrator, Jo worked for Asher & another consultancy, where she first met with many of ARC’s senior staff.
Jo will be responsible for all Associate administration & client liaison. You can contact her on 0161 435 6611 or jo.york@consultarc.com
September 2007: Jon Myers has joined the ARC
Jon has joined the Nuclear Business within ARC and will be the senior member of staff in the Manchester office. He started his career at BNFL over 20 years ago and has since worked for AEA (Serco), Vectra & Asher. Jon is well known to many at ARC, having worked with them previously. You can reach him at jon.myers@consultarc.com or 07834 657848.
August 2007: DE&S Framework
ARC has been awarded one of the Framework Agreements for Technical Support by Defence Equipment and Support (de&s). This one year enabling contract (with options for yearly extensions) allows all MoD departments to have access to ARC’s technical and engineering support functions.
May 2007: ARC welcomes Matt Froude
ARC would like to welcome Matt Froude who is joining ARC from SERCO assurance. Matt will join the nuclear safety team, in our rapidly expanding Manchester operation
May 2007: Shell awards OKOLOMA HSE Case to ARC
ARC is developing the HSE Case for the OKOLOMA Gas Plant in Nigeria on behalf of SPDC Nigeria.
May 2007: Total awards safety and risk studies for CLOV FPSO to ARC
ARC is carrying out a range of safety and risk studies on the CLOV FPSO to provide input to key layout and design decisions. The work includes Fire Risk Assesment, Gas Dispersion and Explosion Analysis and Quantitative Risk Assessment.
May 2007: ARC awarded framework agreement UKAEA Dounreay
ARC has been awarded a framework agreement for safety case support services at UKAEA Dounreay. The contract runs for three years until May 2010, and continues ARC’s long relationship in providing safety case and engineering services to the Dounreay site. In percentage terms ARC came out top against all competitors in the bid process which analysed at technical competence and value for money.
March 2007: ARC awarded contract with RailCorp Australia.
ARC is undertaking a review of the current engineering authorities, contractual arrangements and relationships with other entities with regard to the acceptance of major asset projects. This project consolidates our relationship with Railcorp and our entrance into the Rail Industry.
March 2007: ARC wins first contract with Studsvik
ARC Limited has been awarded its first contract by Studsvik UK Ltd. The contract is for the provision of HAZOP 2 services relating to the carbonation tower at Magnox Electric’s Hunterston A site. ARC look forward to working with Studsvik on this job and to developing a close-working relationship.
March 2007: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
ARC awarded four year safety and risk management support contract with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
January 2007: ARC awarded Nuclear Advisory Support Term Commission by Defence Estates
Defence Estates have awarded ARC a term commission contract for the provision of advisory services for nuclear facilities in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme (NNPP) and other MoD nuclear works projects. The advice to be provided relates to all stages of nuclear support facilities and sites, from initial concept, through life planning, design, construction, hand-over, use, maintenance and ultimate decommissioning, demolition and disposal. |
