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Functional Safety Management and Engineering Renewal

After extensive internal and external independent audits Exida has renewed the Functional Safety Management and Engineering systems of Hero Engineering to April 2019.  The Certification reconfirms our SIL 3 capability in compliance to AS/NZS 61508:2010 underpinning our extensive FS works in process and machinery safety. Our certificate can be found: Q12-07-060 C001 R1-1 Hero Engineering_C61508 Service […]

Sandfire Resources – DeGrussa Copper

Sandfire Resources renews DeGrussa I&C contract with Hero Engineering. Commencing in August 2013, Hero Engineering has provided process optimisation with increased plant uptime and increased control systems reliability providing substantial value to the DeGrussa operations and it’s shareholders.

Expert Witness – Functional Safety of Machinery

Hero Engineering acted as expert witness for the defense in a case related to a Mine Winder.  The work involved forensics over the 12 year life of the winder cage systems with investigation into the original design basis, modification management, competencies and incident reporting systems.

INPEX Ichthys Project Update

Hero Engineering has entered into a 3 year agreement with INPEX for Functional Safety Lifecycle engineering to AS 61508 for the Ichthys FPSO, Platform and LNG facilities. The FS works range from SIL Determination, SIL Verification and preparation for the Ops phase across all facilities. The award is a culmination of continued collaboration with INPEX […]

INPEX – Ichthys LNG Project Functional Safety

Hero Engineering continues SIL Reviews and SIL Selections for the Ichthys FPSO and CPF project packages.  The works will be executed in Perth with workshop attendance in South Korea.