Safety systems and equipments

Benefits of Inspection of Fire Safety Equipment

• Increases fire safety
• Helps to avoid costs caused by malfunctioning hardware
• Follows up that your equipment is maintained properly
• Ensures that your systems meet your legal requirements

Fire alarm, fire extinguishing and smoke extraction systems all have a crucial role in ensuring fire safety. They can even save lives, or at least help to minimize unnecessary costs or other losses. Well-functioning systems detect fires effectively and extinguish them rapidly, and also help to remove harmful smoke from the building.

Risks and accidents may occur if your fire safety systems are not maintained, inspected and used properly. ALONGSIDE 7 supports real estate owners and property occupiers to ensure the safety and reliability of their equipment by regular inspections or assessments. Our expertise covers the whole lifecycle from installation inspections to periodic inspections and condition assessments.

In all inspections we use random tests as appropriate to make sure your equipment is functioning correctly. We also check that the system is appropriate for its use; that it has an updated maintenance program and that the maintenance is being carried out with high quality  according to the program. After the inspection the owner will receive a report, which includes a conclusion of the inspection and possible actions to be taken.

Some of the inspections are prescribed by law and the equipment owners are responsible to follow up such demands from the authorities.

ALONGSIDE 7 also provides additional services such as plan audits, statements, conformity evaluations, condition ratings and smoke tests, which are tools that support ensuring fire safety even further.

Inspection generates substantial data that can be used to ensure safety and increase the life span of your pressurized equipment. The result is valuable input for maintenance systems which provides early warnings of future problems so you can avoid additional costs or, at worst, an emergency breakdown.

We inspect all kinds of pressurized equipment, from small measuring devices to powerful pressure vessels. We do inspections at every level, ranging from design review, installation, manufacturing, modernization, maintenance and in-service inspections.

Many inspections are mandatory and require a formal record; others are commercially driven to meet specific customer needs. European directives need to be fulfilled. There are a variety of national inspection requirements that need to be followed for control of plants in operation. Our inspections are a notified body for many European directives. This means that we are performing inspection in compliance with local and Int´l Standards. But inspection is more than complying with legislation and regulations. A well trained inspector can immediately reveal when quality is not up to standard, and can thereby
positively influence production and the quality of the product. Safety demands skilled and experienced inspection staff combined with practical procedures and clear-cut documentation. Integrity and respect for our partners are imperative and we work very closely with our customers.

ALONGSIDE 7 is experienced in planning and executing large-scale planned maintenance breaks in the field of pressure equipment safety.

Benefits with inspection of pressure equipment

* You minimize the risk of injury
* You increase operational availability
* You obtain a good basis for planning maintenance and investment
* You get high technical competence, good service and a good geographical coverage.

Benefits of Electrical Installations

* Increases safety in your working environment.
* Reduces risk of fire
* Reduces risk of machine damage and down-time in operations
* Reduces risk of operation shut-down

Electrical installations are essential to a property and a major part of anyconstruction project. Improperly executed, the influence of age and exposure to wear and tear, the installation might pose a security risk or might cause a fire. ALONGSIDE 7 helps you to ensure that your property and operation has safer electrical installations and your employees are properly trained to minimize danger to people, business and property.

Insurance companies often require a regular inspection of the electricity facilities and installations to minimize the risk of fire, accident and down-time in operations caused by malfunction of your electrical installation.

We conduct inspections with experienced and certified engineers. During the inspection we make sure that the facility has not been affected by usage and age, and that it has been taken care of in a good way and measures up to legislation and safety demands.

Air receiver
Hot Water Boiler, Black Liquor Recovery Boiler, Steam Boiler, Thermal Oil Boiler
Gas steamed jacketed boiling pan
Tanks/Cistern
Pipes
Condensate vessel
Feed Water tanks
Dryer Cylinders
Vacuum vessels
Refrigerating systems and heat pumps
Reactors
Pressurized filter plants

The Harmonised System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) applies requiring:
• an Initial Survey,
• an Annual Survey, within 3 months before or after each anniversary date of the Certificate, other than where a periodical survey is required,
• a Periodical Survey, within 3 months before or after the 2nd or 3rd anniversary date of the Certificate, MSIS23/PT A/CH 3/REV 01-16/Pag.2 of 6
• a Renewal Survey, within 3 months prior to expiry of the Certificate.

Pre- Survey Actions
The following items shall be checked prior to commencing the survey:
• SIAS
• MCA Survey Files
• Exemption Certificates
• New Legislative requirements
• Class Survey Status (via password protected websites)
• SC Inspection history