Case Study: Assessment of Occupied Buildings.
Location: Various.
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Brief

IKM Consulting Ltd have undertaken the assessment of blast safety at occupied buildings within a number of Petro-Chemical sites.

Solution

Assessments have entailed the following:

  • Calculation of over-pressures, and thermal contour plans.
  • Identification of usage and effective population.
  • Calculation of individual and societal risk of each location.
  • An assessment of building condition and vulnerable elements such as glazing, cladding and brickwork.

Preparation of a ranking and assessment matrix which identifies:

  • Workshop location.
  • Occupant vulnerability.
  • Vulnerable features.
  • Cost benefit analysis.
  • Cost of upgrading.
  • Recommendations.

Outcome

Using this state of the art analysis, a number of high value buildings have had their effective lives considerably lengthened, saving our clients millions of pounds.