Leaders in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA), Safeguarding and Risk Assessment Services

ACM Facility Safety is Canada’s largest independent supplier of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Safeguarding and Risk Assessment services.  Operating out of our head office in Calgary, ACM Canada has helped some of the world’s largest operating and engineering companies become self-sufficient leaders and ambassadors for Functional Safety.  ACM Canada can implement strategies to improve facility uptime by avoiding unscheduled downtime, manage risk through Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) using HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, and comply with international safety standards (eg IEC 61511).   We provide full service solutions offering a comprehensive list of Safety Lifecycle Services.   Our capabilities include site visits, training, mentoring, HAZOPs, SILs, LOPAs, education, guidance, and on-line web based training programs to support client plants now and into the future.

ACM Facility Safety's World Class Safety Team

ACM Facility Safety is a division of ACM Automation.  Founded in 1994, ACM Canada has enjoyed yearly success (20% growth over the last four years) and has offices in Calgary AB Canada, St. Johns NL Canada and the United Arab Emirates.  We operate globally from our head office in Calgary.  Our Facility Safety team includes a number of highly qualified and experienced consultants from academic, operational, design and maintenance backgrounds who use proven tools (e.g. SILCORE proprietary software) and techniques (e.g. PHA, HAZOP) to provide fast responses to safety, risk and reliability issues.  Our employees are passionate about functional safety, attention to detail and excellence in delivery. 

Specialists in Integrated HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) / LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis)

ACM Facility Safety is an independent third party.   Since we are not tied to a vendor, we can provide neutral advice and implement detailed, practical solutions that can be maintained for years to come.  ACM has taken a leadership role in our clients Safety Lifecycle projects, with the intention of transitioning them to a mentorship and consultative role over 6 – 24 months.  We have facilitated more than 500 Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) / Safety Integrity Level (SIL) studies and have a combined PHA facilitation experience of over 100 years.   Due to our extensive Risk Assessment experience, ACM Canada is an industry leading specialist in integrated HAZOP / LOPA.

Canada's Only TÜV - Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Training Company

As well as providing cutting edge mentoring, HAZOPS, SILS, LOPAs and PHAs, our training curriculum has recently been expanded.  We’re pleased to announce ACM Facility Safety is Canada’s only TÜV-Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) training company.  ACM Canada has trained over 1000 students from 3 continents.  We offer public, on-site and in-house training programs to ensure our solutions can be catered to our client’s individual needs.  The ACM Canada curriculum consists of eight Risk Assessment and Safeguarding courses lead by instructors with decades of combined real world experience.  For example, our Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Leadership Workshop is led by Marcel Leal-Valias, CET.   Mr. Leal-Valias has 51 years of field experience in positions including Piping Manager, Construction Site Manager and Project Manager.  For the last 21 years, he has become an internationally respected Process Hazards Analysis (PHA/HAZOP) trainer and facilitator performing hundreds of PHA studies for all types of facilities. The 3-day course focuses on PHA methods, PHA leadership and PHA Management.  Included is an in-depth PHA workshop complete with HAZOP practice study.  Our energetic team of passionate instructors strives to create a fun atmosphere that makes upgrading your skills a memorable, lasting experience.

ACM Facility Safety - Leading The Safeguarding Evolution

At ACM Facility Safety, we place great importance on beginning the process by understanding our client’s objectives and identifying their needs.  Through this collaborative exploration, we can better define the scope of our relationship and ensure our resources are allocated in a manner most beneficial to our clients.   ACM Canada provides our clients with the opportunity to get all their services from one organization.  In conjunction with our quality approach, this provides project continuity and consistency ensuring your systems are designed safe the first time, and monitored to ensure compliance with industry standards.   We invite you to join ACM Facility Safety Canada in leading the safeguarding evolution.

Real Time Risk Management with MP

Developed by ACM Facility Safety, Machu Picchu (MP) is an industry leading software program that allows your company to locate hidden dangers in your plant, in real time. MP runs in the background at all times, alerting you to Process Safety Risks and calculating risk level so you can understand the extent of the problem. MP also creates contingency plans that can be implemented immediately to resolve the issue and manage the impact. All operators have access to the system and can immediately gain expert knowledge about the problem to make informed risk-based decisions.

To help you manage risks in the long term, MP tracks historical data, helping your company make effective plans for improvement and facilitate successful training programs. In the long run, the MP software will also help in preventing outages and loss of production, in turn, increasing revenue.

With MP, you'll be able to compare and integrate knowledge collected during the engineering and design processes of your plant with existing control systems data. In turn, this data will assist your company in safeguarding information, analyzing situational data and creating contingency plans to improve Process Safety management and reduce environmental and profit impacts. To read more benefits of MP, visit the Machu Picchu page.

When mechanical failure hits, it is essential to minimize human error and detect the root of problem as quickly as possible. MP detects these failures and instantly provides historical data and contingency plans to help curtail any negative effects.

If you take a look at the financial impact of even a single accident, you'll see the incredible value of being able to predict and prevent impending outages. Our revolutionary MP Software allows you to do exactly that, in turn saving your business thousands and even millions of dollars.

Achieve operational excellence with MP.