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How we work

A full engagement runs in six stages. Smaller jobs pick up at the stage that fits, but always with the same rule: nothing goes into your system that we cannot trace to a drawing, a nameplate, a document or a person on site.

The stages

Each stage ends with something you can review and sign off before the next one starts.

  1. Scope and data review

    We agree the area, the target system and the standards, then load your existing data exactly as you supplied it: CMMS extracts, registers, P&IDs, manuals and work-order history.

    You receive: a data review noting gaps, conflicts and what the walkdown needs to confirm.

  2. Desk study

    A first-pass hierarchy is built from the drawings and records. Every record is marked as desk study, so nobody mistakes an inference for a verified item.

    You receive: a draft hierarchy and a walkdown plan.

  3. Site walkdown and capture

    Our engineers walk the plant with a field app that works offline, photographing nameplates and confirming or correcting each record. Where there are no tags, we propose a scheme and fit them.

    You receive: a verified register with photographs, and a list of anything still to resolve.

  4. Hierarchy, classification and criticality

    Records are classified to ISO 14224, described in noun-modifier form and assessed for criticality on your risk matrix.

    You receive: the final hierarchy and the criticality register for sign-off.

  5. FMECA and maintenance strategy

    Failure modes are analysed to IEC 60812 against your work-order history. Each one gets a task, or a recorded reason for having none, and the PMs and spares follow from that.

    You receive: the FMECA, a gap analysis, PM procedures and a critical spares list.

  6. Load, reconcile and hand over

    Import files are produced for your CMMS, loaded with your administrators and reconciled back to source row by row.

    You receive: loaded data, a reconciliation report and a short run book for planners and technicians.

How we hold ourselves to it

Evidence over assumption

If a value cannot be confirmed it is marked for confirmation and left blank. We do not stretch a near match to fill a field.

Your data, as delivered

Client files are loaded without reworking them first, so every change we make can be traced back to what you gave us.

Engineers review everything

We use software to read nameplates and draft analysis faster. An experienced engineer checks every result before it reaches you.

No vendor ties

We work in whichever CMMS or PMS you run and recommend none.

Start with one area

Most clients begin with a single line or system: register, criticality and FMECA for that scope. It shows you how we work before you commit to the rest of the site.