Author: Andrew Cleverdon

Andrew Cleverdon is a Mechanical Engineer with 20 years’ experience in design, maintenance, and reliability management of static and rotating equipment in Hydrogen, Ammonia and Methanol Plants, globally. He has held site-based positions including Company Engineer, Reliability Manager, Maintenance Manager, and Global Rotating Equipment Engineer. Andrew has provided equipment integrity technical support globally on numerous syngas plants, hydrogen, ammonia and methanol, implementing RBI and IOW programs, conducting equipment failure investigations & facilitating equipment repairs during outages and turnarounds.

Why Best Practices Don’t Always Lead to High Reliability

By: Andrew Cleverdon Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Becht Reliability Technology Services

There are numerous standards, recommended practices, and guidelines which provide clear direction on how to manage equipment integrity. By now, many petrochemical operators have implemented Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Root Cause Analyses (RCA). All these risk management controls, as well as many others, are critical: Equipment, which is well designed to […]