Crude Refining & Production | January 28, 2019 Negotiating Plant Access for Due Diligence... Just the Facts Ma’am The famous phrase, “Just the facts, Ma’am,” was often linked to Los Angeles Police Department Sargent… Read More
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls | January 21, 2019 CFD Analysis With Scale Model Verification –... Contributing Authors - Dave Dewees (Becht) and Dr. Keith Kirkpatrick (McHale Performance) Reducing HRSG & Stack Pressure Drop to Improve Profitability… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 1... This blog is the first part of a 3-blog series. To view the rest of the story click HERE for… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 2... Read Part 1 Part 2: Type IV Cracking and Inspectability The current concerns with Grade 91 are fundamentally and firmly… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 3... Read Part 1 or Read Part 2 Part 3: Allowable Stresses While inspectability has been at the center of recent… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 19, 2018 Restoring High-Energy Piping System Performance by... "When You're Stuck, You're Stuck" Over years of normal operation - like cycling and wear and tear - High Energy… Read More
Machinery | December 16, 2018 Reducing Coupling Weights in Large Motor-Driven Pu... One of the major issues in designing large motor driven pump applications is minimizing the overhung weight on the pump… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | December 9, 2018 Due Diligence – Making Rapid, Accurate Judge... or "Kidnapped By My Own Business Team" A number of years ago I worked closely with an Operating Company Business… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 3, 2018 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes in the 2018... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | October 28, 2018 All That Glitters Is Not Gold – Due Diligenc... A few years ago I conducted what might be the world's cheapest, fastest and most cost effective due diligence study… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 30, 2018 Elastic Follow-up Can Result in Failures in System... The analysis procedures in the Code essentially assume that the strain range in the system can be determined from an… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | September 3, 2018 Treat Reliability Like …... This blog outlines ways to think about reliability to help drive a culture of continuous improvement. It is the fourth… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 19, 2018 Multi-Discipline Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA... Becht Engineering is at the forefront of performing extensive Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA) for its clients in heavy industry.… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 22, 2017 Reliability Program Implementation and High-Altitu... This is the third in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability performance through changes in culture, programs, equipment… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | September 5, 2017 Bad Actor Elimination Program Works…Inspecti... Rick Hoffman, Director Mechanical Integrity for Becht, was published in the July/August 2017 edition of the Inspectioneering Journal. Rick's two blogs… Read More
