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
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 4, 2017 Reliability Beliefs – Driving Organizational... This is the second in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability performance through improvement in culture, programs and… Read More
Capital Projects | August 24, 2017 Elements of a Super Heavy Lift Execution Manual... Making A Super Heavy Lift? Here's What You Need To Know If you are making a single super lift or… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 11, 2017 Capacity Reduction of a Compression Member with an... A recent review of equipment installed in a power plant found a piping strut that was visibly bent. Would the… Read More
Process Technology | June 24, 2017 Process Safety Management and YOU... Walking the Walk…Management Commitment My assumption is if you are reading this, you have some involvement in, or responsibility for,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | June 19, 2017 Making Bad Actor Elimination Programs Work... This is the first in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability programs through improvements in culture, programs and… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | February 9, 2017 Loads on Buried Pipe: A 100-Year Old Empirical Fo... The evaluation of the effects of surcharge loads on buried pipes can be addressed using the Iowa formula. This formula,… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 29, 2016 Piping Settlement Screening Tool... Settlement of a pipe support foundation is usually not a big deal to assess. A local piping flexibility model will… Read More
Machinery | December 5, 2016 Your Pump’s Mean Time Between Repairs (MTBR)... Many of the tourist spots around the world have panhandlers. Some of the more creative ones stand on street corners… Read More
Machinery | August 31, 2016 Resolution of Chronic Cooling Tower Fan Vibrations... Traditional rotating equipment mounted at grade use the mass of a foundation and grout to reduce vibration and provide support… Read More
Ammonia & Syngas | July 6, 2016 Becht Technology Review – Unusual Business Oppor... The process team at Becht Engineering brings decades of experience from serving in the R&D of major corporations and also… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | June 17, 2016 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes in the 2016... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
