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- Technical Integrity Engineering is a term applied to the engineering disciplines associated with the design, assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets its appropriate and intended requirements under stated operating conditions. Application of these disciplines minimizes the cost, schedule, technical, and legal risks of a program and improves the overall life cycle cost. Asset Integrity is a term that relates to the process that improves operational reliability, safety, and asset protection whilst at the same time helping to maximize plant performance and mitigate the constant challenges and hazards facing heavy industries such as Oil and Gas, Power Generation and Nuclear. It is also considered the discipline and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, legal, and practical knowledge to the assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets (and is meeting) its appropriate and intended safety, legal, and business requirement(s). In a post-Macondo Prospect (see (Deepwater Horizon explosion) and Piper Alpha world, the role of integrity engineering has been placed under increased scrutiny. Not only can a well-managed integrity engineering program help operators identify and reduce safety risks before they escalate, but focusing on asset integrity can also play a major role in both achieving operational excellence and extending the life of aging assets. Typical responsibilities for an Integrity Engineer include coordinating the efficient and cost-effective implementation of inspections and integrity management programs and ensuring the integrity of plant facilities including all onshore and offshore structures, pipelines, stationary equipment, piping systems, etc. In the scope of Integrity Management it is essential that this role is independent so that unbiased and forthright decisions are made to ensure that equipment is designed, maintained, operated, and decommissioned in a responsible manner that complies with industry’s best practices. (en)
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- Technical Integrity Engineering is a term applied to the engineering disciplines associated with the design, assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets its appropriate and intended requirements under stated operating conditions. Application of these disciplines minimizes the cost, schedule, technical, and legal risks of a program and improves the overall life cycle cost. (en)
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