Energy
Cost and downtime: Like manufacturing, equipment tends to dominate damaged energy sites. There can be a great deal of similarity between types of energy plants, although each unit tends to be a unique blend of specifically selected highly engineered equipment and structures. Building design can make repair access more challenging. Building damage often is collateral damage from an incident involving the equipment. Expediting the field work often invoices major expediting expense.
Cause: At energy sites, the equipment is often heavily instrumented, and records of their measurements are usually maintained. These records are often available, along with witnesses’ statements, artifacts, and maintenance records, to facilitate determining the cause.
Anything, any way:
Energy damage sites we have investigated for cause, estimated and monitored repair costs, and dealt with downtime issues have involved fires, explosions, electrical incidents, equipment failures, weather-related incidents, inadequate design and poor workmanship, etc.
Examples:
- Electricity: generating plants (steam, hydroelectric, gas turbines, cogeneration), power distribution equipment, transmission lines...
- Oil and gas: exploration, refining, pipelines, compressor stations, shale oil...
- Mining: underground and strip, coal, iron, salt, bauxite, copper...
- Alternative energy: wind, photovoltaic...