Risk - Safety - Human Factors

AB Risk Limited is Andy Brazier's consulting company. Specialising in risk management with particular expertise in human factors and major accident hazards.  AB Risk has been accepted as a Registered Consultancy by the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF).

The aim of this website is to show you the wealth of my project experience across various sectors and topics.  I have made various resources available including papers and articles, video animations and presentations.  You can find out a bit more about me, both in and outside work.  Also, you can see what interests me on the web via my blog.

 

Andy Brazier

Andy Brazier

My path to risk consultancy started at school with A Levels in maths, chemistry and physics.  I went to Loughborough University (including a year in industry working at an oil refinery) where I obtained a degree in chemical engineering (graduated 1990), followed by a PhD at Edinburgh University.  The title of my thesis was ‘Sources of data for use in human factors studies in the process industry.’

I started working as a consultant in 1996.  First for a small human factors consultancy and then for the risk and safety department of a larger company.  In 2005 I decided to go it alone, first as a sole trader, moving on to form AB Risk Limited in 2008.

I believe my combination of academic learning and practical experience; engineering and human factors knowledge makes me particularly able to assess the risks my clients have to manage.  They seem to find my recommendations helpful and effective.

I am a Registered Member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (MIEHF) and Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (AIChemE).

I have a very long list of past clients that include Shell, BP, Centrica, Scottish and Southern Energy, Flogas, Millennium Chemicals, Tata Steel, Corus, Ensus, Lucite, Ineos, Maersk, Petrofac, Siemens, Huntsman, Veolia, Pfizer, Dragon LNG, Novartis, ConocoPhilips, Dow Corning, Kemira, OMV, Qatar Gas, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Saudi Aramco.

Also, I have worked with contractors and consultancies including MMI Engineering, ESR Technology, Human Engineering (Lloyd’s Register), Risktech, Entec, Human Reliability, WS Atkins, Fluor, Costain, Jacobs Engineering.