Reliability SimplifiedStart it up
once.
New equipment rarely fails because the design was wrong. It fails because the checks were rushed, the loops were never proven, and the paperwork arrived after the plant was already running. We run commissioning and startup as a sequence, so the handover to operations is clean.
Rocky DeMelloRocky DeMello
Rocky brings extensive global experience in the oil and gas sector across onshore, offshore, greenfield and brownfield projects, with a background in team leadership, operations excellence, operations management, project management and regulatory compliance.
Before joining Reliability Simplified he founded and led CxSO-OGMP, where he ran commissioning, startup, debottlenecking and full facility operations on projects valued over $40 billion. He also serves as President and Founding Director of Renewable Power Energy Innovators Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit delivering solar projects in minority and disadvantaged communities across the United States.
What this team can take on.
Commissioning and startup leadership
Full-scope planning, system walkdowns, turnover and startup execution.
Operational readiness and ramp-up
Procedures, training, staffing plans and optimization to reach steady state sooner.
System walkdowns
Post-construction inspection for completeness and readiness.
Owner’s representative
An extension of your team, holding contractor performance to the scope.
Control of work
Permit-to-work systems, isolation procedures and safe work practices.
QA/QC oversight
Quality assurance aligned to your standards and specifications.
Startup risk management
Identifying and closing the risks that stall a startup before they surface.
Technical training
Training for operations, maintenance and construction teams on the real equipment.
Regulatory compliance
Local and international code adherence through commissioning and handover.
Leadership coaching
Mentoring, competency assessment and technical leadership development.
Three times a plant starts something new.
New plant
Nothing has run yet and there is no history to lean on. Every register, PM and spare list starts from vendor data and the commissioning record.
New line or expansion
The new equipment has to tie into a plant that is already running, and into a maintenance program that already exists. The join is where things get missed.
Restart after a turnaround
Hundreds of jobs closed in a few weeks, then everything comes back at once. The restart sequence decides whether the work holds.
Eight phases, in order.
Each phase has an entry condition and a written exit. Nothing moves forward on a verbal confirmation. Scroll the sequence.
Mechanical completion and punchlist
Construction declares the system complete against the drawings, and it gets walked. The punchlist is split by what must be cleared before energising and what can wait for the first outage.
Pre-commissioning checks
Static verification before anything turns: alignment, grouting, lubrication, torque, cleanliness, rotation, flushing, instrument installation. Work found here is still cheap to fix.
Loop checks and functional testing
Every instrument proven end to end, from the field device to the control room tag. Interlocks, trips and permissives exercised and recorded.
Turnover packages
The record for each system assembled once, not reconstructed a year later: drawings, test records, vendor data, nameplate data, certifications.
Operator readiness and training
Operating procedures walked down on the real equipment with the crew who will run it, including abnormal conditions and the first shutdown.
Startup readiness review
One review before energising: are the procedures written, the operators trained, the spares on the shelf, the punch items cleared, the utilities available.
Performance and acceptance testing
Equipment run against the design intent and the vendor’s guarantee, with results documented while the contractor is still on site.
Spares and data handover
Asset register, criticality, PM tasks and critical spares loaded before the warranty period starts, so day one of operations has a maintenance program behind it.
Operations gets more than a running plant.
An asset register that is already right
Tags, hierarchy and nameplate data captured from the commissioning record instead of rebuilt from memory.
A PM program on day one
Vendor requirements filtered into tasks worth doing, at intervals the equipment justifies.
Critical spares on the shelf
Long-lead items identified during commissioning, while the vendor is still engaged.
A defensible startup record
Test results, punch history and acceptance data in one place for warranty claims and future troubleshooting.
Got a startup on the calendar?
The earlier we join, the more of this we can sequence instead of chase. Tell us the date and the scope and we will tell you what the first step is.
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