Safety in the Process Industries

Guiding Principles to the Implementation of IEC-61508

SIPI Web Site major review and upgrade
August 04

The SIPI web site has undergone a major upgrade to provide more facilities and to improve its appearance and useability.

The main improvements are in the search and query tools provided; now many documents are classified by Lifecycle Phase and can be extracted by selection directly from a lifecycle diagram. Where the lifecycle phase is not relevant, such as documents providing an overview of the standard or relating to more general safety issues, these can also be queried with one click. A further facility is provided which approximately relates Supply Chain Position to lifecycle phase, enabling those articles relevant to a company's particular activities to be easily extracted. In addition, information from workshops can be accessed via an interactive map of Europe.

The Functional Safety Resource Database now consists of hundreds of papers, presentations, worked examples and other material, most of which can be directly downloaded from the site. The material covers most of the lifecycle phases and, in addition to the specific search options detailed above, can be searched by key word or phrase to find relevant guidance; this functionality making this a valuable and unique source of information and guidance on Functional Safety issues.

Whilst most papers are in English, papers in a number of other European languages are also available.

The SIPI web site continues to provide news and details of activities of SIPI spin-off groups and many other groups and organisations associated with safety issues.