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Preface to the Second Edition

Since publication of the first edition in 2004, risk-based approaches to maintenance and reliability have moved firmly to the forefront of good practices. Two processes, Risk-Based Inspection and Instrumented Protective Functions, have been available for a number of years; they have been further developed and are now established as “must use” techniques. Along with Reliability Centered Maintenance, they provide an integrated suite of readily usable and useful techniques for the maintainer.

Many maintainers find themselves in businesses where the assets are unreliable, profitability is poor, and budgets are under pressure. The financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath have made matters much worse. In response, we have provided some recipes to address these issues in the form of a new chapter in this edition. New sections in Chapter 10 explain and give clear guidance on the two risk-based processes mentioned above.

In Chapter 8, we have added accounts of the Longford (1998), Columbia (2003) and Sayano-Shushenskaya (2009) disasters. These reinforce the evidence for the event escalation theory explained in Chapter 9.

As is the norm with new editions, we have taken the opportunity to do some housekeeping. Internet website references (URLs) seem volatile and a few of the earlier references are no longer valid. Some books references are also outdated, as new publishers have taken over and ISBNs have changed. These are now corrected.

There is one other significant change – the book summary has been expanded and has now become a new chapter. Apart from the usual corrections and additions, the remainder of the book remains largely faithful to the first edition.

I welcome feedback from everyone using this book. Please write to me at the publisher’s email address: info@industrialpress.com

V. Narayan

Aberdeen, Scotland