How can Exponent's multidisciplinary support provide objective answers for your toughest challenges?
Chemical accidents during processing and the improper handling and disposal of hazardous materials can occur in industrial manufacturing, transportation, oil and gas, construction, and agriculture settings, causing massive business delays and posing significant risks.
Exponent's multidisciplinary engineering teams are uniquely positioned to conduct safety evaluations of chemical and industrial processes and offer design reviews and chemical analyses of consumer products and equipment. Our analysis assists clients in creating risk management programs, hazard communication strategies, and meeting compliance with the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other state and federal regulatory agencies.
We employ cutting-edge research methods and tools to perform chemical purity analysis, calorimetric studies, and ignition studies for our clients. Our research and investigation findings are frequently published or presented in peer-reviewed journals and technical symposia, and our reactive chemicals experts often speak and present in the U.S. and abroad.
Services
For 50+ years, we’ve thrived on solving unstructured problems that require bespoke solutions. Some of our services include:
• Reactive chemical hazard analysis, process hazards analysis
• Chemical compatibility studies, chemical kinetics evaluation, chemical instability studies
• Risk assessment
• Ignition modeling
• Calorimetric studies
• Self-heating evaluation and analysis
• State and federal code compliance and evaluation, analysis of transportation and storage regulations
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Review and interpretation of chemical purity analysis
• Review and development of EPA-mandated risk management programs
Experts
Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.