As market leaders, Aker Kvaerner has extensive experience in operations and maintenance for customers in the water industry. We are able to provide project management, planning, design, studies and development of bespoke maintenance strategies

We are proud of the expansion achieved within our business as a maintenance provider and have attained year-on-year growth in the provision of these services. We have the in-house capabilities to provide mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, fabrication and associated disciplines, and often work with alliance partners to provide a complete maintenance service.

Aker Kvaerner has a specialised group formed in response to the level of change facing industry and in recognition of the business skills and abilities required to face new challenges. Our collective goal is to provide sustainable performance improvement at nil net cost to the customer, by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of operations and maintenance of large assets.
The application of our methodologies is directed at producing four key benefits:
- Improving the capacity and cash flow of plants and systems
- Reducing the unit cost of operations and maintenance
- Extending the life of existing assets and deferring the need for CAPEX
- Improving the HSE performance against industry standards
These are all areas where Aker Kvaerner has a proven track record in delivering significant benefits by applying innovative and dynamic solutions. Based on a facilitative approach and the application of newly-evolved risk management techniques.
The following asset optimisation and performance improvement tool-kit outlines the nature of our consulting offer:
- Strategic Outsourcing
- Operational and Business Risk Management
- Auditing and Benchmarking
- Maintenance Strategy Development
- Spares Analysis and Recommendation
- Run to Failure, Predictive and Preventative Maintenance
- Productivity Measurement
- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Studies
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Failure Modes, Effect, Cause and Analysis (FMECA)
- Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
Our highly focused approach to asset optimisation and performance improvement translates to significant enhancement in the value structure of our customer core businesses.