C. S. Howat & Associates dba HowatRisk

We are a team of chemical engineers dedicated to understanding and improving process performance and determining and mitigating process risk. We have virtual offices in Lawrence, Kansas and Chicago, Illinois to meet efficiently our clients’ needs. We anticipate that a significant effort at our clients' sites is required to best serve their process analysis and risk assessment needs and to meet their goals. Our experience in process hazards analysis, process hazards facilitation, risk assessment, process operations analysis, equipment specification and training dedicated to the chemical and food process industries make us uniquely qualified to respond quickly, to develop a program specific for the our clients' requirements and to complete the project scope in a timely and cost efficient manner. Our services in litigation support have emphasized process operations analysis, process equipment performance interpretation and process history development. We have developed opinions in pharmaceutical, chemical, oil production, waste processing and blasting industries. We are active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Global Congress on Process Safety with emphasis on the Process Plant Safety Symposium. We are active in the National Fire Protection Association. Our current activities can be viewed at www.howatrisk.com.