Risk studies
HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, quantitative risk assessment, safety reports, SIL and consequence modelling, using the industry's reference methods.
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Industrial risk engineering and management
Reducing and controlling industrial risks in Africa
Risk studies, emergency plans and government support, to international standards, by a team rooted in the field.
- Governments and administrationsRegulatory frameworks, inspection, inspector training.
- Industrial operatorsRisk studies, emergency plans, compliance, CSR and sustainability.
- Lenders and financiersAudits against IFC standards, the Equator Principles and AfDB safeguards.
01 · Services
Our services
From hazard analysis to emergency preparedness, through to compliance and sustainable performance: a complete range of services for operators and administrations.
Industrial risk management
Emergency and business continuity plans
On-site emergency plans, site and national emergency plans, business continuity plans and crisis exercises, so that you are ready on the day everything changes.
Learn moreGovernment support and regulation
Regulatory frameworks, technical guidance, classified installation nomenclatures, audits of supervised facilities and inspector training.
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Regulatory audits and compliance audits against lenders' standards: IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, African Development Bank safeguards.
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HAZOP facilitators, crisis management, safety culture and government inspector training: courses designed by practitioners, for practitioners.
Learn moreFire safety
Fire protection strategy, sizing of fixed and mobile fire-fighting resources, pre-fire plans and assessment of existing arrangements.
Learn moreExpert secondment
Safety and HSE engineers seconded to your teams for an assignment, a project or temporary reinforcement.
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Compliance, CSR and sustainability
The same high standards, from facility safety to the company’s sustainable performance.
Compliance
HSE regulatory watch and registers, compliance audits, anti-corruption and ethics programmes, duty of vigilance: securing the company's compliance, on its sites and in its governance.
Learn moreCorporate social responsibility (CSR)
CSR strategy, stakeholder and community engagement, local content, human rights and non-financial reporting: making social responsibility a driver of performance and social licence.
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Greenhouse gas inventories, decarbonisation plans, flaring and methane reduction, climate risks, environmental and social impact assessments: reconciling industrial development and environmental protection.
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02 · Why BECP
A specialist firm, rooted in the field, independent
The expertise of a specialist firm
Methods and deliverables to European standards, delivered by engineers trained and experienced in industry.
A permanent presence in the field
Teams based in Africa, who know the facilities, the administrations and the local constraints.
A dual perspective
Serving governments as well as operators, with strict separation of assignments to guarantee the independence of each.
Integrity and anti-corruption compliance
An ethics and anti-corruption compliance policy that applies to all our assignments and all our partners.
03 · Sectors
Our sectors
High-stakes facilities on which our engineers have worked.
04 · Method
How we work
Understand
The facility as it is operated, the regulatory framework, the expectations of lenders and authorities.
Analyse
Identify hazards, assess scenarios, verify barriers: HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, QRA, safety report.
Prepare
Emergency plans, fire protection, business continuity, crisis exercises with teams and emergency services.
Transfer
Train teams and inspectors, track recommendations to closure, anchor skills locally.
05 · Locations
Where we work
Head office in Paris, offices in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, assignments across Central and West Africa.
Republic of the Congo
Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville offices
Countries of operation
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and across Central and West Africa
Head office in Paris
50, avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France
We work across Central and West Africa, in French and in English, with teams who know the field and the administrations.
06 · Insights
News and regulatory watch
Seveso III Directive: what the European framework offers African governments
Regulatory watch: Directive 2012/18/EU remains the most comprehensive reference for building a national major-accident prevention system. A reading for administrations in Central and West Africa.
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ILO Convention No. 174: the international foundation for major industrial accident prevention
Institutional watch: adopted in 1993, Convention No. 174 of the International Labour Organization commits states to identify their major hazard installations and organise their prevention. A framework African administrations can use directly.
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IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles: what lenders expect from industrial projects
Lenders' watch: the eight Performance Standards of the International Finance Corporation and the Equator Principles set the environmental and social expectations of most lenders. Standards 1, 3 and 4 concern industrial risk management directly.
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