Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
We run RCM to SAE JA1011 so each asset gets a maintenance strategy ranked by criticality and chosen by failure consequence
Reliability Centered
Maintenance (RCM)
Reliability Centred Maintenance works through the SAE JA1011 and JA1012 logic tree to choose the right maintenance strategy for every asset. For each one our team decides whether predictive, preventive, run to failure or a design change makes the most sense, weighing technical feasibility against the consequence of the failure. We then turn those decisions into CMMS work orders written so plainly that your operations team can pick them up and run them.
Our implementation model
A practical, phased delivery approach that runs from gap assessment through operational embedding and is built around your regulatory context.
Per SAE JA1011, rank assets by criticality, safety, environmental, production, cost consequences.
Identify each asset's primary functions, functional failures, and failure modes per FMEA / FMECA approach.
Categorise consequences, hidden / safety environmental / operational / non operational, per JA1011 logic tree.
Select tasks per RCM decision tree, predictive, preventive, run to failure, or design change based on technical feasibility.
Translate RCM outputs into CMMS work orders, PM schedules, condition monitoring routines, integrate with ERP.
Periodic RCM revalidation triggered by failures, modifications, technology change, integrate with ISO 55001.
Reliability Centered in full scope
Value of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Failures with a safety consequence are headed off
- Hidden failures are brought to light through deliberate testing
- Maintenance lines up with how equipment actually fails
- Emergency repairs happen far less often
- Your JA1011 decisions stand up to examination with full traceability
- Your work satisfies the CCPS RBPS mechanical integrity element
- You hold clear evidence for ISO 55001
- Your inspections stay aligned with the API codes
- Effort concentrates on the assets that matter most
- Needless routine work on minor assets falls away
- Mean time between failures improves
- Spares are right sized to the strategy
- Maintenance cost falls by roughly fifteen to thirty percent
- Spares inventory comes down
- Failure costs are avoided
- Lifecycle cost is brought under control
Codes & standards we work to
Triggers that signal the need
Where Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) applies
Wellheads, separators, gas compression, FPSO topsides, produced water systems.
Distillation columns, reactors, heat exchangers, storage spheres, LPG handling.
Cryogenic exchangers, liquefaction trains, BOG compressors, storage and sendout.
Reactive systems, batch reactors, solvent handling, runaway reaction scenarios.
Boilers, HRSGs, steam headers, hydrogen systems, ammonia SCR units.
Sterile vessels, CIP/SIP, pressure fermenters, solvent recovery, spray dryers.
Tangible deliverables
- An asset criticality register
- FMEA and functional failure analysis
- A record of every RCM decision tree
- A CMMS work order package
- Revalidation governance
- Reliability KPI integration
Ready to start your project?
Speak with our team to scope an engagement tailored to your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.