Explosives Advisory Team & Technical Solutions
The Primary Solutions Ltd “Explosives Solutions Group” (ESG)
offers the services of a dedicated highly specialist team of experts
drawn from both the commercial and military environments. Our key personnel
are all globally recognised as experts in their own particular field
and have been extensively educated in the explosives subject matter.
Each individual has been selected due to his or her own particular specialist
skills sets to create a team with unparalleled breadth of knowledge.
Team members have been drawn from the following sectors and peripheral
disciplines;
- Security and Armed Services
- The Fire Service
- The Police Service
- Mining and Quarrying industry
- Oil and Gas industry
- Civil Engineering
- Marine Engineering
- Explosives Manufacture
- Propellants and Pyrotechnics sector
- Special Effects (film and TV industry)
- The Diving Industry
- Storage, legislation and logistics of explosives materials
We are able to offer a service that is bespoke, discrete and professional,
and where explosives and related matters are concerned, we believe this
to be a critical delivery element, and an often overlooked component of
this type of service. Primary Solutions Ltd understands that whoever the
client, whatever the task, delivery of reliable answers in a timely manner
is the sole priority.
In addition to our core EOD expertise, the “ESG” offers support
in the following areas:
Explosives Engineering- The Science of Explosives
- Explosives training
- Logistics, Transport, and Storage of explosives
- The disposal of Explosives
- Forensics and Scenes of Crimes Support
- Modelling of Explosives Events
- Underwater use of explosives
- Recruitment of specialist personnel
- Provision of “independent” experts for testing and accreditation
projects
- Site clearance (explosive/chemical ordnance)
Key Services
Primary Solutions Ltd is able to offer a highly specialised yet diverse
range of support capabilities in explosives related matters and has carried
out contracts in the following tasking areas:
- Management and Project Supervision
- Organisation and Management of Explosive Product Field Trials
- Risk Assessment and HAZOP of work involving explosives materials
- Explosives Safety Training (basic and advanced courses)
- Investigation of Explosive Incidents and Accidents
- Fatal Accident investigation
- Expert Witness Services
- Independent Witnessing
- Gas explosion investigation
- BLEVE hazards investigation
- Fireworks accidents
- Organise and Manage Peer Reviews / Technical Evaluation Studies
- Preparation of technical / comparative assessment reports on:
- Shaped charge cutting operations
- Qualification of detonators
- Weapons Assessment
- Various security related investigations
- Maritime use of explosive technologies
- Offshore Abandonment and Decommissioning Studies
- Evaluation and field test of oil well perforators
- Diving operations utilising explosives, including salvage/recovery
- Oil field perforating and cutting technologies
Additional Tasks
Assessment of High temperature Explosives Applications - Dealing with munitions in marine aggregates
- Carry out and supervise Terminal ballistics studies (vulnerability
and lethality)
- Explosive Bulkhead Design
- Explosives storage and legislative support
- Pyrotechnics and propellant technologies
- Technical studies, cost control, contract preparation and contract
follow up, tender appraisal, and contract implementation of explosives
operations
- Decommissioning feasibility and operational planning of facilities
using explosives
- Explosives site clearance and site remediation
- War dead exhumation (where explosives deemed present)
- EOD Banksmen
- Demil – including Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW) Collection
Programmes
- Explosives and Weapons Logistics
We can offer personnel in a diverse
range of capaBIlities to carry out work directly, plan or supervise,
as well as providing subject matter experts (including Expert Witnesses)
in all areas of explosives technology, science and logistics.
Specialist Training
Primary Solutions Ltd offers a comprehensive range of educational courses
based around the explosives disciplines.
These can take the form of a basic ½ day course to much longer bespoke
courses, all designed and presented to suit client requirements. Courses
can be undertaken at the client facility or within our bespoke training
facilities.
Primary Solutions Ltd is able to offer bespoke courses in the following
areas:
- Basic Fundamentals of Explosives (Explosives Foundation Course)
- Advanced Explosives
- Explosives Handling and Safety
- Explosives Storage and Transportation
- Explosives and the Law
- Use of fireworks and propellant materials
- Oilfield use of explosives
- The Commercial Use of Explosives
- Underwater Use of Explosives
- Underwater Cutting Operations
- Introduction to the CBRN threat
- Explosives Detection
- K9 training
Legislation, Licensing, Storage & Disposal of Explosives
Primary Solutions Ltd is able to offer support and technical advice on
legislative matters concerning the acquisition, storage and transport of
explosives. Assistance can be given for the application of storage licenses
as well as the provision of the storage facilities themselves should they
be required.
Our facility licensed by the Health & Safety Executive is offered at
a competitive rate and can store significant quantities of high explosives
and is readily accessible and close to a major port and road network.
Please apply for further detail
Project Management & Risk Assessment
One of the key services offered by Primary Solutions Ltd is the project
management of specific explosives based operations as well as the ability
to carry out detailed Risk Assessments. In addition to those previously
mentioned, Primary Solutions is able to carry out the following tasks;
- Auditing and assessing operations and requirements in accordance with
operational expectation, and Health Safety and Environmental requirements.
- The production of task risk assessments and procedures to assure safe
operations.
- Carrying out surveys of areas in order to identify boundaries, and
log contamination details.
- Provision of Quality Assurance teams to check and certify clearance
standards.
- The provision of awareness training for all personnel who may be exposed
to risk.
- Project support.
