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ABS Group
Specialized Consulting for Data-Driven Risk and Reliability
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Overview

For 50+ years, ABS Group has delivered data-driven safety, risk and integrity management solutions to the world's most asset-intensive industries — helping clients operate safely, reliably and in compliance, globally.

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Number of Employees

1,001-5,000

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Services Provided

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Regions

Asia, Europe, Latam, Middle East, North America,

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Countries

Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Greece, India, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Year of foundation

1971

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Structure

Privately Held

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Problems we solve

The Challenges We're Built to Tackle

The industries we serve face a relentless convergence of risks — aging infrastructure, tightening regulations, accelerating digitalization, expanding cyber threats, evolving energy demands and the ever-present consequences of equipment failure in hazardous environments. ABS Group exists to help organizations get ahead of those challenges rather than react to them. When clients are struggling to understand and prioritize the risks that could take their assets offline or trigger a catastrophic incident, we bring a holistic, data-driven risk picture and the engineering rigor to act on it. When regulatory requirements shift — from NERC CIP and MTSA cybersecurity mandates to EPA RMP and OSHA PSM standards — we help organizations evaluate their current state, close the gaps and maintain their license to operate. When assets are aging and maintenance costs are escalating, we engineer reliability programs that extend equipment life, reduce unscheduled downtime and optimize OPEX without compromising safety. When cyber threats are targeting operational technology and industrial control systems, we provide the risk advisory, managed detection and compliance expertise to defend critical infrastructure and keep operations running. And when organizations need to prove the quality, safety and integrity of their management systems to stakeholders, regulators and supply chain partners, our accredited certification and auditing services provide independent, credible verification — in more than 40 countries.

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Consulting Solutions By Industry

Government Contracts

Ever-expanding risk management solutions are provided to help government authorities contend with increasingly diverse risks, with long-term alliances built on a commitment to innovate and develop tailored solutions. For over 20 years, the Government team based in the Washington D.C. area has provided safety and risk management solutions to support leading agencies and the public sector. The full suite of integrated technical and management consulting services spans six major capability areas — Risk Solutions, Safety Assessment, Asset Lifecycle Support, Security Advisory Services, Operational Performance, and Training, Exercises & Preparedness — helping government customers manage their entire risk portfolio, confirm compliance, and maximize organizational performance.

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Industrial Manufacturing

From the shop floor and assembly line to multiple vendor sites, expertise and solutions span all stages of manufacturing and production. Engineering and risk management solutions support safer, more reliable assets and operations across the full manufacturing lifecycle. Clients benefit from a proven, holistic approach to operational risk management that fuels innovation, reliability, and responsible practices — encompassing asset integrity, process safety, compliance management, and enterprise asset management across highly technical and highly regulated industrial environments.

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Life Sciences

Data-driven solutions are delivered to help eliminate uncertainty in operations, with safety, risk and integrity management at the core. A strategic approach is applied to managing risk and EAM/CMMS systems in Biotech, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical industries, supporting clients in navigating Pharma 4.0 challenges from new technologies and changing regulations. Asset reliability programs are engineered to maximize equipment life and minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime, while comprehensive EAM strategy planning and process consulting identify areas for improvement and opportunities for return on investment — helping companies succeed through innovative solutions, deep industry expertise, and a commitment to operational excellence.

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LNG

Risk and reliability solutions are delivered to optimize LNG assets across the emerging and growing North American market, serving FLNG production units, floating storage regasification units (FSRUs), shoreside bunkering facilities and onshore LNG plants. The core business is to deliver best-in-class risk and reliability services to help LNG facility managers, vessel owners and terminal operators develop intelligent maintenance and integrity programs. A risk-based approach to optimizing asset performance management strategies underpins all services, including RCM analysis, equipment criticality determinations, CMMS integration, inspection plan development, and cybersecurity and risk reduction. Deep domain expertise in implementing IBM Maximo and other intelligent systems helps customers drive asset uptime and productivity while simultaneously reducing operating expenses.

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Marine and Offshore

Safer, more reliable asset performance is delivered through a full range of services to identify, understand and manage risk, coupled with a suite of safety management and contingency planning activities, for assets operating in extreme load conditions. Asset integrity and reliability engineers use a comprehensive risk-based method to help operators achieve maximum uptime and compliance with the lowest possible OPEX costs. Services span the entire asset lifecycle — from concept through newbuild planning to decommissioning — for any vessel type, operating area or construction location.

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Oil, Gas and Chemical

Operational excellence is elevated through a commitment to supporting all organizations — from setting strategic objectives to implementing tactical plans on the ground. With unparalleled industry knowledge, the goal is to help clients achieve operational excellence and maintain safe, reliable operations through a proven, holistic approach to operational risk management. Process Risk and Safety Management experts have been helping facilities around the world achieve regulatory and social license to operate for over 50 years, using cost-effective, hands-on solutions to support the safety, reliability, and efficiency of compliant operations. Digital transformation and cybersecurity services further help clients manage, analyze, and protect their data and assets to support better decision making and operational security.

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Other Markets

Multidisciplinary services are provided for a variety of asset-intensive markets, applying expertise to create practical solutions in the areas of safety, risk and integrity management for clients operating in both highly technical and highly regulated industries. Markets served include Aerospace and Automotive (certification, inspection, audit and training via ABS Quality Evaluations), Commercial Properties (risk management for designers, developers, legal professionals and insurers), and Critical Infrastructure including paper, water/wastewater and multi-mode transportation sectors. Additional markets include Mining and Metallurgical — with services spanning source inspections, factory acceptance testing, and seismic and structural risk analysis across more than 30 countries — as well as Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, where enterprise asset management strategies and CMMS implementation are delivered to support long-term asset performance.

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Power and Energy

Technical advisory capabilities span all of the major generation technologies in use today, including nuclear, renewable and conventional generation. With unparalleled industry knowledge, clients are helped to achieve operational excellence and maintain safe, reliable operations through a proven, holistic approach to operational risk management that fuels innovation, reliability, and responsible practices. Advisory and technical risk management solutions protect the safety and integrity of operations across regulatory compliance (including NERC CIP and ISO 55000), digital transformation, and cybersecurity managed services — delivered from a centralized Industrial Security Operations Center (ISOC) overseeing OT systems specific to power and energy markets 24/7/365.

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Consulting Solutions By Capability

AI Business Strategy and Implementation

Advisory services helping organizations develop and implement AI-driven strategies to improve business performance and operational outcomes. Combines corporate-level strategy development with practical AI implementation support, enabling organizations to translate AI capabilities into competitive advantage and operational improvements.

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Asset Management

End-to-end asset performance management services covering integrity, reliability, structural management and enterprise asset management to maximize ROI across the full asset lifecycle. Delivers comprehensive solutions spanning asset condition assessment, predictive maintenance strategies, and lifecycle optimization to improve asset reliability and return on invested capital.

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Cybersecurity

Industrial and OT cybersecurity consulting, implementation and risk management services to increase visibility and control of IT and OT cyber risks for critical infrastructure operators. Specialized services addressing operational technology and industrial control system security, enabling critical infrastructure organizations to enhance cyber defense posture and manage both information technology and operational technology risk exposure.

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Management Systems Certification

Accredited certification, auditing, verification and training services through ABS Quality Evaluations to help organizations achieve and maintain ISO and other management system standards. Provides full-service support for compliance with internationally recognized standards, including independent auditing, certification verification, and workforce capability development to embed management systems discipline across the organization.

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Risk and Safety Management

Holistic, data-driven engineering services to help organizations identify, evaluate and control operational, industrial, cyber, and natural hazard risks and meet regulatory requirements. Comprehensive support for managing enterprise-wide operational risks, including industrial hazards, cybersecurity threats, and natural disaster exposure across manufacturing and critical infrastructure environments.

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Digital Solutions By Capability

LEADER PHA Software

ABS Group's proprietary Process Hazard Analysis software providing an efficient, cost-effective solution for conducting comprehensive hazard analyses compliant with OSHA and EPA requirements. Enables industrial organizations to systematically identify, document, and assess process hazards in a structured format that meets regulatory compliance standards.

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MIDAS Software

ABS Group's Meteorological Information and Dose Assessment System dispersion modeling software that helps industrial operators understand and mitigate risk from catastrophic chemical releases. Provides consequence modeling and risk assessment capabilities for chemical incident scenarios, enabling operators to evaluate risk impact and support emergency response planning.

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