Founded in 1981, SPEC Services is a multi-discipline, professional engineering and design consulting services firm, serving a variety of industrial, commercial, and municipal clients. This includes services in the fields of pipelines as well as mechanical, electrical, control systems, civil/structural and fire protection engineering and design. The company's controls systems engineering expertise includes working with programmable logic controllers such as Modicon and Allen Bradley as well as larger DCS systems such as Honeywell TDC 2000 and 3000, Foxboro IA, and Moore APACS/QUADLOG. Their work has also included the interface of DCS systems with PLCs and safety shutdown systems. SPEC engineers have kept pace with the adaptation of fiber-optic technology to plant operations. They offer extensive knowledge in the design and application of this technology in a variety of industrial applications. Their communications and control systems experience includes both in-plant and remotely monitored and controlled facilities. The company also converts obsolete control systems (including pneumatics) to newer platforms, including field supervision of hot cut-over projects. Additional services include systems graphic building for operator interface, development of operator training programs, general instrumentation selection and assistance, technical support and start-up assistance.