Engineering Services

Risk-based inspection

Standards can allow opportunities to move outside of ‘statutory’ inspection intervals under sound engineering analysis. Our engineers can help you access these benefits through:

• Assessment of the merit(s) of risk-based inspection (RBI) programs for your industrial assets
• Documented risk assessment approach to validate outcomes
• Implementation of RBI methods and programs
• Review and implementation of non-intrusive inspection programs (NII), inspecting assets without internal entry
• Development of preparation, inspection, and test plans (PITP) for your assets based on RBI analysis.

Civil / structural inspection & engineering

Backed by experienced principal engineers, we can assist in designing effective programs for understanding the condition of your structures:

• Risk-based condition assessment of steel and concrete structures
• Assessment of cause(s) of failure of structures
• Assistance with repair strategy and approaches
• Structural design, reviews and certifications
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of structures
• 3D Laser Scanning, both to understand changes in condition and to reverse engineer asset information in absence of detailed drawings
• Structural vibration assessment
• Corrosion assessment
• Durability assessment of concrete structures.

Engineering & materials consulting

We hold expertise in the disciplines of mechanical, civil, structural, and materials engineering to provide you with the right answers. Our services include:

• Assessment of remaining life of assets, including high pressure / temperature service equipment with or without defects (including our Remlife® software system)
• Assessment of damage mechanisms in operating components to prepare for optimal inspection programs
• Materials selection, review and advice and selection of materials to replace damaged items (materials interchangeability)
• Materials characterisation via metallography, using in-house optical and scanning electron microscopes (SEM)
• Materials characterisation via Attenuated Total Reflectance FTIR (ATR / FTIR) for polymeric materials
• Failure and root cause analysis
• Stress assessment through strain gauging and finite element modelling (FEA)
• Expert witness services through our network of principal consultants
• Positive Material Identification (PMI) and other site materials assessment services, including portable hardness testing and replication
• Corrosion assessments
• Materials characterisation via Attenuated Total Reflectance FTIR (ATR / FTIR) for characterisation of polymeric materials.

Concrete testing & assessment

Market leading destructive and non-destructive testing of concrete to fully understand the condition of concrete structural elements. Our testing services include:

• Impact echo testing
• Full incremental chemical analysis including depth of chloride and sulfate ingress analysis • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
• Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV)
• Cover meter testing
• Carbonation and chloride ion level testing of concrete
• Cement content determination of concrete
• Corrosion testing and assessment of reinforced concrete
• Concrete contamination ingress modelling
• Schmidt hammer.

Testing methods