Inspection & Consultancy Services Ltd

Reliable, Independent, Transparent Auditing

Independent auditing acts as a final precaution against mistakes in an industry where mistakes cannot be made.

IACS provides independent assessment, review, approval, and Level 3 NDT Consultancy services for all performance, quality, and productivity aspects of a project on your behalf. These services can be provided from pre-contract award surveys in the tender process to final inspections before mechanical completion.

IACS NDT auditing services ensure:

• Compliance with industry codes, standards, and regulatory requirements
• Quality Control in NDT techniques
• Correct NDT techniques and test pieces in place
• Adherence to correct NDT testing procedures
• Verification of personnel NDT qualifications
• Suitability and calibration of NDT equipment
• Review of paperwork and documentation
• Supplier audits conducted on your behalf
• Real-time provision and visibility of all auditing data, results, reports, and requirements

Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) is a type of NDT testing in which advanced systems use ultrasound to volumetrically test materials for defects, weaknesses, cracks, or other flaws.

PAUT enables a fast, qualitative inspection of new construction and in-service components without losing productive time clearing work areas of personnel or awaiting radiographic test results.

Building a strong reputation for accuracy and quality, IACS has been providing Phased Array services to some of the industry’s largest companies for over 15 years.

The speed, accuracy, and non-invasiveness of PAUT systems benefit a variety of industrial processes including inspection of welds, wall thickness measurements, corrosion testing, flaw detection, and rolling stock inspection.

Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) is a very popular Non-Destructive Testing process for detecting surface or sub-surface (up to 3mm deep) discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials.

MPI is used to inspect a variety of product forms including castings, forgings, and weldments. A relatively quick and cost-effective method of inspection, it can be conducted by one operative with lightweight equipment in most environments.

IACS uses PCN level 2 qualified personnel to undertake Magnetic Particle Inspection, with a high level of expertise built over many years providing this service to a wide range of clients worldwide.

Examples of industries that can benefit from using MPI to determine component fitness include structural steel, automotive, petrochemical, power generation, and aerospace industries. MPI is also used in underwater testing and inspection of items such as structures and submerged pipelines.

Monitoring Asset Integrity

Modern industry requires effective maintenance to keep working safely and productively. IACS operates at the forefront of intelligent condition and predictive monitoring to protect and analyze your critical assets.

Services include:

• Formulating regulated and customized maintenance programs
• Managing and co-ordinating multi-disciplined teams
• Plant inspections/surveys
• Analysis of results
• Preparation of Condition Reports
• Repair inspection and testing
• IACS employs a range of NDT professionals who undertake a wide range of skilled assignments on behalf of clients including National Grid, Scotia Gas Networks, Northern Gas Networks, Cadent, and Wales & West Utilities.

Examples of contract work include on-stream inspection, corrosion surveys, verification inspections, and maintenance monitoring services on existing pipelines or associated facilities, above-ground installations including compressor and pressure reducing stations, gas holders, filters, pig traps, water bath heaters, high-pressure storage vessels, structures, terminals, refineries, and LNG plant.

Assessing and monitoring vendors: your guarantee of quality

IACS’s established network of Inspection Surveyors, Inspection Engineers, Vendor Inspectors, and Expeditors undertake quality inspection and testing at vendor’s premises during the manufacture of mechanical and electrical plant and equipment including:

Linepipe, drill pipe, tubular, fittings, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, furnace tubes, pig traps, skid units, isolation joints, plastic piping, winches, actuators, motors, bridges, hoists, pressure vessels, tankage, boilers, turbines, compressors, generators, umbilicals, fittings, pressure gauges, davit systems, hydraulic distribution modules, production separators, pressure reduction equipment, sewage incinerators, wellhead equipment, and structural steel.

Cabling, distribution panels, control panels, control boxes, actuators, wiring circuits, switchgear, electrical generators, street lighting, ESD systems, humidifier units, vacuum skids, emergency generators, UPS panels, battery charging units, switchgear, E&I equipment skids and panels, CCTV systems and transformers.

Plant/equipment, fixtures, fittings, and consumables for hotels, military townships, universities, hospitals, schools, and housing estates.