Gradius has extensive experience at all levels of Inspection for Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Refineries, Chemical Plants, Power Generation, Heavy Fabrication Industries, Manufacturing Industries, Shipbuilding & Ships in operation.
We can provide experienced and highly qualified technical personnel from an extensive pool of personnel available around the globe.
We offers professional personnel for the following services:
- Shop survey
- Ship- owner survey
- Ship class survey
- Vendor audit to verify that vendors appear to be capable of fulfilling the requirements of the purchase order
- Pre-qualification of Suppliers and Sub Suppliers
- Attending to the Pre-manufacturing meeting (Kick Off Meeting) and Pre-Inspection Meeting
- Inspection of Raw Materials (Preliminary Inspections)
- Reviews and Approval, against the contractual requirements of :
- Quality Control Plans and Inspection and Test Plans
- Fabrication and Quality Procedures (Forming, NDEs, Testing, Painting etc.)
- Personnel Qualification such as NDE qualifications and Welder’s Qualifications
- NDE Procedures, PWHT against Customer’s specification requirements and applicable codes and standards
- Welding dossier (Welds map, WPS, PQR, WQR etc.)
- Final Certification and dossiers (Manufacturer Data Reports)
- Inspection during production (Intermediate Inspections)
- Final Testing (Final Inspections)
- Packing, Preservation, Shipping Preparation and marking Inspections
- Supervision of the loading and unloading, stowage and transport operation
All preliminary, intermediate and final inspections include as minimum:
- Verification of materials and relevant certification
- Verify the calibration status of all measurement equipment
- Verify the compliance of the quality and welding documentation of the supplier to the contractual specifications
- Ensure fabrication is in accordance with drawing, plans and contractual specifications
- Follow up on non-conformances to ensure complete resolution to all problems
- Ensure that NDE will be carried out in accordance with contractual specifications and the applicable rules
- Witness all key functional, performance, pressure and final tests
- Review of all quality records and final documentation
- Fully documented reporting & Issue of Inspection Release Notes
The above mentioned services ensure that each stage of the client purchase order requirements is fully satisfied before the material and / or equipment leaves the supplier’s premises.