Sectors
Inspection for Marine, Yacht, Oil & Gas and Industry
Marine, Yacht, Oil & Gas, Power and Industry: surfaces, coating systems and critical points change, the inspection method does not. For each sector, what is inspected and against which specifications.
Marine
Hull, tanks and immersed surfaces.
- Underwater hull, topside and underwater area
- Ballast tanks, potable water tanks and cargo tanks
- Grey water tanks and heeling tanks
- Onboard piping, structures and internal stiffeners
- Surfaces in new building and in refitting
- Steel preparation and abrasive blast cleaning in dry dock
- Anticorrosion coating systems on hull and superstructures
- Antifouling and silicone foul-release systems
- Tank coating for aggressive environments
- Insulation and treatments on structures
- Dry-docking surveys and refitting supervision
- QA/QC control on new buildings, from bare plate to final inspection
- Failure analysis on coating systems applied in tanks
- Fleet coating assessment and maintenance charts
- Issue of the technical documentation and final release
Work contexts: Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Marghera, La Spezia, Ancona, Riva Trigoso), San Giorgio del Porto, Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Luigi Orlando; shipowners GNV, Moby, Corsica, Augusta; Carnival Group new buildings. See the marine projects in the register →
Yacht
Preparation and coating systems in build and refit.
- Steel hulls and structures
- Aluminium alloy hulls and superstructures
- Composite surfaces, glass-fibre sandwich
- Substrate preparation before the coating system
- Sides, superstructures and topside in refit
- Filling and fairing of the topside in new building
- Coating and finishing systems on the faired surface
- Renewal of hull bottom, topside and superstructures in refit
- Maintenance systems and localised repair
- Control of the fairing, the most delicate stage of a new build
- Compliance inspection of the substrate preparation
- Verification of workmanship against the shipyard specification
- Monitoring of environmental conditions during application
In new building the critical item is the filling and fairing of the topside and of the whole area above the waterline: it is work entrusted to highly qualified operators and has to be checked with particular care, because on a mirror finish every defect stays visible. In refit the work concentrates instead on the renewal of hull bottom, topside and superstructures.
Work carried out on Benetti Azimut new buildings: hull no. 282 at the Cartubi yard in Trieste and FB609 at the 3 May yard in Rijeka. See the new buildings and refits covered →
Oil & Gas
Piping, valves and modules.
- Pipework, field joints and in-line components
- Valves, actuators and skids
- Baseplates and machine components
- Modules for liquefaction plants
- Onshore and offshore structures
- FBE, 3LPE and 3LPP on line pipe
- Concrete weight coating at different thicknesses
- Thermal spray metallising — Thermal Spray Aluminium
- Coating systems on carbon steel and on stainless steel
- Insulation on modules and lines
- Qualification of coating procedures, plant and operators (PQT / PPT)
- Pre-inspection meeting and review of the supply documentation
- Production, loading and shipping inspection
- Assessment of defects and handling of non-conformities
- Document control and issue of the certification
- NORSOK
- M-501 rev. 5 — Jubail Refinery
- TOTAL
- GS EP COR 220 rev. 9 — Tempa Rossa
- TOTAL
- GS EP COR 354 rev. 3 — supplier qualification
- Functional spec.
- 20000.VAR.PAI.FUN rev. 3 — TSA metallising
Work contexts: Baker Hughes, Technip, TOTAL, JGC Corporation, Saipem, Intertek, Bureau Veritas, RINA Service, Socotherm. See the Oil & Gas and LNG projects →
Power & Industry
Structures, plant and infrastructure.
- Heavy steelwork and lattice structures
- Plant components and machinery
- Steel infrastructure works
- Structures protected with intumescent coatings
- Anticorrosion coating systems on steel structures
- Intumescent coatings and passive fire protection
- Thermal spray metallising on components and structures
- Hot-dip galvanising: inspection and disputes
- Inspection of coating systems in the works and on site
- Compliance verification on coated structures
- Testing and instrument readings on components
- Drafting and review of the technical specifications
Work contexts: MOSE Venezia for FIP Industriale, Y-Towers Amsterdam for Rizzani de Eccher, Baker Hughes baseplates at the Massa and Firenze works, ENI Barbara T and T2 revamping for Renco. See the industrial and infrastructure projects →
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask before the job opens.
Method, applicable standards and how attendance is arranged across the different sectors.
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D.01
Do you also work in sectors other than those listed?
Yes. The criterion is not the sector but the presence of an anticorrosion treatment to be verified: from a ship to a bridge, through to any structure or component carrying a protective coating system.
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D.02
Does the inspection method change between new building and refitting?
The two are alike only in appearance. The instruments used may be the same, but the type of check and the minimum acceptance requirements are different.
In both cases the reference remains the Client’s specification: that is what sets out what has to be verified and to which tolerance.
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D.03
How are trips abroad handled?
Travel follows the type of assignment agreed. Where the Client does not arrange it directly, the arrangements — travel, accommodation, site access — are made by the inspector, and the related costs are itemised on the invoice.
There is no geographical limit: the projects covered have included Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Italy.
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D.04
Which standard is applied if the Client does not name one?
If the project specification does not call up a standard, the reference is the ISO and ASTM standards, which are those in current use in corrosion protection.
In practice the specification almost always states which standard is to be applied: establishing which standard is applicable is the first check carried out, before setting foot on site.
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D.05
Is there a minimum size of work for requesting an inspection?
No. The item to be inspected can be a valve a few centimetres across or a large structure.
What makes the check worthwhile is not the size but the value of the component and the risk attached to a non-compliant treatment.
Technical request
Inspection in your sector.
State the sector, the work involved and the stage it has reached: the applicable type of inspection is defined together. Attendance takes place in Italy and abroad, at the yard or at the plant.