Business challenge
Acting as a business partner and independent verifier for a new coal fired power station (Kogan Creek) to ensure welding of (pressure) pipe work complies with relevant (Australian) standards and regulations.
Solution
Use of local qualified technical inspectors to verify the installation of pipe work at the construction site.
Benefits
Saved time and money by working cooperatively with the local project management team, to verify compliance with minimal disruption to construction activities.
Client size: Siemens is one ofthe world’s leading suppliers of components and systems to companies inthe energy and electricity industry. With roughly 40,500 employees, PGhad sales of over EUR 12 billion and received new orders forapproximately EUR 18 billion in fiscal 2007 (October 1 – September30).
Client profile: Siemens Power Generation is one of the premier companies in theinternational power generation sector providing leading-edge power andenergy solutions. It develops and builds fossil fuel power plants andpower-generating components as well as wind turbines, turbines for useas mechanical drives and compressors for industrialapplications.
Acting as a business partner and independent verifier for a new coal fired power station (Kogan Creek) to ensure welding of (pressure) pipe work complies with relevant (Australian) standards and regulations.
Use of local qualified technical inspectors to verify the installation of pipe work at the construction site. During this installation, work comprised of third party inspections to verify the results of the non-destructive tests, review of quality documentation for the erection, and the witnessing of (successful) hydrostatic pressure tests. After installation, a “certificate of compliance” was be issued for each piping system, confirming all requirements as per the design standard had been fulfilled.
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