Construction Surveillance and Inspection

Contact:  Ed Fadden 865-574-4405

Construction surveillance is performed for customers wanting assurance that the project is being constructed as designed and are receiving full benefit of their investment. Inspections are performed for activities in areas such as new facility installation, facility modification, work for others, and repair of existing facilities. Work for others includes interstate natural gas and petroleum product transmission lines repair and new line installation.

These inspections are performed by personnel who are: certified by the American Welding Society (AWS-CWI); certified Level II for nondestructive examination; and certified by the American Petroleum Institute.

Included in these services are:

• Construction Specification Reviews
  • Inspectability
  • Testability
  • Codes/Standards
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• Welding Inspection
  • Direct Inspection
  • Weld Map Preparation
  • Documentation Assembly and Review
  • Process Monitoring
  • Surveillance
  • Assessment
  • Reporting
• Work for Others Process Monitoring
  • Natural Gas, Petroleum Products Pipeline Installation and Remediation
  • Compressor Station Installation
  • Oil/Gas Platform Inspections in the Gulf of Mexico
  • DOD AAV and AAAV Programs
  • Waste Collection, Power Piping
• Mechancial and Electrical Installation Inspections
  • Dimensional
  • NDT
  • Design Conformance

Contact:  Ed Fadden   865-574-4405

Nondestructive examination (NDE) services are provided to ORNL R&D divisions as well as to construction and fabrication activities. Shop capabilities include fluorescent liquid penetrant examination, helium bombing, immersion ultrasonics, X-ray examination, gamma radiography, eddy current, magnetic particle and dimensional. Field capabilities include gamma radiography, contact ultrasonic examination, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, and visual.

• ASNT-TC-1A Qualifications
  • Level III Examiners
  • Level II Technicians
• Shop and Field Examinations
• Examination Capabilities
  • Liquid Penetrant (fluorescent or visible)
  • Ultrasonic (contact or immersion)
  • Radiographic
  • Magnetic Particle (fluorescent or visible)
  • Leak Detection (mass spectrometer leak detection, bubble test, and pressure decay)
  • Visual
  • Remote NDT  

Contact:  Ed Fadden  865-574-4405

Quality Engineering provides engineering support to the inspection staff, construction projects, and R&D divisions in support of ORNL missions. Included in these services are:

Vendor Surveillance & Inspection

• Welding Inspection
• Process Monitoring
• X-Ray Film Interpretation
• Customer Reporting
• Release for Shipment of Fabrications from Vendor Shops
• Fabrication Documentation Review
• Commercial Grade Dedications

Training & Qualification

• NDT Level III
• NDT Level I and II Training and Qualification
• Weld Inspector Training
• Safety Inspections
  • OSHA
  • ANSI
• Inspection Procedures

Engineering & Inspection Planning

• Material Receiving Inspection
• Vendor/Source Inspection
• Construction Inspection
• Experiment Capsule Examination
• Safety Inspections
• Procedure Reviews
  • Welding
  • NDE
  • Fabrication
  • Testing
• Work for Others Inspection Planning
• Load/Capacity Calculations
• Equipment Capacity Determinations

Welding & NDT Engineering

• Engineering Services for Vendor Evaluation and Source Inspection
• Inspection and Constructibility Reviews
• ASNT Level III Services

Contact:  Ed Fadden   865-574-4405

Safety Surveillance Inspection & Calibration

Safety Surveillance Inspection provides inspections of installed plant equipment, personal protection equipment, and plant mobile equipment for the purposes of assuring conformance to OSHA, ANSI, EPA, and ORNL requirements. Included are inspections of air filtration systems (portable and installed), respirators (masks and cartridges), hoisting and rigging, personnel lifts and fall arrest/restraints, pressure vessels (including pressure gauge calibration), and water quality (backflow preventers, containment dikes). Support services include scheduling, trending, status reporting, and records management.

• Air Filter/Air Flow - ANSI/ASME N509, N510; 29CFR1920
  • HEPA Filter Testing
  • Air Flow Testing
• Respirators - 29CFR1910; ANSI Z88.2
  • Respirator Testing and Repair
  • Cartridge Testing
• Hoisting and Rigging - 29CFR1910; 29CFR1926.753; 49CFR393; ANSI/ASME A92 series, B30 series, B56
  • "Crane Team" for Inspections and Programmed Maintenance
  • Crane and Hoist Inspections
  • Sling and Lifting Fixture Inspections
  • Forklift Inspections
  • Tailgate Lift Inspections
  • Rad Shipment Tie-Down Inspections
• Personnel Lifts and Fall Arrest/Restraint - 29CRF1926.501; 29CFR1910; ANSI/ASME A14
  • Elevator Inspections
  • Mobile Work Platform Inspections
  • Safety Harness/Belt and Lanyard Inspections
  • Fixed Ladder Inspections
• Pressure Vessels - ASME Sections I, IV, VI, VII, and VIII; ANSI/NB-23; 49CFR173
  • Safety Relief Valve Inspections
  • Pressure Vessel Inspections
  • Boiler Inspections
  • Chemical Tank Inspections
  • Compressed Gas Cylinder Inspections
  • Pressure Gauge Calibration
  • Pneumatic/Hydro Testing
• Water Quality - 29CFR1910; 40CFR141-143; 49CFR265
  • Backflow Preventer Inspections
  • Cross Connection Control Surveys
  • Secondary Containment Inspections

ORNL Equipment Management

• Equipment Inspection Scheduling
• Equipment Inspection Results Trending
• Inspection Results Status Reporting
• Inspection Records Management