Engineering service 05
Inspection and integrity assessment
Assess reported damage and specify the investigation, structural or mechanical assessment, repair design or verification needed.
Where ACE assesses inspection or thickness records supplied by others, the report identifies those inputs and their limitations. Operating decisions remain with the asset owner, informed by engineering advice and site procedures.
Discuss this scopeWhat the work can deliver
- A findings and action register linking location, evidence and engineering significance.
- Recommended inspection, assessment or repair design actions, with the priority basis stated.
- Access and shutdown dependencies, follow up responsibilities and evidence required for closure.
- Risk based inspection scope and intervals where supported by the agreed assessment.
When to involve ACE
- Damage appears between inspection cycles.
- Critical details are enclosed or difficult to access.
- Inspection findings need to inform maintenance or life extension decisions.
See a sample inspection action record
Hypothetical example. This illustrates a deliverable; it is not an ACE project result or an instruction for a particular machine.
- Finding
- A crack has reappeared beside a previously repaired equipment support connection.
- Available evidence
- Location photographs and an earlier repair record. Current crack extent and relevant operating history remain incomplete.
- Engineering question
- What load path or local behaviour may be contributing to recurrence, and what further assessment is required?
- Next action
- Obtain suitable inspection or non destructive testing evidence. Review the connection, repair detail and relevant load history before defining the next repair.
- Planning and responsibility
- Confirm access, isolation and shutdown requirements with the asset owner. Agree responsibility for inspection, assessment, repair design and implementation.
- Closure evidence
- Close the assessment action against the checked report and agreed responses. Close any repair action separately against the required design, installation and inspection records.
Priorities and timing are determined for the actual machine. An inspection interval, remaining life estimate or operating restriction requires its own assessment basis.
Engineering support
Discuss your inspection findings.
Include the machine, available design or operating information, and your required timing.