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Mechanical Integrity Group Project Examples

GCM School - Seminars

1. ASME Section VIII div. 1 (5 days), Offered at the cole Polytechnique in Montreal, see http://www.polymtl.ca/cppm/cours/liste/cours

2. ASME B31.3 (3 days), Offered at the Centre d'Innovations en Programmes ducatifs (CIPE), see www.cipe.ca

3. ASME Section IX (1 day), Offered at the Centre d'Innovations en Programmes ducatifs (CIPE), see www.cipe.ca

4. NBIC NB-23, part 3, ASME PCC-2, etc. (2 days) Offered at the Centre d'Innovations en Programmes ducatifs (CIPE), see www.cipe.ca

5. Dfauts de soudage (1 day), Offered at the Centre d'Innovations en Programmes ducatifs (CIPE), see www.cipe.ca

Federal building (Quebec, Canada) : Inspection plans for ASME Section IV (Heating Boiler) fire-tube boilers

Manufacturer (Germany): Technical support to German manufacturer engineers in answering all CRN registration questions by the Rgie du Btiment du Qubecs Authorized Inspector. The pressure equipment was completely manufactured according to German Standards not recognized by Quebec pressure vessels regulations. Manufacturer (Quebec, Canada): Oxygen sparger detailed design including hot tap (API 2201) requirements (drawings and static and dynamic calculations included). ASME Section VIII div. 1 & div. 2 new detailed designs, one of them to be installed on an offshore platform according to ISO 19901 and ISO 19902 between Australia and New Zealand. ASME Section VIII div. 1 detailed design including cyclic reactions due to pressure (500 000 complete cycles).

Manufacturing (Newfoundland, Canada): Analysis of cyclic reactions due to pressure on threaded pressure piping according to ASME B31.3

Mining & Metals (British Columbia, Canada): Inspection plan on a length of 2 kilometers of stainless steel and polypropylene sulfuric acid piping. Proposal to improve corrosion properties of a conveyor structure. Structural Integrity Evaluation by a Professional Engineer certified CSA W178.2, Level II (CSA W47.1/W59).

Mining & Metals (Quebec, Canada): Evaluation of the integrity of a 200-foot-high stack with MecaStack and calculations based on ASME STS-1 principles.

Mining & Metals (Madagascar, Africa): Support to engineering and inspection (as chief inspector) for a three-month contract on the site of a nickel and cobalt refinery located in Toamasina, Madagascar. Full calculations according to API 579-1/ASME FFS -1, parts 4, 5 and 6 for 2 autoclaves.

Mining & Metals (Nunavut, Canada): Detailed design of a C276 and G30 Hastelloy SO2 cooler according to ASME Section VIII Div. 1

Mining & Metals (Saskatchewan, Canada): Inspection plan without internal access to six vacuum pieces of equipment (up to 48 feet in diameter) with Monel 400 cladding to be able to assess the integrity of the carbon steel walls.

Pulp & Paper (Quebec, Canada): Implementation of a quality system according to CSA B51 for pressure piping maintenance and assistance during the audit.

Petrochemical (Quebec, Canada): Inspection and repair plan of storage tank according to API 653 (API 653 certified engineer). Evaluation of a collapsed roof (FFS principles) on an API 650 atmospheric storage tank. Various stress analyzes of piping according to ASME B31.3. Detailed engineering for the installation of two manholes located at the bottom of a tall column made form 1 Cr - Mo material, including all stages of preheating and heat treatment stress issues. Assessment of the effects of fatigue on two columns under fluctuating pressures according to the principles of ASME Section VIII Div. 2, part 5. Integrity assessment of a 100-foot-high stack according to ASME STS -1 (MecaStack). Inspection plan according to API 653 on a sulfur atmospheric tank. Inspection plan for a high-pressure D type steam boiler (ASME Section I) and supervision of inspection teams.

Oil & Gas (Saskatchewan, Canada): Fatigue assessment on high-pressure piping (class 2500 flange) and investigation of a crack-like flaw on a coke drum.

Oil & Gas (Quebec, Canada): Detailed design of three new butane pressure spheres. One-year contract to replace the senior stationary equipment integrity engineer and full technical support to APIs certified inspectors. Various calculations according to API 579-1/ASME-1.