Services Installation and Plant Facilities Failure
The laboratory frequently gets involved in investigating the root cause of building and infrastructural facilities failures either at installation or after a period of operation. This has included hospitals, factories and residential properies with shared services oftent for facilities management companies or building contractors. Typical investigations include:
- Pipework and joint corrosion root-cause investigations.
- Specific failure of braze / solder process at joints.
- Manufacturing or assembly faults in fittings and valves.
- Plastics, rubbers and coating degradation.
- Seal and gasket failure.
- Chemical plant failure and materials compatibility.
- Solvent attack of plastic piping systems.
- Failure to use the correct water treatments such as corrosion inhibitors.
- Corrosion induced in copper and steel water piping systems associated with phenolic foam insulation.
- Isolation and general valve siezing, passing or leaking issues.
- Polybutylene PB hot water pipe failure and leakage.
- Analysis of reasons for filter blinding and blockages.
- Construction and building facilities failure investigations.
- Deposit and blockage determination.
- Dust particle identification and analysis services.
- Inhibitor dose determination to mitigate corrosion.
- Microbial Induced Corrosion MIC.