QA Oversight

QA Oversight

Bureau Veritas provides specialty services as the owner's representative through our Quality Assurance (QA) services and capabilities.  Our capabilities include inspection of structural steel and precast/prestressed concrete during fabrication, plant audits, coating inspection, and nondestructive testing, and consulting. 

In addition, our staff experience includes providing QA services for the manufacture of the following Highway Infrastructure components: piling, bridge bearings, overhead sign structures, lighting standards, mechanized gearing (movable bridge machinery), high-strength fasteners, shop coating/metalizing, guardrails, traffic railing, expansion joints, wire mesh, and epoxy-coated reinforcing steel bars. Our QA services also include oversight on the following types of bridge components: plate girders, trapezoidal box girders, tub girders, truss, bascule, arch, and cable-stayed. 

QA Oversight Services:

  • Structural Steel Bridge Fabrication Inspection
  • Prestressed & Precast Concrete Fabrication Inspection
  • Overhead Sign Structures
  • High Mast Light Poles
  • Sampling Inspections
  • Prestressed and Precast Shop Audits & Shop Inspection
  • AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Inspection
  • Weld Procedure Qualification Review (WPQR)
  • Welding Procedure Review (WPS)
  • High Strength Bolting Inspection
  • Coatings Inspection to include:
    • Paint systems
    • Galvanizing
    • Powder Coating
  • Conduct Pre-Fabrication Meetings
  • Inspection of Bridge Components
  • Review of Mill Test Reports (MTR’s)
  • Witness and review welder certification
  • Review Fabricator Personnel NDT Certifications
  • Preparation of Non-Conformance Reports
  • Weld audition to verify traceability
  • Inspection of lay down and assembly operations
  • Final Shipping Inspection
  • Final Job package preparation and review
  • Visual Inspection
  • Dimensional Verification
  • Bridge Girder Inspection
  • Bridge Bearing Inspection
  • Wire Rope Inspection
  • Inspection of Timber Materials
  • Radiographic Film Interpretation
  • Field Welding Inspection