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Austwide Inspection Services Pty Ltd

Locality: Orange, New South Wales

Phone: +61 410 478 695

Address: 163 Little Warrendine Str 2800 Orange, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.austwideis.com.au

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24.01.2022 Another day in the pipe game..

14.01.2022 In the last 8 years of my 20 years in the heavy fabrication industry, Ive had the opportunity to work as a consultant and meet many small business owners and h...ad the privilege of visiting their facilities and touring their workshops. I enjoy meeting their staff including fabricators and welders alike, learning about their background and sharing new ideas and experiences with them. Its great to see local tradies have a go and venture into their own businesses. Many of these companies are family owned and usually the owner wears many hats like: Owner / Director, Estimator, Procurement, HR manager etc. so in many cases they are far too busy to research Australian Standards. Most have a trade background and remember during their TAFE training days, there was mention of Welding Codes and Standards, and they were taught to weld to these standards. However, many do not fully understand their responsibilities now they are business owners. A common misconception is that a trade qualification makes one a Qualified Welder, in the eyes of Australian Standards this is totally wrong. In a lot of small companies Quality is driven by the most experienced guy on the floor, who is usually the designated Supervisor, and in most cases its been 20+ years since he went to trade school. Dont get me wrong these guys are very experienced tradesmen and the backbone of the industry, however as far as Quality Assurance is concerned to them its a four-letter word. Unfortunately, sometimes when I get asked for assistance its from business owners who are in trouble and facing serious repercussions because of not complying with the relevant Standards. In one such case a local fabricator had manufactured approximately 60 ton of structural members for a tier 2 client. Prior to starting fabrication, the manager noticed on the drawings that all welding was to comply with AS1554.1 Cat SP and notified his contact that his company didnt have welding procedures, as their main line of work didnt require this level of QA. The client contact (Graduate Engineer) told him to just go ahead and commence fabrication to meet the delivery deadline and well sort the paperwork out later. After the 60 ton of structural members were fabricated, galvanized and almost all of them erected on site, there was a site inspection from the Tier 1 contractor representative, who immediately requested to see the required documentation, and you can see where this is going As it turned out the Structural members had to be pulled down, the welds had to be grit blasted to remove the galvanizing, Visual inspection of 100% of all welds followed by a supplementary 10% MT (NDT). After inspection the members were then re-galvanized and re-erected at the cost of the fabricator. The sad part was, it wasnt a lack of skill form the welders most welds inspected were fine, there were only a few minor repairs throughout the entire job. So, what let them down? They just failed to have the documented evidence that the Standards require, before they started welding. My aim is to spread Awareness to as many business owners as possible how important it is to ensure their business is protected against these issues by investing in your Quality Management. Dont wait until youre in front of a judge and someone is asking you for you Welding Procedures and Welder Qualifications, have them at the ready and start your next project with confidence.. From the Director Peter Warren

12.01.2022 In the last 8 years of my 20 years in the heavy fabrication industry, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a consultant and meet many small business owners and h...ad the privilege of visiting their facilities and touring their workshops. I enjoy meeting their staff including fabricators and welders alike, learning about their background and sharing new ideas and experiences with them. It’s great to see local tradies have a go and venture into their own businesses. Many of these companies are family owned and usually the owner wears many hats like: Owner / Director, Estimator, Procurement, HR manager etc. so in many cases they are far too busy to research Australian Standards. Most have a trade background and remember during their TAFE training days, there was mention of Welding Codes and Standards, and they were taught to weld to these standards. However, many do not fully understand their responsibilities now they are business owners. A common misconception is that a trade qualification makes one a Qualified Welder, in the eyes of Australian Standards this is totally wrong. In a lot of small companies Quality is driven by the most experienced guy on the floor, who is usually the designated Supervisor, and in most cases its’ been 20+ years since he went to trade school. Don’t get me wrong these guys are very experienced tradesmen and the backbone of the industry, however as far as Quality Assurance is concerned to them it’s a four-letter word. Unfortunately, sometimes when I get asked for assistance it’s from business owners who are in trouble and facing serious repercussions because of not complying with the relevant Standards. In one such case a local fabricator had manufactured approximately 60 ton of structural members for a tier 2 client. Prior to starting fabrication, the manager noticed on the drawings that all welding was to comply with AS1554.1 Cat SP and notified his contact that his company didn’t have welding procedures, as their main line of work didn’t require this level of QA. The client contact (Graduate Engineer) told him to just go ahead and commence fabrication to meet the delivery deadline and we’ll sort the paperwork out later. After the 60 ton of structural members were fabricated, galvanized and almost all of them erected on site, there was a site inspection from the Tier 1 contractor representative, who immediately requested to see the required documentation, and you can see where this is going As it turned out the Structural members had to be pulled down, the welds had to be grit blasted to remove the galvanizing, Visual inspection of 100% of all welds followed by a supplementary 10% MT (NDT). After inspection the members were then re-galvanized and re-erected at the cost of the fabricator. The sad part was, it wasn’t a lack of skill form the welders most welds inspected were fine, there were only a few minor repairs throughout the entire job. So, what let them down? They just failed to have the documented evidence that the Standards require, before they started welding. My aim is to spread Awareness to as many business owners as possible how important it is to ensure their business is protected against these issues by investing in your Quality Management. Don’t wait until you’re in front of a judge and someone is asking you for you Welding Procedures and Welder Qualifications, have them at the ready and start your next project with confidence.. From the Director Peter Warren

03.01.2022 Burrendong Dam, 100 year flood upgrade, great project to be part of. Awesome view from up here..