Showcasing Excellence: SGS Projects Unveiled

Nondestructive testing of the base perimeter weld of the cities municipal light poles. The methods employed were Ultrasonic and Magnetic Particle testing. Several hundred were tested and those welds deemed failing were documented and submitted in an expedited report so that the city could get those poles repaired or replaced.

SGS (formerly Twin Rivers Testing and Environmental) provided geotechnical and quality control services for the North Platte Regional Airport LBF. The scope of the project was to improve runways, hangers, and the utility lift station. SGS conducted the geotechnical investigation and provided the geotechnical report to the client. SGS also provided all of the construction material testing, which included concrete mix design services, daily batch weight, concrete batch weights, compressive and flexural testing, densities, soil testing, concrete testing, concrete coring and testing, asphalt testing, and daily concrete aggregate quality control.

SGS Provided foundation, weld, and installation inspections on a crane to determine it was installed to specs prior to a construction project. The inspection included the evaluation of but not limited to: Foundation inspection of the above grade pad/sub grade level basement shoring, Visual inspection of the Crane mast member welds and pin connection points (pre and post assembly), 12th floor tie in connections. Evaluation was performed to the provided engineered drawings.

Customer came to SGS requested us to brainstorm potential locations for their new configuration as they were running into interferences with other carrier equipment along with stringent spacing requirements. There were multiple restraints as the building was a historic building.

SGS was able to provide recommendations by modeling the entire configuration, providing detailed notes and graphics, along with potential concerns/discussions with the landlord. This helped customer initiate multiple lines of communication with the RF & landlord and were eventually able to come to a decision and yielded a passing structural analysis.

SGS was contacted to help find solutions to avoid replacement, SGS went to the drawings board, provided detailed sketches, spacings and multiple options and helped client to go to the end user with options, At the end SGS was able to navigate and help in the decision making and was not only able to prevent mount replacement but also issue a passing MA satisfying carrier spacing requirements.

SGS was able to call the contractor, get a plan in place, coordinated internally for this expedited request and were able to successfully provide a sealed letter by noon, an hour before. The contractor was extremely pleased that we respected the construction schedule and we able to save time and money for that project as well as kept things on schedule.