Welding Engineering

fga's Welding Engineering Department provides engineering services that include welding design, procedure preparation, inspection, process analysis and trouble shooting. Although primarily involved in applications under the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) W47.1, W47.2, and W186 Standards, fga has proven experience in all major codes and rules including American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), American Petroleum Institute (API), American Welding Society (AWS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Lloyds. Welding and brazing procedures are developed for clients according to the preceding codes and rules and to applicable Offshore specifications. In addition, the Welding Department provides services related to industrial piping and equipment installation, and the repair and alteration procedures for power boilers, heating boilers, pressure vessels, and pressure piping systems.

fga's Welding Engineering Department has extensive experience in a wide variety of materials, including:

• Carbon Steels
• Low Temperature Carbon Steels
• Stainless Steels (Austenitic, Ferritic, Martensitic, Super Austenitic, Duplex, Super Duplex)
• Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys
• Nickel and Nickel alloys
• High Carbon Steel
• Manganese Steel
• Copper and Copper Alloys
• Quenched and Tempered (Q&T) Alloy Steels
• Chrome-Moly Alloys
• Cast Irons
• Titanium

Representative Projects (Welding Engineering)

• Welding Engineering Services – White Rose Project
• Welding Engineering Services – Hibernia Project
• Open Web Steel Joist – Investigation & Remediation
• Development of welding procedures and procedure qualification supervision for Kiewit Offshore Services, White Rose Project.
• Welding inspection support for Kiewit Offshore Services, White Rose project.
• Welding design and procedure development for 36" pipe piles for the Newfoundland Transhipment Marine Terminal.
• Open Web Steel Joist investigation and remediation.
• Development of welding procedures and procedure qualification supervision for Peter Kiewit Sons' Ltd., Hibernia Project.
• Development of welding procedures and procedure qualification supervision for PCL-Aker-Stord-Steen-Becker (PASSB), Hibernia Project.
• Welding design, inspection and procedure development for various ships and offshore structures for Marystown Shipyard Limited and M&M Offshore.
• Pressure vessel alteration procedures for North Atlantic Refining Limited's refinery process vessels.