Bilfinger UK Ltd

Bilfinger UK is an established provider of conventional and advanced NDT services to the oil and gas, energy, petrochemical, renewables, nuclear and utilities sectors, covering onshore and offshore facilities across north west Europe. The company has 16 operations centres across the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Bilfinger UK is a UKAS-accredited Type C Inspection Body in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020:2012. The company holds TÜV approval for BS EN ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001 approval from Lloyd's Register for Thickness Measurement of Hull Structure Type B (Ships: all vessels as defined in MQPS, Book N, Procedure 17-1) and approvals from DNV-GL for thickness measurements on ships and mobile offshore units, in accordance with Class Programme DNVGL-CP-0484, and non-destructive testing (NDT) on classification projects, in accordance with Class Programme DNVGL-CP-0484. The company also holds approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority for UAV (drone) operations. In addition, Bilfinger is an active member and participant of IRATA, HOIS, BINDT and the OGTC.

Bilfinger currently has in excess of 350 NDT technicians delivering conventional and advanced NDT, utilising the latest equipment and techniques.

Quality, competency and innovative thinking are the key components of its delivery philosophy; these components allow Bilfinger to deliver a level of service on which both clients and personnel can depend at all times.

The experience, training and competency of its technicians are fundamental to its current and future success. The company continues to make significant investment in specific in-service inspection techniques, in conjunction with certified training partners.

Bilfinger has established itself at the cutting edge of NDT through investment in specialised equipment and the delivery of industry and client-specific training programmes. It also invests considerable time and resources in the validation of emerging NDT techniques, as is evidenced by its collaborations within HOIS and its independent validation facility.

Bilfinger's training and competency programme ensures that its technicians are fully trained and certificated and exhibit the correct behavioural and safety leadership at all times.

The company recognises the importance of continual innovation and focuses on exceeding client and market expectations through investment in its people and research and development. It has its own R&D facility and NDT Centre of Excellence located in Aberdeen.

Bilfinger’s range of inspection services includes, but is not limited to:

• Conventional inspection NDT services
• Time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD)
• M-Skip
• Phased array (weld inspection, corrosion mapping, bolt inspection, flange face inspection)
• EMAT
• Guided wave ultrasonics, including QSR and gPIM’s technology
• Pulsed eddy current array (PEC) 
• Computed radiography 
• ACFM
• Eddy current array
• Tube inspection (IRIS, MFL, EC, RFT)
• Automated ultrasonic weld and corrosion mapping
• Automated NDT crawlers and ROVs 
• QA/QC weld inspection
• Visual inspection (pre- and in-service)
• Integrated remote close visual inspection teams for CUI
• Third-party NDT Level 3 verification services.