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End Client: Sydney Ports Authority
Client: Waterways constructions
Inspection conducted: Coating thickness, adhesion testing, continuity testing and visual quality check of newly constructed and coated piles to build a new port in front of the grain terminal at Port Kembla.
Job details:
CMS were engaged by Waterways constructions to perform Inspection and monitoring of the industrial coating works performed on the piles being fabricated and coated to be installed to create a new grain terminal loading area at Port Kembla, Wollongong NSW.

The Piles were bring protected with a High build glass flake product applied at a local Coatings workshop in Wollongong and then shipped to site. The piles were also going to be protected by a Cathodic Protection system, ensuring the life of the piles is extended as long as possible.

DFT Checks being performed on the pile

After continuity testing, non-conforming areas were marked out for re-coating, and retested 7 days later after full cure to ensure a continuous coating is covering the piles prior to installation.

Areas that were below the specified minimum DFT, were marked for re coating, and the thickness in that area retested to ensure conformity with the specification

Completed piles in the lay down area awaiting to be taken for piling into the terminal. It was here that continuity testing and touch ups were performed

Performing continuity testing on the completed pipes after 7 days full cure

Defects such as any runs or sags or pinholes were identified and rectified prior to dispatch to the lay down yard, where they would have high voltage continuity testing performed to ensure there were no breaks in the coating prior to being submersed