Underwater Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance (IRM)
Since 1996, Phoenix International has been providing quality Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance (IRM) services that help ensure the integrity, reliability and safety of our clients’ offshore floating platforms. We achieve this through our ingenuity, diverse and comprehensive knowledge, and IRM teams made up of project managers, engineers, divers, and technicians with decades of offshore expertise.
Inspection
Our proactive approach to inspections works to ensure that issues are discovered before they become problematic, helping save our clients valuable time and money. We work closely with, and are certified by, all major regulatory compliance agencies and fully understand the inspection criteria set forth by each. As such, Phoenix is pleased to offer the following inspection programs:
- Underwater Inspection In-Lieu of Dry Docking (UWILD)
- Low/high fatigue areas inspection
- Hull Life Extension
- In Service Inspection Plan (ISIP)
- Level II, III, and IV Nondestructive Examination (NDE)
- Close Visual Inspection (CVI)
- Flooded Member Detection (FMD)
- Eddy Current Testing
- Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
- Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
- Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
- Cathodic Potential Measurement (CP)
- Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM)
Maintenance
Regularly scheduled maintenance on often utilized offshore equipment not only enhances its lifespan, it improves equipment performance and preservation of the asset. Some of the maintenance services Phoenix provides are:
- Riser clamp replacement
- Anode retrofit
- Tendon porch grounding straps repair and/or replacement
Maintenance – Cleaning
- Hulls
- Acoustic Doppler current profilers
- Dry tree strakes
- Fire pump intakes
- Cooling water intakes
- Marine growth
Repairs
Offshore floating platforms are under constant barrage from the ocean’s harsh elements, which can lead to serious damage to the materials. We understand that time is money and Phoenix teams make every effort to provide fast-track repairs backed by strong and experienced in-house engineering support. Repairs performed include:
Certifications
Phoenix maintains American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV-GL), and American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) certifications for in water inspection and survey of ships, structures and platforms.
Inspection data is provided to in-house or client engineers for evaluation and preparation of repair or replacement procedures or as Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) during and at completion of production work.