Metlab’s inspection and consultancy services provide independent, expert verification wherever quality or integrity must be demonstrated — welding, coatings, materials, vendors, vessels and tanks — independent engineers, documented findings and certification-grade rigour.
Independent engineering inspection recorded on site
Overview
Some questions need an independent answer: is this fabrication to specification? Is this vendor delivering what the purchase order says? Is this tank fit for another ten years? Metlab’s engineers and inspectors answer them with evidence, on sites across Ireland and beyond.
Engagements range from a single vendor visit to embedded QA/QC personnel on major capital projects — always with the impartiality of a third party whose only interest is the finding.
Inspection services
Welding inspection
Assessment of welding quality and integrity during fabrication and construction
Coating inspection
Protective coating systems on structures and materials
Material & conformance inspection
Condition, compliance and specification verification
Vendor inspection
Supplier quality and manufacturing process assessment
Vessel & tank inspections
EPA-enforced statutory vessels, EEMUA/API tank assessments, GRP tanks
Statutory inspections
Refrigeration equipment and unfired pressure vessels
Corrosion & CUI assessment
Extent-and-severity surveys with deterioration prediction
QA consultancy
Construction quality assurance (CQA)
Independent QA on civil and environmental works
Quality audits & desktop audits
Systems and documentation review
Conformance assessment
Product and process verification against specification
Material handling reviews
Storage, traceability and preservation practice
QA/QC project personnel
Qualified inspectors embedded in project teams
Why it matters
01
Independence is the product
An inspection is only as valuable as its impartiality. As an independent inspection provider, Metlab’s findings are independent of manufacturers, suppliers and installers — which is why they hold up.
02
Catch it at the vendor, not on site
A non-conformance found at the fabricator costs a shop repair; the same defect found at installation costs programme. Vendor inspection is the cheapest schedule insurance a project buys.
03
Scale on demand
From one inspection visit to a resident QA team, capability scales with the project — drawing on the multidiscipline depth of one of Ireland’s and the UK’s leading independent inspection providers.
Common questions
Asked before every engagement.
Something more specific? A specialist will answer it directly.
Ask usCan Metlab provide dedicated QA/QC personnel for a project?
Yes — qualified QA/QC inspectors and coordinators are seconded to project teams for the duration of works, with Metlab’s laboratory and NDT capability behind them.
What tank inspection standards do you work to?
Storage tank assessments follow recognised industry methodologies including EEMUA and API approaches, alongside EPA-enforced statutory vessel inspections and GRP tank evaluations.
Do you inspect outside Ireland?
Our home coverage is all-Ireland from Cork and Dublin, with UK reach through the group’s offices in Belfast, Bristol and London — and vendor inspections are arranged further afield on request.
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Need inspection & consultancy?
Send the specification or describe the asset — a specialist replies with method, price and turnaround.