SAN JOSE, Calif. - Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 [ME NewsWire]
Strategic Alliance Offers Unique Comprehensive Repair, Remediation, and Fabrication Serviceto Energy Industry
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Structural Integrity Associates, Inc., a world recognized leader in inspection and assessment of critical components in the power generation industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wachs Energy Services Company(WES), a construction and technical services company, establishing a strategic alliance between the two companies. The alliance effectively addresses the remediation and repair of damaged critical pressure parts and the fabrication and installation of new pressure part systems in the conventional fossil-fired and combined cycle power plants.
The alliance integrates the expertise in welding and machining technology of WES with the advanced assessment and engineering capabilities of Structural Integrity. The result is a comprehensive solution for the repair, remediation, fabrication, and erection of critical pressure parts and systems that is unique in the power generation industry.
Laney Bisbee, CEO of Structural Integrity Associates, Inc., explained Structural Integrity’s interest in the alliance; “Structural Integrity has always been known as the industry leader in asset management and providing comprehensive assessment of the impact of damage on the short and long term safe and reliable operations of critical components and systems. In partnership with WES, we can now provide turnkey, optimized solutions, including full field implementation for the emergency repair or replacement of any components determined to be unfit for continued operation as well as the design, fabrication, and erection of critical systems with a particular emphasis on the new advanced Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic steels, e.g., P91.”
“Optimized repairs of damaged critical components and competent fabrication and erection of new systems is highly valued and under-supplied in the power industry today,”explains Eddie Wachs, CEO of Wachs Energy Services Company. “We are excited to partner with Structural Integrity in what we feel will be a very successful long term relationship by offering a comprehensive Repair, Remediation, and Fabrication Service. Structural Integrity has always been widely considered the most technically advanced and highest quality engineering consulting company in the industry. Combining their experience and capabilities with our unmatched welding and machining technology allows us to offer the most comprehensive component and system repair, fabrication, and erection solutions for our clients.”
Structural Integrity and WES have provided critical component repair and systems fabrication to many fossil plants worldwide including San Diego Gas and Electric Palomar Station, NRG Encina, and PacifiCorp Huntington Canyon Station.
About Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.
Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.is an internationally recognized leader in the prevention and control of structural and mechanical failures, with a particularly strong presence in the power generation industry. With headquarters in San Jose, CA, Structural Integrity serves clients worldwide through branch offices located throughout the US and Canada, as well as through affiliates located in China, Japan, Korea, and Spain. Structural Integrity’s expertise encompasses a broad range of issues critical to the commercial success of both fossil-fired and nuclear power plants, including critical component assessment programs and asset management programs that have become vital to the continued safe and economical operation of power plants worldwide.
About Wachs Energy Services Company
Wachs Energy Services Company(WES) is industry esteemed in precision field machining and welding services across a wide range of markets. Headquartered in Belmont, NC, Wachs Energy Services serves the power generation industry domestically as well as internationally. Wachs Energy Services utilizes the latest cutting edge equipment in manual and orbital welding technology to facilitate our expertise in boiler maintenance, facility decommissioning, plant life expansion activities and new construction projects across the entire power generation industry. To satisfy the need for specialized on-site machining and welding services, Wachs has assembled a team of industrial professionals whose primary focus is dedication to our clients…to get the job done right and on time.
Contacts
Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.
Kim Bezzant, 801-676-0216
Fossil Plant Services-Applied Engineering Services Manager
kbezzant@structint.com
Vicki Douglass, 877-474-7693
Direct: 704-977-2332
Marketing Manager
vdouglass@structint.com
Wachs Energy Services Company
Josh Armstrong, 704-641-6999
jarmstrong@wachsservices.com
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