Client
Offshore Wind Operator
The project
Failure investigation and specification review
Our role
During the contract Safinah provided the following services:
- Reviewed contract, documentation, specifications and guarantees
- Carried out inspection and forensic investigation
- Assessed environment and on-site conditions
- Analysed paint flakes as part of root case analysis using computerised optical microscopy
- Identified paint type, film thickness and paint defects
- Characterised surface preparation
- Contamination (grit, dust, corrosion)
- Surface profile (height, shape and density)
- Completed advanced analysis
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) coupled with X-ray detection
- Surface analysis
How Safinah added value
- Identified poorly specified coating system for the offshore environment
- Evaluated root cause of coating failure
- Minimised insurer liability with optimised repair option and on-site supervision
