Kiwa supports its clients by providing technical and economic information, crucial for defining strategies for maintenance, rehabilitation, and asset replacement. Its inspection team uses advanced Non-Destructive Testing and monitoring techniques to evaluate the structural condition and detailed characterization of the materials.

Bridges, Tunnels & Viaducts

Management of Bridges’, tunnels’ and viaducts’ life is usually influenced by the design, construction standards, environment and the maintenance strategies. Over time, Nature and daily use cause deterioration and natural wear.

These assets require special attention to the structural integrity level. The challenge is to guarantee a high-quality control level and to preserve the integrity and to extend the building’s useful life.

Kiwa applies advanced technologies and non-destructive testing methods to obtain a detailed material characterization, a specific condition assessment, and continuous structural monitoring.

Tanks & Silos

Used to storage products in diverse industries, tanks and reinforced concrete silos are assets that require special attention as regard to the integrity’s maintenance, especially in terms of control of crack control and durability. The biggest challenge is to preserve the integrity even under extreme temperature and load conditions.

Kiwa inspection team uses advanced technologies of non-destructive testing and assisted inspection techniques, such as rope access, to assess the structural condition and to develop detailed materials’ characterization. These tools enable Kiwa Global to manage and extend the asset useful life. Kiwa also provides support to its clients in the definition of the best maintenance and rehabilitation strategies.

Dams

Dams are generally associated with a high-risk potential, due to the probability of the occurrence of accidents.

Kiwa carries out inspection services, non-destructive tests and condition monitoring technologies, seeking to guarantee the efficient and safe operation of these structures.

Roads & Pavements

As a result of the rapid growth of the automotive industry and modern civilization’s development, roads’ and pavements’ engineering became a priority. Failures like fatigue cracking, damage caused by traffic, among others, can cause severe losses.

Kiwa inspection team uses advanced non-destructive testing technologies to perform assessments and to provide a full characterization of the materials.

Steel Structures

The development of construction materials enabled the modern world to implement ambitious architectural ideas of complex execution. This evolution in metallic construction, that surpasses the imaginable, has, however, been followed by severe structural collapses that put human lives at stake.

Wood Structures

Wood is the oldest structural material on the planet and has been extensively used throughout the human history.

Working closely with its clients, Kiwa skilled and certified technical team performs visual inspections, non-destructive testing, focusing on quality assurance and structural integrity.

Telecomunication Towers

Structures such as Telecommunication Towers are constantly exposed to severe weather conditions, which can cause damages. Being these valuable properties, due to the services provided and to the complexity, its maintenance and regular inspection are obligatory, in order to ensure the extension of the asset’s life, the safety of its users, the structural stability of the Tower, as well as their operational performance.