SERVICES - Great Plains Consulting

Consulting (Full Time)

Provide Full Time, Professional Management, Construction Inspection, and Quality Control services on site as required by Government Funding Agencies.

Soils

- Visually confirm proper placement of fill material. - Comprehensive Drilled Pier inspection. - Footing inspection. - Lime and cement stabilization inspection

Reinforcing Steel

- Review of rebar shop drawings for compliance. - Inspection of placed rebar to verify grade, size, length, spacing, ties, laps, clearance, & orientation.

Concrete (A.C.I. Accredited)

- Sampling of freshly mixed concrete. - Water/cement ratio determination. - Unit Weight determination - Temperature, Slump, Entrained air content. - Cast specimens for compressive strength testing. - Concrete Batch Plant pour observation & inspection. - Floor flatness inspection.

Asphalt

- Sampling of freshly batched hot asphalt. - Temperature determination. - Asphalt placement & rolling pattern observation

Structural Steel

- Verification of structural steel shop drawings for compliance. - Observation of handling & placing of structural steel elements. - Inspection of structural fasteners: - bolt grade and size - threads revealed - torque - Verification of decking grade and thickness.

Masonry

- Sample mortar / grout. - Cast mortar / grout test specimens. - Masonry unit placement inspection. - Observe test prism construction.

Mechanical

- Verification of process pipe shop drawings for compliance. - Pipe routing inspection. (water, drain, sewer, process, & storm water pipe) - Process pipe connection, bracing, tightening… inspection. - Leak & pressure test inspection of water and drainpipes. - Thrust block inspection. - Trenching, bedding, & backfill inspection of all pipe.

Electrical

- Conduit routing and installation inspection. - Duct bank inspection - Backfill inspection. - Control panel frame inspection. - SCADA review and reporting. (Additional charge)

Coatings

- Field applied coatings inspections. - Verification of Millage & Holiday Testing. (Additional charge) - NACE Level III Coatings Inspections. (Additional charge)

Maintenance

Maintenance of the following files (as needed): - Architects submittals - change orders - Architects addendums - R.F.I.’s (requests for information) - CMR’s (Contract Modification Requests) - Non-Compliance Reports. - Testing and Start-up schedule, documents, and results. - Final Punch-list.