Offer 02

Integrity & Engineering Decisions

NIQS develops the traceable assessment and engineering basis supporting the owner's decision to operate, monitor, repair, modify, inspect or replace mechanical equipment.

Call NIQS when

The package exists. The owner decision is still open.

  • An inspection finding or ageing concern needs a continued-operation or outage decision.
  • A fatigue, fracture, stress, dynamic or multiphysics calculation needs an accountable decision context.
  • A repair or modification is approaching an outage with open design, qualification or interface questions.
  • Legacy calculations, loads, transients, materials or configuration cannot be reconstructed cleanly.
  • A supplier package is complete as a deliverable but does not yet support owner acceptance.

Technical scope

A traceable basis for a defined mechanical decision.

The decision and acceptance basis are defined before analysis begins. Material conclusions remain linked to identified inputs or explicit assumptions.

BasisAssessment boundary, applicable code, load cases, acceptance criteria and source hierarchy.
ConfigurationAs-designed / as-built reconciliation, materials, supports, interfaces and modifications.
AnalysisASME III/XI, stress, fatigue, fracture mechanics, dynamic and multiphysics analysis as required.
OptionsContinued operation, monitoring, repair, modification, replacement and their dependencies.
SpecificationsDesign, calculation, inspection, repair or modification technical requirements.
Interface leadershipSupplier comments, owner and inspector reviews, authorised-party questions, hold points and as-built close-out.

Controlled outputs

Engineering that supports acceptance, action and close-out.

  • Assessment plan and applicability matrixScope, code, methods, roles, hold points and checking basis.
  • Input and assumption registerTraceable configuration, loads, transients, materials and uncertainties.
  • Checked calculation or integrity reportMethods, results, margins, limitations and acceptance disposition.
  • Decision-route comparisonTechnical uncertainty, implementation dependencies and verification needs.
  • Technical specificationRequirements for calculation, repair, modification, inspection or testing.
  • Supplier finding registerComment, decision impact, owner, due date, evidence and closure status.
  • Verification and closure dossierAs-built evidence, testing, acceptance and residual actions.

Acceptance logic

Make uncertainty and implementation dependencies visible.

Named packages

Mechanical Integrity Decision Package; ASME III/XI Calculation and Assessment; Fatigue and Fracture-Mechanics Assessment.

Closure packages

Repair and Modification Closure; Design-Basis Recovery; Supplier Evidence Review.

Role boundary

Standalone calculations are accepted when the decision, inputs, code and acceptance criteria are defined. Formal owner, inspection-body and regulatory roles remain unchanged.

Confidential issue screen

Start with one integrity or modification decision.

Use the structured, non-sensitive issue screen on the NIQS homepage. It prepares an email in your own email application and does not accept file uploads.

Open the structured issue screen
  1. 01Asset or system
  2. 02Decision required
  3. 03Deadline
  4. 04Evidence available
  5. 05Main concern