Corrosion control & protective coatings
Specification and application oversight of coating systems matched to the actual exposure, substrate and access reality.
Practice
Asset Integrity & Corrosion Control
Structures and process equipment in harsh environments degrade continuously. Integrity management is the discipline of knowing how fast, what it threatens, and intervening before it becomes a safety or production event.
The challenge
Corrosion is predictable. Corrosion failures are usually a surprise.
Mining, processing, water and coastal industrial environments attack assets relentlessly — abrasive slurries, chemical exposure, humidity, chlorides. The mechanisms are well understood and the degradation rate is broadly calculable. Yet corrosion-driven failures still arrive unannounced, because inspection is sporadic, findings are not trended, and remediation is deferred until the defect is visible from the walkway.
Aurixs treats integrity as an engineered programme: identify the mechanisms, set inspection to detect them in time, apply protection systems suited to the actual duty, and hold a record that shows the trend rather than a snapshot.
- ExtendedService life of critical structures
- PlannedRemediation instead of emergency repair
- EvidencedIntegrity position for insurers and regulators
Capabilities
What this practice covers
Surface preparation & abrasive blasting
Controlled surface engineering to the standard the coating system requires — the step that determines whether protection lasts.
Fibreglass (GRP) reinforcement & lining
Composite reinforcement and lining of tanks, launders, pipework and structures exposed to abrasive or chemically aggressive service.
Structural & condition assessment
Engineering assessment of steelwork, civils and supporting structures, with defect classification and prioritised remediation.
Risk-based inspection planning
Inspection scope and frequency set by degradation mechanism and consequence, rather than uniform calendar intervals.
Integrity data & trending
Findings captured against the asset over time, so wall loss and coating condition are trends with a forecast, not isolated readings.
How we work
Our approach
01
Survey
Physical inspection and condition assessment across the asset group, with defects classified by severity and consequence.
02
Diagnose
Identify the governing degradation mechanisms and the environmental and operational drivers behind them.
03
Specify
Select protection and repair systems appropriate to duty, access and shutdown constraints — then define the quality plan.
04
Execute & record
Deliver or supervise remediation, verify to specification, and establish the inspection cycle that keeps the record live.
Deliverables
What you receive
Tangible, usable outputs — structured for the systems and people who have to live with them after we leave.
- Damage mechanism review by asset group
- Corrosion protection specification and system selection
- Surface preparation and application quality plan
- Structural condition assessment report with defect register
- Prioritised, costed remediation programme
- Risk-based inspection plan and schedule
- Integrity trend records and remaining-life estimates
- Close-out documentation and warranty records
FAQ
Common questions
Both. We deliver corrosion control, blasting and fibreglass reinforcement scopes directly, and we also act as the specifying and quality assurance engineer where a client's own contractors execute.
Access and outage constraints are part of the specification, not an afterthought. Where shutdown is impossible we select systems suited to in-service application and sequence work around production windows.
Yes — and it usually should be. A documented integrity programme with trended evidence materially changes the conversation with underwriters. Our risk engineering practice works alongside integrity for exactly that reason.
Coating and surface preparation work follows the relevant ISO 12944 and ISO 8501 requirements, with structural assessment against the applicable design codes for the asset and jurisdiction.
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ExploreReady to talk about asset integrity & corrosion?
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