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Inspection on site plays a major role in initial project costing. Although, we encourage clients to send us as much information about the project as is possible the inspection on site is still sometimes necessary. We encourage clients initiate contact with welder in London, Ontario by phone, email and text in order to reduce the cost of estimating and make our estimates more precise.
Usually, client initiate the contact by calling us with basic explanation of the project. The welder’s goal is to screen calls regarding project within our technical expertise from projects outside of our expertise. The project attributes, and our geographical rich also play some role. During this initial call the welder aside of screening calls must classify projects within our expertise into 4 groups:
We are focusing on commercial and industrial clients the both categories in both categories of , large and small projects. Therefore our small projects are generally larger than residential projects.
You can contact us and send multiple images through the website. You can also text us images and videos on the phone number provided there. If the we find the information insufficient we will schedule the on site inspection. After we do an excellent job, please leave the 5 stars review of our service.
The welder informs clients with small projects to text him images, videos and basic description of the project. The welder then analyzes the images and then provides the estimate to the client. If the client accepts the estimate then the welder schedules the mobile welding service or in shop client’s visit. In meantime the welder checks if we have material available for this small project as well as proper welding consumables.
We inspect small projects on – site due to:
Additionally, we inspect some small projects on site due to suspicion of fire hazard or presence of other hazardous materials.
In small projects category we tend to inspect projects related to on site mobile welding of heavy equipment unless client provides sufficient information.
On site inspection for large projects prior estimate is the standard in our operation. In case of large projects we always schedule appointment for initial inspection on site. During the initial inspection we focus on following:
We must inspect all large projects prior placement in our shop in Lucan. These large projects usually relate to: heavy equipment repairs, aluminum welding of movable ramps, cracked aluminum structures, cracked stainless steel structures and equipment, and many others.
Additionally, we inspect on site projects of mobile welding and portable welding related to any on site welding of heavy equipment due to necessary preparation work prior our welding. This preparation work’s goal is to eliminate fire hazard on industrial equipment, commercial equipment and construction equipment. In fact, we ask mechanics to remove electrical leads, pneumatic leads, hydraulic hoses from area in close proximity to our welding. We also ask to drain suspicious fluids from farm equipment.
Additionally, we pay attention to presence of plastic parts in close proximity to our welding as well as close proximity of grease. Removal of these fire hazards by your employees reduces the total cost of your project. Please keep in mind that we will have to remove any hazardous parts ourselves if your mechanics will leave them. This alone will increase the cost of your project.
Any portable welding on OWSJ (Open Web Steel Joist) re – enforcement and on site fabrication must be inspected. These type of projects relate to our longer presence in your facility and our employees interaction and coexistence for the project’s duration. Therefore, aside of traditional hazards related to fumes, fire, and noise, the welder must discuss falls and impact with forklift. The welder must also determine areas for additional impact protection and fire protection.
The welder must familiarize himself with client’s policies, procedures and unwritten rules. Additionally, the welder must know where are receptacles for 120V and 240V as well as where is the electrical panel. For the duration of these projects we will hang the separation tarps surrounding the project area. These tarps will serve not only as protection of your employees against the hazards on our jobsite but also serve as a barrier that your employees can not cross.
The welder must inspect all damages to industrial machinery and industrial equipment prior conducting welding repair on them. If the damages are severe the welder must be allowed to measure the cracks and take multiple pictures of damaged equipment. In some specific cases the welder will write the report for the client describing the welding repair methodology and step by step procedures process. The report could be modified by client and parties must agree on the final version of the report. The report becomes payable after its delivery. The welder will provide the report’s estimate after the inspection.
Due to changes in Ontario’s economy and increased fuel prices, all on-site inspections will be payable by C.C. on the spots. However, inspections in our shop in Lucan are free of charge as long as they will not last longer than 30 min.
Short distance inspection withing London area will be covered by a standard fee to reduce the impact of rising fuel prices. This practice will also reduce our time devoted to clients who are shopping for a bottom line prices or do not intend to do the project due to lack of budget. The inspection fee in London’s area in present year is visible in owner’s signature.
The long distance inspection outside of London’s area will consist of 2 components: time traveled and consulting fee per hour. The time traveled is measured by google’s map and covers the time traveled from center of London to the client’s location and back to London. We then will multiply the time traveled by standard traveled fee per hour.
The consulting fee covers the time devoted for inspection on site and generally should not be longer than 1 hour. The consulting fee cost is visible in owner’s signature. These fees reduce the impact of fuel cost and reduce time devoted to clients who are shopping for a bottom line prices or do not have a reasonable project’s budget.