Iridium Solutions

It’s our favourite day of the year! Happy Canada Day, and here’s to another year of making the True North Strong and Free!

Early in my career, I intentionally began wearing Hi-Viz, Nomex coveralls routinely, even when the standard for the sector I was working in was dark blue cotton non-FR versions. Now, I work predominantly in sectors which require flame-retardant outerwear, as was my goal. Correlation? Causation? You decide, but for me it’s a matter of ‘Dress for the job you want’, and be deliberate about your steps along the path, because everything you want IS obtainable.

It is beginning to winter up here. We stand ready to welcome it. Cold weather work, made possible by oil and gas in Northern BC.

In a world filled with digital cameras, video probes and cell phones with user-facing cameras, the folding pocket mirror remains the preferred go-to for weld inspection in situations with access limitations. Mirrors, due to their analog nature, allow one to inspect using the full power of the human eye, which still provides superior clarity and depth perception to digital formats. It is inexpensive, reliable and not prone to missing data cards or battery failure. Here, a fill...et weld below the inspector’s line of sight is being fully inspected, providing quality assurance to a hydro-electric power client at elevation. Such techniques are critical to the original form of non-destructive examination, know as visual inspection. Iridium Solutions provides visual inspection services to pipelines, oil and gas refineries, hydro projects, piping and pressure equipment, with inspectors who hold senior visual certifications with the Canadian Welding Bureau, American Welding Society and American Petroleum Institute. #weldinspection #visualinspection #analogtools #ocularsuperiority #CWB #AWS #API #iridiumsolutions #fieldwork