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CONDITION ASSESSMENT

Pipeline, Tank, and Buried Infrastructure Evaluations to Support Capital Planning and Asset Management

 

Aging infrastructure is one of the most expensive problems facing utility owners and asset managers today. Pipelines, tanks, and buried structures rarely fail without warning, but the warning signs are easy to miss without the right inspection tools and the experience to interpret what they show. ICG provides condition assessment services that turn uncertainty into actionable data, helping owners understand the current state of their assets, predict where problems will appear next, and prioritize repair and rehabilitation budgets where they will do the most good.

 

What We Do

ICG performs interior and exterior condition assessments on pipelines, water tanks, and buried metallic structures across a wide range of industries. We combine traditional inspection techniques with newer tools like drone-based imagery and long-term datalogging to build a complete picture of an asset's condition. Our deliverables are written for the people who actually have to make decisions with them: clear findings, defensible recommendations, and prioritized action items that align with how owners plan and budget.

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Services

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Pipeline Condition Assessment

  • Interior and exterior pipeline evaluations

  • Direct assessment (excavation, visual inspection, NDE)

  • Indirect assessment (above-ground surveys, CIS, ACVG, DCVG)

  • Pipe locating and depth-of-cover surveys

  • Pipeline current mapping (PCM)

  • Metal loss evaluations

  • Internal corrosion evaluations

 

Tank and Storage Asset Assessment

  • Exterior tank condition surveys

  • Drone-based aerial inspection of tank exteriors

  • Coating condition evaluation

  • Rehabilitation and recoating monitoring

  • Pre- and post-rehabilitation documentation

 

New Facility Planning

  • Corrosion control requirement studies for new construction

  • Soil corrosivity surveys and site characterization

  • Materials selection input for design teams

  • Coating and cathodic protection specifications

 

Existing Facility Preservation

  • Rehabilitation and preservation alternative analysis

  • Remaining service life estimation

  • Risk-based repair prioritization

  • Long-term asset management input

Drone-Based Condition Assessment

Drones have changed how condition assessment work gets done, especially on water storage tanks and other tall or hard-to-reach structures. ICG uses high-resolution aerial imagery to document exterior coating condition, identify areas of corrosion or coating failure, and monitor rehabilitation projects in real time. The advantages over traditional inspection are significant:

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  • No scaffolding, lifts, or rope access required

  • No confined space entry for exterior work

  • Faster turnaround and lower cost

  • Repeatable, archivable visual record for tracking changes over time

  • Better data quality than what a human inspector can capture from the ground

 

For owners with multiple tanks or assets to inspect on a recurring schedule, drone-based assessment has become the practical standard. See our drone inspection page for more detail.

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Why It Matters

Condition assessment work is not glamorous, but it is some of the highest-leverage engineering money a utility or asset owner can spend. A well-executed assessment can identify a $50,000 repair before it becomes a $5,000,000 emergency replacement. It can also do the opposite, which is just as valuable: it can confirm that an asset has more service life left than you assumed, freeing capital to be spent on the assets that actually need it.

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ICG's job is to give you the data and the analysis to make those calls with confidence.

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