QA/QC consulting · Inspecting since 2009 · Nationwide
Quality you can sign off on.
Big City Inspection provides quality management and certified inspection for refining, petrochemical, power and industrial construction projects — welding, NDT, piping, coatings and concrete — in the field or remotely, anywhere in the USA.
Services
Everything quality management and inspection.
One consultancy for the QA/QC work a project needs — from writing the quality plan to signing the final turnover package.
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Quality management
A QC manager for your project — on site or remote.
- Project quality plans and procedures
- Inspection and test plans (ITPs) with hold and witness points
- Audits, NCRs and corrective actions
- Quality KPIs and client reporting
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Welding inspection
CWI-led weld quality control from procedure to turnover.
- WPS, PQR and welder qualification review
- Welder continuity tracking
- Fit-up, in-process and final visual inspection
- NDE coordination, weld maps and weld logs
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NDT inspection
Hellier-certified Level II ultrasonic, magnetic particle and penetrant testing.
- UT thickness and flaw detection
- Magnetic particle (MT) and liquid penetrant (PT)
- Radiography (RT) coordination and film review
- Radiation safety certified
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Piping inspection
API 570 inspection of in-service process piping.
- Condition and thickness monitoring
- Inspection planning and intervals
- Repair and alteration review
- Inspection reports and records
- 05
Coating inspection
NACE Level 2 coating inspection to your coating spec.
- Surface preparation and profile
- Ambient conditions and cure
- Dry film thickness and holiday testing
- Daily coating inspection reports
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Concrete testing
ACI-certified field testing for civil and foundation work.
- Slump, air content and temperature
- Unit weight and sampling
- Test specimen casting and handling
- Field test records
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Remote QC management
Your project's QC program run remotely, with nothing missed.
- Weld, welder and NDE control
- Document and data review
- Hold point and client interface tracking
- Powered by our own IsoLog QMS software
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Document review & turnover
Records that pass the client's turnover review the first time.
- MTRs, NDE and test reports
- Hydrotest and test package review
- Vendor and supplier documentation
- Final quality dossiers
Credentials
Certified where it counts.
Inspection is only as good as the inspector's qualifications. Certificate numbers are listed so your client can verify them.
- UT I & II Ultrasonic testingHellier NDT
- MT I & II Magnetic particle testingHellier NDT
- PT I & II Liquid penetrant testingHellier NDT
- RS Radiation safetyHellier NDT
- ASME B31.3
- ASME B31.1
- ASME Section IX
- ASME Section V
- ASME Section VIII
- AWS D1.1
- API 570
- API 1104
- AMPP / SSPC coating standards
- Client specifications
Orson Edney
Owner / Founder
- In the field since
- 2009
- Education
- Process Technology & Engineering, University of the Virgin Islands
- Site access
- TWIC card holder
Experience
Led by an inspector, not a salesman.
Big City Inspection was founded by Orson Edney, a quality professional who has worked in refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants and industrial construction since 2009 — as an NDT technician, API 570 piping inspector, CWI, lead QC inspector, quality manager and quality supervisor. Every project gets that hands-on experience directly.
- Semiconductor central utility buildingQuality Supervisor — Project Eagle, Samsung CUB, with Summit Industrial
- Petroleum terminal expansionThird-party Project QA Manager / API 570 inspector — Targa Resources Galena Park Terminal LEP #3
- Industrial gas cold box additionProject QA/QC Manager, third-party inspection — Linde North America, La Porte, TX
- Refinery and petrochemical pipingAPI 570 inspection, QC and NDT on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, California and St. Croix, USVI
Previous companies worked with
Summit Industrial · MTB Quality Consultants · Wood · Mistras Group · Jacobs · Acuren Inspection · Cardno PPI · Furmanite · Burrow Global · JV Industrial Companies · Versa Integrity Group · Harder Mechanical · Gap Engineering · Titan Contracting & Leasing
A selection of companies Orson has worked with or for over his career — not a complete list, and not an endorsement by any of them.
Approach
From the client spec to the final dossier.
- Step 1
Read the requirements
We start from your client's specification and the governing codes, so every inspection is checked against what the job actually requires.
- Step 2
Plan the inspections
Quality plan, ITP and hold points agreed before work starts — who inspects what, when, and to which acceptance criteria.
- Step 3
Inspect and record
Certified inspection in the shop and field, with clear daily records, flagged nonconformances and tracked corrective actions.
- Step 4
Close out
Complete, reviewed turnover documentation, so the job closes without a scramble for missing records.
Industries
Built for industrial work.
We support owners, EPCs, contractors and fabricators wherever piping, welding and coatings have to meet code.
- Refining
- Petrochemical
- Oil and gas terminals and pipelines
- Power plants
- Industrial gas facilities
- Semiconductor and mission-critical construction
Our own tools
IsoLog — quality software from inspectors.
We built IsoLog to run QC the way we do: IsoLog QMS is an offline remote QC manager for weld, welder and NDE control, client specs, ITPs and audits, and our IsoLog service turns piping isometrics into checked weld logs.
Contact
Tell us about your project.
Send the scope, the codes or client spec, and your schedule. We'll come back with how we can help and a proposal.
- Orson Edney
Owner / Founder - 832-623-2442
- bigcityinspection@gmail.com
- Registered in Texas · serving clients across the USA