The coordination and facilitation of global Quality Assurance activities requires a firm with unique domestic and international networks. Bureau Veritas’ coordinators have established procedures, whereby, regardless the geographic location, our clients can expect a uniform level of Quality Assurance.

The Inspection of Railway Components consists of providing independent quality reviews and “hands on” activities of inspectors from the specification stage through final production. Our inspectors monitor the production processes (including control of materials, subassemblies and final assembly), non-destructive weld evaluations, dimensional conformance reviews, and protective coating inspections. In-service inspections include damage verification, post repair, on-hire, off-hire as well as repair shop audits and evaluations to reduce non-physical errors in the fabrication process.

Bureau Veritas’ contemporary experience includes inspections during the fabrication of Special Trackwork including Turnouts and their components such as: Switch Points, Frogs, Guard Rails, Tie Plates, Gauge Rod, and Concrete and Timber Ties. Our team is skilled with New Construction and In-Service inspections of owned and leased Locomotives, both Passenger and Freight Railcars, and their components such as: Axles, Wheels,  couplers, cushioning units, air brakes, Trucks, Traction Motors, Lighting, Doors, Brakes, Seats, Pantographs and AC Systems.

Our staff is equally experienced with the provision of Quality Assurance services associated with the procurement of Stock Rail. Our staff routinely evaluates the conformance of New Rail to both industry and customer specifications, performs non-destructive evaluation of Continuous Welded Rail in-shop and Thermite Welds in the field, and classifies Used Rail.

Further illustrating the comprehensive nature of our Quality Assurance services, Bureau Veritas offers our clients the expertise of our staff in matters regarding the Condition Assessment of in-place passenger railcars.  These services typically involve an evaluation of both the car’s interior, from a health and safety perspective, as well as the car’s exterior, from the wear-and-tear perspective.