Our core values can be summarised into the phrase

TRUST US, WE ARE IN SPEC

About Us

Cable-laying vessel with cable carousel at sea
Inspec Company

INSPEC is a company located in Greece, a city named Corinth, near Athens, the capital of Greece.

We offer cost effective and quality services with qualified and experienced professionals in the field of Inspection, Quality audit /Survey & Expediting.

Our scope of work is to help clients to evaluate whether their products, processes and services comply with all the relevant international standards and specific requirements.

We are leveraging our extensive, thorough and multi-annual factory experience of its partners and collaborators.

Our core values can be summarised into the phrase:

«TRUST US, WE ARE IN SPEC»

Services

Inspection services
  • Factory and supplier audit (manufacturer’s background, management system, manpower, production capability, facilities and equipment, manufacturing processes and production lines, in house quality system, laboratories).
  • Pre inspection meeting PIM (requirements to be met, assurance on the quality of raw materials, HSE issues, ITP/QCP check, identification of risks, production schedule).
  • In factory test witnessing and in process quality assurance (raw material procurement status, production status, Production line evaluation and timeline verification, during production test inspection, traceability, packaging).
  • Review/critique technical drawings, design, specification and ITP/QCP documentation.
  • Expediting.
  • Sample checking (quality check, workmanship check, documentation, field test and measurements.
  • Pre shipment inspection before load out (Sign compliance documents before PSI inspection services, perform quantity verification, final random inspection, Package, label, tag, instruction checking).
  • Engineering support and daily quality surveillance of the manufacturing process from raw materials/goods inwards through to FAT.

We provide Consulting and Client Representation services for all the phases of subsea cable projects making sure contractors fulfils the quality, health and safety requirements.

For offshore operations:

  • Subsea Cable Laying
  • Subsea Cable Trenching & Protection
  • Subsea Cable Pull-in
  • Diving operations

For onshore operations:

  • Beach/Land Subsea Cable pull-in
  • Beach/Land Subsea Cable Trenching & Protection
Audit services

INSPEC provides auditing and consulting services for integrated or stand alone management systems.

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 14001:2015

OHSAS 18001:2007/ISO 45001:2018

 

Fields
  • Cables (LV, MV, HV, EHV cables, submarine cables, communication cables and fiber optics)
  • HV Cable load out ops
  • FO Cable load out ops
  • Offshore Cable Laying supervising
  • Transformers (Power, Distribution, Rectifier, Inverter transformers)
  • Electrical Panels
  • Solar Power (Solar PV modules, Inverters, batteries, field quality)
  • Switchgear equipment (LV, HV, GIS, GCB)
  • Power and circuit protection (Gas Circuit Breakers, Magnetic Circuit Breaker, Safety / Disconnection Switch)
  • Generators (AC / DC Generators, Inverter Generators, Steam Generators)
  • Wind farms
  • Electrical Substations
  • MV & LV switchboards
Submarine cable laid out for inspection
Cable load-out to a turntable
Cable joint test rig
Cable coiled in a vessel carousel
Distribution transformers in a test hall

Projects

Inter Array Cables for SOFIA OFFSHORE WIND FARM PROJECT 1.4 GW

Factory Site/Quality Inspector at Cable Factory (Hellenic Cables S.A. FULGOR plant) on behalf of Van Oord responsible for reviewing technical drawings and documentation, engineering support, and daily quality surveillance of the manufacturing process from raw materials/goods inwards through to FAT and load out of the final lengths of Inter-Array Cables (38/66 kV submarine cables with interstitial armoured optical fibre cable ) for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm project (1.4 GW).

Platform Cables for Hai Long OFFSHORE WIND FARM PROJECT 1.05 GW

FAT on Platform cables XLPE/CWS/HDPE/LSZH 1 X 630 mm2 127/220 kV according to IEC 62067 and XLPE/CWS/HDPE/LSZH 1 X 400 mm2 38/66 kV according to IEC 60840 for Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm Project (1.05 GW).

Inter Array Cables for DOGGER BANK PHASE A AND PHASE B WIND FARM PROJECT 2 × 1.2 GW

Factory Site/Quality Inspector based at Cable Factory (Hellenic Cables S.A., FULGOR plant) on behalf of SSE (Scottish and Southern Electricity) responsible for reviewing technical drawings and documentation, engineering support and daily quality surveillance of the manufacturing process from raw materials/goods inwards through to FAT and load out of the final lengths of Inter-Array Cables (38/66 kV submarine cables with interstitial armoured optical fibre cable ) for the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm project located at North-East of Scotland (2 X 1.2 GW – The world’s largest offshore wind farm).

Inter Array Cables for SEAGREEN WIND FARM PROJECT 1,075 MW

Factory Site/Quality Inspector based at Cable Factory (Hellenic Cables S.A., FULGOR plant) on behalf of SSE (Scottish and Southern Electricity)/SWEL responsible for reviewing technical drawings and documentation, engineering support and daily quality surveillance of the manufacturing process from raw materials/goods inwards through to FAT and load out of the final lengths of Inter-Array Cables (38/66 kV submarine cables with interstitial armoured optical fibre cable ) for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project located at North-East of Scotland (114 turbines, 1075 MW – Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm when completed).

FAT on flexible MV cables 38/66 kV designed for wind turbines at PRYSMIAN (Draka- Germany) for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of SSE/SWEL.

FAT and Type Tests on back to back Offshore Joint Size 3A SEANEX and plug in Size 3A SEANEX cable connectors, 72.5 kV, PFISTERER for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of SSE/SWEL.

KAFIREAS LAVRIO INTERCONNECTION – TERNA ENERGY PROJECT 87/150 kV

Routine Tests, Type Tests and FAT on composite cable CU/XLPE/PB/SCPE/PPY/SSWA & HDPE Rods/PPY 3 X 1500 mm2, RM (Cu), 87/150 (170) kV and CU/XLPE/PB/SCPE/PPY/SSWA & HDPE Rods/PPY 3 X 1900 mm2, RM (Cu), 87/150 (170) kV cables with three (3) fibre optical cables on behalf of TERNA ENERGY.

SHENZI Boosting project 8.7/15 kV

Inspection and control activities during procurement of materials, manufacture, and testing of medium voltage (MV) Power cores to be used in MV submarine power cables 8.7/15 kV for power umbilical at Nexans Sub-Supplier Hellenic Cables S.A. for the SHENZI Boosting project on behalf of NEXANS NORWAY AS.

CLOV MPP Power Cable

Inspection and control activities during procurement of materials, manufacture, and testing of medium voltage (MV) Power cores to be used in MV submarine power cables or power umbilical at Nexans Sub-Supplier Hellenic Cables S.A. for the CLOV MPP Power Cable on behalf of NEXANS NORWAY AS.

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).

Expediting on manufacturing status for LV and MV cables on behalf of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).

PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECTS 18 MW + 17 MW

Inspections on MV Panels, transformers and inverters for ASSEMINI 18 MW Photovoltaic project on behalf of Eni S.p.A..
Inspections on MV Panels, transformers and inverters for PORTO TORRES 17 MW Photovoltaic project in Italy on behalf of Eni S.p.A..

KAFIREAS 1 WIND FARM PROJECT

Inspections on LV and MV cables (FAT) at NEXANS Hellas for Kafireas wind farm project on behalf of Enel Green Power (EGP).

OTHER PROJECTS

MV cables (type tests)
MV cables (FAT)
LV cables (type tests)
Fiber optical cables (type tests)
Inspections on Oil Type Transformers 2500 kVA – 11/0.725 kV and 11/0.420 kV (FAT) for Sousse Desalination Plant Project on behalf of ABENGOA
VPIM at Seaway Technologies GmbH, Greece for KOC Project: NEW 48” CRUDE TRANSIT LINE FROM NORTH KUWAIT TO CMM on behalf of KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC).

Inter-array cable in a factory carousel
HV bushings and transformers
Cable on a factory test line
Transformer bushings during inspection
Inspector operating MV switchgear

Certification companies
BASEC
DNV
TÜV Hellas

Companies with RES projects
SSE Renewables
Seagreen
Van Oord
Hai Long Offshore Wind
TERNA Energy
Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Contact

Address43, G Papandreou, 20131 Corinth (Greece)

Tel+3027410 81358
+306944350084

E-mailinfo@inspec.gr

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