Unifed Testing Services Awarded Contract Renewal By Southern Company
WOODSTOCK/AL and NEWTOWN, CT/August 18, 2008 — Unified Testing Services (UTS), a member of TUV Rheinland North America, has announced its Non-Destructive Examination Services contract with Atlanta-based Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity, has been renewed for an additional three years.
For the contract, UTS will provide non-destructive testing and examination services at approximately 20 of Southern Company’s electrical power generation plants in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Georgia. Some of the plants include: E.C. Alabama’s Gaston Steam Plant, Florida’s Plant Crist, and Mississippi’s Plant Daniel.
The contract involves weld inspection during outages or rebuilds and component inspection of power-generating turbines and boilers, as well as high-pressure piping. UTS plans to employ various non-destructive testing techniques including radiographic, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and liquid penetrant inspections.
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