High-Temperature UT in Nelson, BC

Yes — that is the point of the service. High-temperature transducers with delay lines and rated couplant take contact readings on operating assets up to 260 °C. The drone removes the other half of the problem: nobody stands on hot steel at height to get the data.

Process interruptions are typically the largest line item in any inspection campaign — often dwarfing inspection fees entirely. On-stream thickness data also means integrity decisions happen on this year's numbers, not last turnaround's.

Yes — echo-to-echo measures between back-wall echoes, subtracting the coating's contribution, so intact paint or thin coatings don't bias the wall reading. Thick or degraded coatings get flagged for our DFT or EMAT services instead.

Refining, petrochemical, power generation, pulp and paper, and district energy — anywhere assets run hot for months at a stretch and every offline hour is expensive. In BC that includes pulp mills, gas plants, and energy facilities across the Interior and North.

Yes — our pilots hold Transport Canada RPAS certification with advanced-operations capability, and Nelson operations run under whatever airspace authorizations the location requires. BC's best-preserved heritage downtown on a steep grid — no-contact aerial inspection suits century-old façades perfectly. Flight planning, NOTAM checks, and authorizations are part of the service, not your problem.

Aerial inspection flies in defined weather windows — wind, precipitation, and (for thermal work) the right temperature differentials. Nelson sits in our standing West Kootenay coverage, so we schedule against the local forecast and typically land the survey within days of booking rather than weeks. Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm Pacific.

Province-wide pricing — no regional premium for Nelson. Single-asset thermal surveys typically start in the high hundreds; NDT campaigns and multi-asset programs are quoted by scope. The free phone consult (604-239-9934) produces a firm number in about five minutes.