Third-Party Coating Inspection Services
Verispec provides independent, third-party inspection of protective coatings, linings, and fireproofing for owners, engineers, and contractors. We’re headquartered in St. Louis, MO with offices in Pensacola, FL and Beaumont, TX but inspect projects across the U.S. Every inspector on our jobs is AMPP-certified, and AMPP Senior Certified Coating Inspectors review the work. You can choose hold-point inspections at stages or a full-time inspector on site for every shift. Call 314-651-9933 or request an inspection.
Third-party QA vs. Contractor QC
Quality control (QC) means the contractor checks its own work. Quality assurance (QA) is the owner’s independent verification that the contractor’s QC worked and that the specification was met.
The most critical jobs have both, so that there are layers of quality embedded to make sure a step is not missed or performed incorrectly. And if a lining fails early, the owner needs records made by someone there with their interests in mind.
Verispec often works as the owner’s representative. We also support engineers and contractors who need independent verification for a client, a warranty, or their own peace of mind. Read more about why third-party inspection matters.
Hold-point inspection or full-time on-site inspection
Hold-point inspections
Hold-point inspections
Hold-point inspections
The inspector attends set stages, typically before surface preparation, after surface preparation, between coats, and at final. Work moves past each hold point only after it passes. This suits smaller scopes, shop work, and experienced contractors with tight QC programs, who have a customer requiring that additional sign-off.
Scaling for large jobs
Hold-point inspections
Hold-point inspections
Verispec contracts only AMPP-certified inspectors, drawn from a network we know, so we can staff projects that need more than one inspector. On one power plant job, we managed a four-inspector team across two contractors coating 18 storage tanks.
Full-time on-site inspection
An inspector is on site for every shift and sees each step as it happens. This suits linings in immersion or chemical service, critical assets, compressed schedules, and specifications or warranties that require continuous inspection.
What we inspect
Our work covers more than paint:
- Protective coatings on steel and concrete: epoxies, novolacs, polyurethanes, zinc primers, and polyureas
- Linings: tank and vessel linings, vinyl ester and flake glass systems, and secondary containment
- Fireproofing: SFRM, intumescent, and cementitious systems
- FRP: vessels, roofs, and fiberglass-reinforced lining systems
- Rubber linings and asphalt sheet linings for aggressive chemical service
- Acid brick and tile: chemically resistant masonry linings and floors
- Shop and field work: blasting and painting in the shop as well as in the field