PFISTER & FRAZIER

INSPECTION & CONSULTING GROUP, LLC

AMPP Senior Certified Technical Oversight & Asset Integrity Audits

Technical Excellence in High-Consequence Asset Protection

Pfister & Frazier Inspection and Consulting Group, LLC provides independent, third-party Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) services, technical consultations, and comprehensive failure analysis for industrial coatings, protective linings, corrosion mitigation, and tank/pipeline integrity audits.

Operating from the Wichita Metropolitan Area, our firm delivers objective, data-driven technical oversight for critical assets across the petroleum, chemical, water/wastewater, and energy infrastructure sectors nationwide. All field inspection operations, specification reviews, and consulting deliverables are directed under AMPP Certified CIP Level 3 Senior Coatings Inspectors.

Technical Services & Consulting Capabilities

1. Specialized Consulting & Technical Advisory

• Specification Writing & Review: Custom development and engineering review of protective coating specifications, surface preparation requirements, and environmental parameters tailored to facility exposure.

• Third-Party Dispute Resolution: Independent technical analysis and expert consultation for coating failures, premature degradation, intercoat adhesion failures, and applicator compliance disputes.

• Asset Audits & Maintenance Planning: Condition surveys, baseline corrosion assessments, and long-term asset life-cycle evaluation for critical industrial infrastructure.

2. Destructive & Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

• Non-Destructive Surface Profiling & Dry Film Thickness (DFT): Precision digital depth gauge and replica tape profile measurements, alongside magnetic and eddy-current DFT evaluation per SSPC-PA 2 and ASTM D7091.

• Non-Destructive Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing: 100% surface continuity auditing utilizing low-voltage wet sponge ($67.5\text{ V DC}$) and high-voltage spark testing up to $30\text{ kV}$ per NACE SP0188 and ASTM G62.

• Destructive Adhesion & Direct-Tension Testing: Quantitative pull-off adhesion testing using hydraulic dolly equipment per ASTM D4541 and cross-hatch tape adhesion testing per ASTM D3359.

• Destructive Cross-Sectional Analysis & Hardness Verification: Takes Micro-To-Substrate Paint Inspection Gauge (Tooke Gauge / PIG) measurements per ASTM D4138 for individual layer thickness verification on multi-coat systems, combined with Shore D durometer hardness testing (ASTM D2240) and MEK solvent rub cure analysis (ASTM D5402).

3. Tank Linings & High-Build Containment Systems

• Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs): Comprehensive QA/QC for tank floors, shell courses, roof undersides, chine angles, sumps, and nozzle penetrations adhering strictly to API 652 and AMPP SP21474.

• High-Build Specialized Systems: Expert oversight for thermal ceramic insulation coatings (e.g., Ceramic Cover CC Systems 100), 100% solids novolac epoxies, plural-component polyurethanes, and thick-film solventless linings.

• Immersion & Chemical Containment: Rigorous quality verification for secondary containment dikes, aggressive chemical service, and potable water infrastructure (AWWA D102 / NSF 61).

4. Pipeline Integrity & Substrate Preparation

• Transmission Lines & Special Crossings: Field joint coating verification for 100% solids liquid epoxies, heat-shrinkable sleeves (HSS), tape wraps, and viscoelastic mastics per NACE SP0402 / NACE SP0102, as well as HDD abrasion-resistant overcoats (ARO).

• Surface Preparation & Soluble Salts: Auditing to SSPC-SP 5, SP 10, SP 11, and SP 16, alongside quantitative extraction and analysis of non-visible soluble chlorides using Bresle patch protocols (SSPC Guide 15) and digital conductivity meters.

Technical Leadership

Gerald H. Frazier Jr.

Co-Founder, Managing Partner & AMPP Certified CIP Level 3 Senior Coatings Inspector

Gerald H. Frazier Jr. brings extensive field leadership and technical expertise to complex industrial coating projects. As Managing Partner, he directs corporate QA/QC operations, technical consultations, specification compliance, equipment calibration protocols, and failure analysis across shop and field applications nationwide.

NIST-Traceable Instrument Fleet

Pfister & Frazier inspectors deploy with state-of-the-art, fully calibrated instrumentation maintained to NIST-traceable standards:

• Surface Profile: DeFelsko PosiTector SPG (Digital Depth) & Spring Micrometers (Press-O-Film Replica Tape).

• Thickness Measurement: DeFelsko PosiTector 6000 Series (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous), Elcometer 456 Systems, and Tooke Gauge destructive paint inspection tools (ASTM D4138).

• Psychrometric Monitoring: PosiTector DPM Digital Dew Point Meters & Sling Psychrometers (ASTM E337).

• Continuity Testing: High-Voltage Spark Testers (Tinker & Rasor AP/W) & Low-Voltage Wet Sponge Units.

• Salt & Adhesion Analytics: Bresle Conductivity Meters (SSPC Guide 15) & PosiTest AT-A Hydraulic Adhesion Testers.

Standardized Client Deliverables

1. Daily Inspection Reports (DIRs): Detailed digital reporting executed and issued within 24 hours of shift completion, complete with psychrometric logs, batch verification, calibrated DFT measurement grids, and high-resolution photographic evidence.

2. Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs): Rapid formal documentation of out-of-spec conditions paired with actionable disposition pathways (Rework, Repair, Reject, or Owner Waiver).

3. Final QA Closeout Binders: Full turnover documentation packages containing calibration certificates, raw field data logs, holiday pass certification, and formal AMPP CIP Level 3 Senior Coatings Inspector sign-offs.