Ensuring the good performance of any piece of equipment or installation is highly dependent on the quality of the engineering design. Accordingly, the costs incurred during construction, manufacturing and assembly are largely defined by the solutions encountered at the design stage. Any subsequent amendments, repairs and modifications increase the budget, extended deadline and more often than not compromise the economic performance of the venture.

The IBQN has specialized teams and computational tools at its disposal, which provide for the independent verification of designs across a wide range of engineering areas. Making a minimum investment at this stage and at virtually no impact on the schedule on most of the routine engineering ventures, it is possible to eliminate errors, failures and omissions, which could be present in even the most painstakingly prepared designs. The impact of any errors on subsequent costs is high, be they to correct the results of the errors or due to failure to achieve the expected performance. The design of structures, piping and pressure valves are examples of the areas in which the IBQN has been providing independent verification services.