De-Tect Unit Inspection was formally established following the successful merger and management buy-out of Unit Inspection SA (formerly Oceaneering Unit Inspection) and De-Tect NDT Services. This strategic consolidation, alongside Cooperheat Africa, positioned the company as one of Africa’s leading specialist BEE inspection service providers.
The company received multiple recognitions for service excellence, including a certificate from Sasol Synfuels for outstanding performance and consistently achieving an average supplier scorecard rating of 99.8%. De-Tect was also awarded an excellence award by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology for its contribution to experiential learning programmes.
De-Tect strengthened its industry standing by attaining full membership of the South African Oil & Gas Alliance, as well as achieving multi-site ISO 9001:2000 certification and retaining South African National Accreditation System accreditation as a government-approved inspection authority.
Operationally, the company delivered a range of high-profile projects, including automated ultrasonic testing (AUT) interpretation for final pipeline laying operations on the South Coast Gas Development project. De-Tect also successfully completed shutdown work at Sasol Synfuels and Outage 116 at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.
The Koeberg outage scope included in-service inspection (ISI) radiography, notably the 10-year steam generator bimetallic inspections for Westinghouse Electric Company. De-Tect personnel also formed part of specialised teams supporting complex ultrasonic inspections, reactor head replacement projects for Lesedi Nuclear Services (an AREVA NP company), and other advanced nuclear operations.
In addition, the company successfully delivered multiple specialised inspection projects utilising guided wave ultrasonic technology and phased array techniques, and provided ongoing X-ray and radiography services under long-term contract arrangements.