The effect of globalisation coupled with an ultra-competitive market and improvements in shipping and transportation means that procurement specialists can add cost efficiencies and value to a Project Budget by sourcing specialised equipment and materials from further afield. Procurement decisions based on cost efficiency often overlook quality and fail to consider the impact of poor quality. Consequently, project owners, operators, and engineering procurement and construction project management teams, are facing new challenges sourcing cost effective Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Expediting professionals who are equally committed towards delivering project objectives.
Iconic Inspection Connection originated from a need to deliver reliable impartial and unbiased Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Expediting services within the Oil, Gas, Energy, Petrochemical and Mining Industries.
- Iconic has a vision to empower Project Management Teams to maintain full control over Project quality needs through direct communication with selected inspection and expediting personnel or teams of personnel around the world.
- Iconic has a vision of empowering quality inspection and expediting professionals whilst also motivating such quality professionals towards delivering the highest standard of inspection services.
Oil, Gas, Energy, Petrochemical and Mining companies around the world are constantly looking for trusted quality professionals who can act as the company's eyes and ears at vendors or suppliers around the world. The effects of globalisation today make it difficult and expensive to depute individuals from site locations to all vendor premises and due to the high costs of independent third party inspection agencies, Project teams are forced to make difficult budget decisions that can occasionally compromise the quality of equipment and materials that arrive at the Project sites. Ultimately, the cost of completing Projects on budget are extremely important factors for the Owning/Operating Companies and the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Companies who have vested interest in delivering on budget as well as on time.
Iconic recognises this need and believes that developing trusted global relationships throughout a Project is often dependant on personal relationships between the Project Management Teams and the Inspectors, Expeditors or Auditors. Relationships between Project Management Teams and quality professionals are often lost or discontinued as parties move between Projects.
The Iconic Inspection Connection web community is a location where any quality minded professionals, working independently, for small or medium sized inspection agencies or working for Project Owner/EPC/Engineering Companies can meet, discuss current issues, share problems and organise, recruit and pay quality professionals for all forms of quality services delivered.
Iconic Inspection Connection is a new innovative online community where freelance inspection and expediting specialists or small and medium sized inspection companies are able to offer quality inspection services to companies or project management teams that are unable to depute their own quality professionals to verify that purchased equipment is in compliance with contractually specified quality requirements and purchase orders.
Iconic is the ideal place for Oil, Gas, Energy, Petrochemical, Engineering or Mining companies who might be looking for quality inspection services at locations beyond the firms existing footprint. The website empowers independant inspection or expediting freelancers, as well as small and medium sized inspection service providers, to be able to interact directly with prospective clients all around the world.
The Iconic Community for quality professionals is aimed at becoming the preferred point of interaction between like-minded individuals and prospective clients who are able to scan the community and develop trusted relationships with quality professionals at key locations where the client procures critical equipment for which the client demands confidence in quality.
Prospective clients are able to search the world of inspection personnel to source quality professionals, interact/communicate with the inspectors, solve common problems and organise and book inspection visits at international vendor suppliers’ premises.
Iconic’s vision is to promote and support professionalism in quality, to become the world’s primary site for sourcing and contracting inspection personnel, as such we welcome any feedback that might add value towards improving the site offerings.