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Founded in 1904, Smith-Emery Company serves as a source of testing and inspection for various construction-related services in the commercial building market. It offers a wide range of environmental and ecological services to its clients throughout the United States, including inspection, testing and failure analysis services. The company offers visual and nondestructive examination on concrete, masonry, aggregates, structural steel, welding, pipe and prefabricated units. Its steel inspectors visit fabrication shops in Northern and Southern California, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Vancouver, Canada. The company also provides a variety of laboratory and metallurgical engineering, geotechnical and foundation, and chemical and environmental services. Its inspectors also specialize in inspecting seismic upgrade project. Located in San Francisco, Smith-Emery Company is affiliated with the American Welding Society, Structural Engineers Association of California and American Architectural Manufacturers Association.

ABOUT INSPECTION SERVICES, INCInspection Services, Inc ( ISI ) is a minority woman-owned business based in San Francisco. The business objectives of ISI are to provide construction inspection and materials testing services for compliance with local codes for protection of public safety and welfare. ISI provides quality assurance and quality control for new and retrofit construction to the public and private sectors of the construction industry. ISI has provided services to a wide range of industries such as high rise buildings, bridges, hospitals, schools, offshore platforms, wastewater treatment plants, pipelines, outfalls, railways, etc.In the execution of any assignment, ISI is entrusted with a high degree of responsibility and accountability to the owner, designers and building officials. Such responsibility requires diversified and experienced staff to execute the quality assurance requirements of each project in the strictest sense. The principals of ISI have dedicated themselves to providing the construction industry with the highest level of expertise, accuracy, and integrity in the performance of inspection and testing services. ISI's staff understands that their role in fulfilling the quality control requirements of any project is a vital and critical service necessary for public protection.In addition to general building construction inspection, ISI performs structural condition assessments of existing buildings. Our services include sampling and testing archaic building materials, determining framing plans and details of structural connections, performing corrosion and coating thickness surveys, and in-situ load testing of structural components and systems.We also have technical experience in bridge construction testing and source inspections for bridge component fabrications such as dynamic isolation bearings.