SGS Conducts Project Monitoring for Roads Construction in Mumbai, India

Online, October 25, 2011 (Newswire.com) - SGS Industrial Services was assigned a contract to conduct comprehensive third-party services for the construction of 72 kilometers of new roads in Mumbai, India on October 10, 2011, . During the entire contract, scheduled from October 2011 to August 2012, SGS will perform Project Monitoring services to ensure the project meets all quality and performance requirements.

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, established in 1882, is the primary agency responsible for urban governance in Mumbai. In order to ensure the project meets all quality requirements, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai looked for a reliable inspection, verification, testing and certification company.

SGS Industrial Services in India was selected from among the many competitors to work on the project, scheduled from October 2011 to August 2012 due to its first-rate experience and competence in projects of this kind.

Throughout the entire duration of the contract, SGS will carry out Project Monitoring to guarantee the highest quality of the new roads. A team of highly skilled SGS experts will continuously monitor all phases of the construction project, from batching to the final placement. With Project Monitoring services, SGS ensures high quality, reliability and dependability as well as assurance that any problems are detected at an early stage.

SGS's team of experts will also carry out Materials Testing, calibration checks, ingredients tests as well as camber and moisture correction. Moreover, SGS will witness bituminous extraction, sieve analysis and cement testing and other requisite tests as per approved specifications and standards for the length of the project.

As part of Project Monitoring, SGS will conduct complex Quality Assurance and Quality Control inspections. With Quality Assurance and Quality Control, SGS reviews the quality assurance plan, as well as verifies the materials, parts and final products through checks, audits, inspections and witnessing.

With SGS's help, the new roads in Mumbai will be constructed in full compliance with the national and international standards and requirements to guarantee the top quality of the project.

About SGS Industrial Services

Industrial Services is one of the major business lines of the SGS Group, a global service provider for technical verification, inspection, testing and conformity assessment. SGS Industrial Services ensures that the customer's installations, material, equipment, facilities and projects meet all quality and performance requirements, whether they are regulatory, voluntary or customer based. Industrial Services has decades' worth of experience and some remarkable references in serving key industries, such as Construction, Industrial Manufacturing and Trade, the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry, Power Generation and Transmission, Banks and Financial Institutions, as well as Renewable Energy.

For further information, please contact:

SGS Industrial Services
Sumit Singhal
Regional Manager-(PMC-West)

SGS India Pvt. Ltd.
-B,A.S. marg, Vikhroli,
Mumbai

t: 022-25798421-28
f: 022-25782412
Email : [email protected]
Website: www.sgs.com/industrial

SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 67,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,250 offices and laboratories around the world.