Bureau Veritas
Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is an international group specialised in the inspection, analysis, audit, and certification of products, infrastructure (buildings, industrial sites, equipment, ships, etc.) and management systems (ISO standards etc.) in relation to regulatory or voluntary frameworks.
Bureau Veritas ranks as the world's second largest group in conformity assessment and certification services in the fields of quality, health and safety, environment, and social responsibility ("QHSE") and the world leader in QHSE services not including raw materials inspection. Bureau Veritas is recognised and accredited by major national and international organisations.
Bureau Veritas is present in 140 countries through a network of 900 offices and laboratories. It has more than 40,000 employees and a client base of more than 370,000.
Since 1996, Bureau Veritas has posted average annual growth of 15% in revenue and 22% in adjusted operating profit. In 2008, the group reported revenue of €2.549 billion, adjusted operating profit of €388 million and adjusted net profit (Group share) of €231 million.
Bureau Veritas is very well represented in the Nuclear sector and has the ambition to position itself as a reference for technical studies and conformity assessment of Nuclear equipment/facilities to regulatory or client specification from feasibility assessment phase to decommissioning.
Our scope of activity
- Design review, Supplier selection and certification, Quality control and quality assurance, Product certification (CE-marking, ASME, etc.), Shop inspection, Site inspection, Asset integrity management, Materials testing, non-destructive testing.
- Assessing conformity of construction works to regulations and standards throughout their life cycle: Permitting, Code compliance, and Technical control, On-site safety coordination, testing of soil and construction materials.
- Management System Certification based on QHSE public standards, international Certification Programs, Second party auditing programs based on customer-specific or Bureau Veritas standards.
- Initial and periodic inspection of equipment and installations to assess conformity with regulation, client-specific or insurance companies’ requirements concerning : Electrical installations, lifting equipment, Pressure equipment, Fire safety systems, Heating and cooling systems, Machinery
