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Brazil holds one of the best pipeline construction standards in the world. The Brazilian pipeline network, largely thanks to PETROBRAS, applies construction and quality practices that are adopted by companies around the world. In this field, Quality Control is essential to ensure not only the quality of the work, but also all the necessary documentation and the traceability of everything that was executed.
The databook normally produced on this kind of project is the final product of the Quality team's efforts. Through it the end client receives a reliable as-built document containing all the information, incidents, equipment data sheets, material quality certificates, welder qualifications, as-built drawings, copies of licences and consents, and so on.
Inspections, in turn, are the activities that generate the most information about the final product, and they must be carried out and recorded in a controlled manner, analysed and preserved throughout the pipeline's operating life.