Inspection Services
Smither offers comprehensive, independent inspection services across a wide range of industries and disciplines. From quality and quantity verification to electrical safety, food inspection, and IT infrastructure compliance, our experienced inspectors deliver impartial assessment and detailed reporting to protect your operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and strengthen stakeholder confidence.
Quality & Quantity Inspection
Independent verification of product quality, specifications, and shipment quantities to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and customer expectations.
Product Inspection
Third-party verification of product quality, specification compliance, and manufacturing consistency throughout the production and supply chain process.
Occupational & Industrial Hygiene
Identify, evaluate, and control workplace health hazards to protect employees, contractors, and visitors through scientific measurement and risk assessment.
Customized Food Inspection
Tailored inspection, testing coordination, and quality assurance services designed for food manufacturers, processors, distributors, and retailers.
Electrical & Fire Safety Inspection
Independent assessment of electrical installations, fire protection systems, and life safety measures to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards.
Equipment Inspection
Independent verification of industrial equipment condition, safety, performance, and compliance with applicable standards and specifications.
IT Infrastructure Inspection
Independent evaluation of IT systems, network environments, and supporting infrastructure to ensure compliance with internationally recognized standards.
Analytical Services
Chemical and physical analysis on biofuels, metals, metal alloys, ferroalloys, concentrates, and minerals according to international standards.
DRI & HBI
In-depth knowledge and experience in scrap steel, metals, minerals, Direct Reduced Iron (DRI), Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI), and Ferro Alloys.
Gas Measurement
Measurement of containers and vessels for dangerous gasses, verifying safe levels before entry and cargo operations.
Infrared Temperature Control
Detection of hotspots in coal or biomass stockpiles before overheating and combustion takes place using infrared technology.
Marine Services
A variety of marine services ranging from draft surveys to weighbridge supervision to support all your shipping needs.
Sampling
Top-of-the-line sampling services in accordance with International Standards (ISO, ASTM, DIN) for grains, metals, minerals, solid fuels and dry bulk commodities.
Scrap Steel
Internationally recognized commodity inspections and marine surveys specializing in ferrous and non-ferrous steel scrap, metals, minerals, DRI, HBI, and ferro alloys.
Supervision of Loading & Discharge
Supervision of loading and discharge operations on dry commodities including concentrates, minerals, solid fuels, metals, and fertilizers.
Volume Measurement
Highly technical and specialized equipment to quickly and accurately determine the volume of a stockpile using GPS, drones, and 3D mapping.