PICA, and its predecessor companies (Russell Technologies and Hydroscope Canada Inc.) have been performing condition assessments of pipelines in the USA and Canada since the early 1990’s. Our home office is located in Alberta, Canada near where our sister company (Russell NDE Systems Inc.) designs and manufactures the Tools.

Our specialty is a unique electromagnetic technology, contained in flexible, pressure sealed, in-line inspection Tools, that allows ferritic pipe materials (ductile iron, cast-iron and steel) to be inspected for corrosion pits, graphitization, eroded areas and cracks. Customers who take a proactive approach to assessing the condition of their buried assets using our Tools report savings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in one case over $10,000,000!

Our strength is in our people. Our sister company employs the team that engineered the original Hydroscope tools and have since gone on to develop even better electronics, hardware and software used in our SeeSnake and HydraSnake Tools to inspect oil and gas pipelines. PICA, the operating arm of the group, has a seasoned team of engineers who manage our field services and a gifted data analysis team who report the results of the inspection work to our clients.

Our clients are world-wide water and waste water pipeline owners and operators. Typically they are progressive companies who wish to pro-actively manage their buried assets and extend their pipelines’ useful life past the original expected life of 100 years. They also enjoy the benefit of being able to place a value on their buried assets by quantitatively knowing their condition, and being able to make informed decisions on spot repairs, re-habilitation or replacement.
 

We can be reached by email or telephone:

info@picacorp.com
+1(780) 469-4463

Or by mail at:
PICA: Pipeline Inspection and Condition Analysis Corp.,
4909, 75 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6B 2S3, Canada