PECIMS was developed to allow the whole ECDA Process to be undertaken, analysed and all the data stored on one software package. Traditionally, the information required for a detailed ECDA analysis is stored in a variety of different data bases and proprietary software packages, as well as in different formats. So, for example, the overline data such as DCVG may have been analysed and stored on a proprietary DCVG graphing and analysis package, the direct examination data may be in various reports and photographs and the CP historical data may be in hard copy in the CP Department of the Company.

All the survey data, including CIPS, DCVG, PCM, soil resistivity and pipe potential data is analysed and displayed by the software.  PECIMS can also be used as a standalone DCVG, CIPS and PCM analysis and graphing package.  After the indirect inspection data have entered or imported from various instruments, one can plot the readings aligned on a consistent chainage scale.

The Summary Tab provides space where you can enter general information about excavation, such as its location and the closest indirect inspection readings obtained.

Fields on the Measurements Tab capture the readings taken at the excavation. Here external reports, such as NDT results can be linked to the survey.

The Direct Assessment Data is then analysed to generate the final severity rankings for all defects during the ECDA process.

The Defects Tab provides a sketching facility where you can draw various types of defects found at the excavation. There are also data fields associated with each coating defect.

The data captured takes the user logically through the coatings defect, entering type defect, size, pH etc. and thereafter any metal loss that may have occurred. All measurements that need to be taken during Direct Assessment are provided for this section of the software. The Picture Tab allows you to link any number of graphic files, such as photographs, to the excavation.