How a Corrosion Investigation Works
A field-first framework for moving from a damaged asset to supported findings, useful testing, and a practical next decision.
Updated September 15, 2026Read guide
Practice area
Corrosion Engineering Services
Corrosion engineering studies, site assessments, failure investigations, soil corrosivity, coupon programs, galvanic evaluations, and coating assessments nationwide.
CALICORE / CORROSION
Calicore investigates why metal, coatings, piping, tanks, and buried utilities are deteriorating. We document site conditions, select useful field or laboratory tests, and explain what the results mean for repair, monitoring, material selection, or further design. Cathodic protection system design is not included.
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Corrosion Engineering Studies
A corrosion engineering study combines records, site conditions, and selected tests to explain deterioration, compare material or repair options, or identify what must be learned before a design decision.
How this service works 02Corrosion Control Recommendation Reports
A corrosion control recommendation report explains what soil, water, resistivity, or material test results mean for the materials on a specific project. It goes beyond a test table without presenting the recommendations as a complete design.
How this service works 03Corrosion Site Assessments
A corrosion site assessment documents visible deterioration and the surrounding exposure conditions so the owner can decide what testing, repair planning, monitoring, or specialist work should come next.
How this service works 04Piping Failure Investigations
A piping failure investigation examines why a pipe leaked, perforated, ruptured, or lost wall thickness and what the available evidence supports doing next.
How this service works 05Corrosion Failure Investigations
A corrosion failure investigation examines an unexpectedly deteriorated component, coating, fitting, fastener, or other material to identify the corrosion mechanisms that best fit the evidence.
How this service works 06Buried Utility Corrosion Assessments
A buried utility corrosion assessment evaluates how pipe materials, coatings, joints, soil, backfill, moisture, and installation details may be contributing to deterioration along an underground system.
How this service works 07Soil Corrosivity Testing & Interpretation
Soil corrosivity testing measures soil properties that can affect buried materials. The results help characterize exposure, but they do not by themselves state an exact corrosion rate or service life.
How this service works 08Galvanic Corrosion Evaluations
A galvanic corrosion evaluation determines whether dissimilar metals are electrically connected through a shared electrolyte and whether that connection helps explain localized material loss.
How this service works 09Corrosion Coupon Testing
Corrosion coupon testing exposes small samples of known material for a measured period, then evaluates mass loss and the form of attack to compare conditions or monitor change.
How this service works 10Stray Current Corrosion Investigations
A stray-current corrosion investigation looks for outside electrical current entering and leaving a metallic structure and causing concentrated metal loss where the current exits.
How this service works 11Coating Condition Assessments
A coating condition assessment documents where a protective coating is intact, damaged, poorly bonded, or no longer protecting the underlying material so maintenance or rehabilitation can be planned.
How this service works 12Water Tank Corrosion Assessments
A water tank corrosion assessment documents coating distress, exposed steel, water or soil exposure, repair history, and the evidence needed to plan maintenance or rehabilitation.
How this service works 13Corrosion Monitoring Programs
A corrosion monitoring program creates a repeatable record of material condition and exposure so owners can identify change before a failure or emergency repair.
How this service works 14Corrosion Material Selection Support
Material-selection support connects the proposed metal, coating, concrete, or backfill to the actual exposure instead of relying on a generic corrosion label.
How this service works 15Pipeline Corrosion Investigations
A pipeline corrosion investigation connects the location and form of metal loss to pipe materials, coating condition, soil or process exposure, operating history, and nearby infrastructure.
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