BP Qualifications
CSI offers Buried Piping program development services, including risk ranking, NDE planning/support, and data evaluation.
Our credentials include:
- Developed, from scratch, BP programs for approximately 40% of nuclear utilities.
- Largest staff of BP professionals in the U.S.
- Members of EPRI’s Buried Piping Integrity Group (BPIG) since its inception.
- Edited EPRI’s BP Guidelines and presented at BPIG.
- Provide BP Manager support such as NDE inspection information incorporation and software upgrades.
BP Services
CSI provides technical support to many aspects of BP programs.
Services include:
- Model/Database creation
- Basis Document
- BP Procedure Development
- BP Training
- Risk Ranking
- Drawing Development
- NDE Planning and Support
BP Products
CSI has developed several products designed to streamline the BP Engineer's duties:
- BP Manager, BP program risk assessment and inspection results storage.
- BPnet, the free email network for Buried Pipe Professionals. Connect with other BP Engineers from across the globe.
Significant Projects
Our most notable projects have included the following:
- Selected as the fleetwide BP program developer for five major utilities, representing over 25 units.
- Created program for FirstEnergy that helped their stations receive positive INPO evaluation.

