OREANDA-NEWS. Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a leading international quality management system certification body, has granted OAO Giprospetsgaz a Certificate of Approval to ISO 9001 standard. OAO Giprospetsgaz is the first Russian engineering/surveying firm to receive such a certificate.

Engineering firm OAO Giprospetsgaz is involved in design, engineering, surveying and supervision of the construction of pipelines and associated infrastructure for the oil and gas industry.

Mr M. F. Trubachev, Director General of OAO Giprospetsgaz, speaking of a quality management policy, declared that "our team is committed to the highest quality standards and is going to new horizons in the quality assurance. Well-organized teamwork guarantees high quality of design and surveying work preformed by OAO Giprospetsgaz.

LRQA is confident that many engineering/surveying firms are committed to improving quality of their work and will be approved to ISO 9001.