Reedy Engineering is an engineering management consulting firm that assists its clients in the understanding and using the ASME Codes for pressure vessels and piping. Since 1981, we have consultants specializing in the following areas:

• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Consulting Services
• Sections I, II, III, V, VIII, IX, and XI
• ASME B31.1 & B31.3 Piping Code Consulting Services
• Construction, repairs, and modifications to pressure vessels and piping for nuclear plants, petrochemical plants and pressurized vessels of all types, including layered vessels and nuclear waste storage canisters.
• ASME Code Seminars and Training Courses
• RA-search database for ASME Code Interpretations and comments on ASME Code revisions.
• Design, Analysis and Specification Reviews
• Materials and Welding Engineering
• Nondestructive Examination
• Expert Testimony - Pressure Vessels, Piping, Materials, Design, Welding, and Quick-Actuating Closures
• ASME Code Accreditation
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control Consulting and Training
• ASME Code Consultant

Because of our expertise in design and construction of pressure retaining components, we can help reduce costs associated with design, construction, repairs, and alterations.

We have consulted for most of the nuclear utilities in the United States and Canada and are often involved in helping resolve licensing issues with the USNRC and other regulatory bodies. Because of our long involvement in ASME Codes and Standards activities, we are often hired as expert witnesses in complicated litigations involving design, construction, materials, welding, and quality issues.

Our goal is to help our clients maintain quality and safety, without sacrificing time and money. We want to teach our clients to resolve these issues for themselves in the future.



Our RA-search database has been updated to include all the latest published ASME Code Interpretations for 2007. The database also includes comments on every change to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the ASME B31.1 and B31.3 Piping Codes from 1952 to 2007. Comments on all of the ASME Code changes in this period are not available from any other source. RA-search is available only in a windows-based version.

The Reedy Engineering Code Reconciliation Report has been updated to include the changes in the 2007 Edition to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. It is currently being used by more than 30 nuclear utilities in the United States and Europe.

Roger F. Reedy and Richard W. (Rick) Swayne contributed to The Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Roger Reedy wrote Chapter 4, “A Commentary for Understanding and Applying the Principles of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.” The purpose of the commentary is to help engineers use common sense when using the Code, and to provide a better understanding of basic Code principles.

Rick Swayne authored Chapter 5, “General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2.” The purpose of this chapter is to help engineers and others understand the principles behind the administrative requirements of Section III.

Rick also wrote Chapter 28, “Section XI: Rules for Inservice Inspection and Tests of Nuclear Power Plant Components.” This chapter describes the general requirements of Section XI and the requirements for inservice inspection and pressure testing of nuclear power plant components.