30+ years of deep technical expertise. Proven outcomes for complex projects. Trusted by industry leaders across Australia and beyond.
When a welding-related problem threatens project delivery, compliance, or structural integrity, the cost of the wrong advice is significant. Graham Fry delivers the clarity and confidence that project owners and engineering managers need to make informed decisions and keep projects moving.
Many organisations engage welding consultants only after a problem has already escalated. Graham Fry works with clients before, during, and after critical project phases.
His approach is methodical and uncompromising. Every engagement begins with a thorough review of the relevant procedures, qualifications, and quality systems, because the risks that matter are rarely obvious. Whether the work involves developing Welding Procedure Specifications from the ground up, reviewing quality management frameworks against ISO 3834, or working through a compliance challenge before it becomes a project stoppage, the standard applied is the same: get it right the first time.
Graham has worked with clients who have been advised that a project cannot proceed. In the majority of cases, a viable path forward exists. Finding it requires a thorough command of the relevant standards, the experience to understand their intent, and the persistence to work the problem through to resolution.
Every engagement begins with a complete review of procedures, qualifications, and quality systems — because the risks that matter are rarely the obvious ones.
Graham provides independent assessment that protects against non-conformances, compliance failures, and costly rework — before they become problems.
He does not close an engagement when the answer becomes difficult. He remains on projects until a genuine resolution is reached, not an interim recommendation.
Understanding what a standard requires is not enough. The experience to understand its intent — and argue a technically correct position under pressure — is what delivers outcomes.
Six core service areas, each delivered with the rigour that protects projects and gives clients the confidence to proceed.
Development and qualification of WPS and PQR documentation to AS/NZS 1554, ISO 15614, ASME, and AWS requirements — executed with the rigour that makes procedures genuinely defensible, not merely compliant on paper.
Design and review of welding quality management systems to ISO 3834 Part 2, 3, or 4. Graham provides clear guidance on which level of compliance is genuinely required and what a sustainable, audit-ready system looks like in practice.
Development of robust welder qualification programmes and training needs assessments for fabrication teams. A structured approach to qualification and competency management significantly reduces workforce capability risk on major projects.
Third-party review of welding-related engineering decisions, fabrication packages, and inspection outcomes. Where a client has received advice they want independently verified — including a determination that something is not achievable — Graham provides a rigorous second assessment.
On-site and remote welding engineering support across the project lifecycle, from pre-qualification and procedure development through to final inspection, documentation, and handover. Persistent engagement through the most complex project phases.
Systematic investigation of weld failures across a range of industries, materials, and operating environments. Graham's methodology goes beyond the immediate cause to identify root factors — providing the insight needed to prevent recurrence and support legal or insurance proceedings.
Across multiple industries and global markets
International project experience across 6 continents
International Welding Engineer designation — the highest in the IIW framework
Nearly 30 years of independent welding engineering consultancy
Graham Fry has been working in the welding engineering field since the mid-1990s. Over that period, he has encountered technical challenges that other consultants have declined to take on — problems involving unusual material combinations, competing standard requirements, failed qualifications in remote or time-critical environments, and complex failure investigations with significant commercial and legal implications.
What distinguishes his work is not only the depth of technical knowledge he brings, but the commitment he makes to each engagement. Graham does not close an engagement when the answer becomes difficult. He has remained on projects well beyond the scope of an initial brief because the client needed a genuine resolution, not an interim recommendation.
For organisations that operate in industries where the consequences of welding failures are serious — structurally, financially, or reputationally — that standard of commitment is not a preference. It is a requirement.
Graham Fry has built his reputation on solving the problems that others have assessed as unsolvable. More often than not, the limiting factor is not the standard — it is the depth of the investigation.
Client, Major Australian Infrastructure ProjectGraham's clients are typically senior engineers, project directors, procurement leaders, and risk managers at engineering firms, major contractors, project owners, and industrial businesses operating in compliance-sensitive sectors.
When a non-conformance has the potential to delay a project or when a qualification failure needs to be resolved under commercial pressure.
When an independent review is required to support a procurement or approval process, or when independent oversight of fabrication quality is non-negotiable.
When expert-level welding engineering evidence is required for litigation, insurance claims, or technical dispute resolution with significant financial or structural implications.
Graham works across infrastructure, oil and gas, mining, defence, pressure equipment, and structural steel fabrication, and operates across international boundaries.
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