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ASTM E 651/E 651M Document Information:
Title
Standard Practice for Evaluating Capabilities of Agencies Involved in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured Building
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Dec 10, 2001
Scope:
This practice is intended as a companion standard to ASTM Standard E
541, Standard Specification
for Agencies Engaged in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for
Manufactured Building.
Standard E 541 covers criteria by which the technical resources of
agencies may be evaluated for
their capability to perform the system analysis or compliance
assurance function, or both, in the
evaluation and inspection of manufactured building. This standard
includes questions that should be
asked of system analysis and compliance assurance agencies in order
for the administrative agency
to evaluate their competency. Personnel matters are not highlighted in
this standard since they are
covered in detail in Standard E 541. This is not meant to imply that
they are not important.
The preferred method for utilizing this standard is for qualified
personnel of the administrative
agency to visit the system analysis and compliance assurance agencies'
headquarters to speak to
qualified personnel and examine pertinent records and documentation.
Alternatively, the evaluation
may be done at any location provided the agency being evaluated is
fully informed as to the
material and personnel they will need to have on hand for the
evaluation.
Some of the following will not be applicable in the evaluation of an
agency that has not had prior
experience as a building-evaluation organization. It is not the intent
of this standard to preclude
acceptance of such an agency provided it can otherwise demonstrate
that its organizational
procedures and experience in other product categories and experience
of key personnel reflect a
keen awareness of the problems and processes involved in manufactured
building evaluation and thus
warrant acceptance. In such instances the administrative agency may
wish to consider extending
provisional acceptance over a definite period of time, during which it
is expected that the agency
will have opportunity to gain the requisite experience and demonstrate
its capabilities and
compliance assurance functions for manufactured building.
Failure of an agency to respond satisfactorily to one or more criteria
in the following should not
be sole cause for rejection. Such failure should be brought to the
agency's attention and be
subject to close scrutiny during subsequent reevaluations.
This standard is intended to achieve uniformity in the regulation of
manufactured building. It may
be necessary to make changes and modifications in order to adapt to
legislative or other regulatory
requirements of some jurisdictions.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
establish appropriate safety and
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
Keywords:
- compliance assurance
- manufactured building
- system analysis agency
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