1、Designation: E329 09An American National StandardStandard Specification forAgencies Engaged in Construction Inspection and/orTesting1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E329; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of re
2、vision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.1. Scope*1.1 This specificati
3、on defines the minimum requirements forinspection agency personnel or testing agency laboratorypersonnel, or both, and the minimum technical requirementsfor equipment and procedures utilized in the testing andinspection of construction and materials used in construction.1.2 Criteria is provided for
4、evaluating the capability ofagency to properly perform designated tests on constructionmaterials, and establishes essential characteristics pertaining tothe organization, personnel, facilities, and quality systems ofthe agency. This specification may be supplemented by morespecific criteria and requ
5、irements for particular projects.1.3 This specification can be used as a basis to evaluate anagency and is intended for use in qualifying and/or accreditingagencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspec-tion of construction and materials. Building officials can useSpecification E329
6、as a tool in the qualification and establish-ment of competency of inspection and testing agencies in thefields covered by Specification E329.1.4 A certificate of accreditation, including the scope ofaccreditation, is required to comply with this standard.1.5 The users of an accredited agency must r
7、eview theagencys scope of accreditation to ensure the agency has beenaccredited for its technical competence to perform the specifictests or inspections requested by the user.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A880 Practice for Criteria for Use in Evaluation of TestingLaboratories and Organi
8、zations for Examination and In-spection of Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys3C1077 Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Con-crete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria forLaboratory EvaluationC1093 Practice for Accreditation of Testing Agencies forMasonryD3666 Specificat
9、ion for Minimum Requirements for Agen-cies Testing and Inspecting Road and Paving MaterialsD3740 Practice for Minimum Requirements for AgenciesEngaged in Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock asUsed in Engineering Design and ConstructionE4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing MachinesE54
10、3 Specification for Agencies Performing Nondestruc-tive TestingE605 Test Methods for Thickness and Density of SprayedFire-Resistive Material (SFRM) Applied to StructuralMembersE736 Test Method for Cohesion/Adhesion of Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials Applied to Structural MembersE994 Guide for Calib
11、ration and Testing Laboratory Ac-creditation Systems General Requirements for Operationand Recognition3E1513 Practice for Application of Sprayed Fire-ResistiveMaterials (SFRMs)E2174 Practice for On-Site Inspection of Installed FireStopsE2393 Practice for On-Site Inspection of Installed FireResistive
12、 Joint Systems and Perimeter Fire Barriers2.2 AASHTO Standard:R18 Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing andImplementing a Quality System for Construction Materi-als Testing Laboratories42.3 ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard:17020 General Criteria for the Operation of Various Types1This specification is
13、 under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E36 onAccreditation it is not theintent of this specification that the supervisory personnel bedirectly present at such locations at all times. If the qualifiedperson in 6.2.1 performs as a supervisor, they do not have tocomply with the certification require
14、ments.7. Equipment7.1 The agency shall furnish all items of equipment, includ-ing reference materials, required for the correct performance ofinspections and tests. In those cases where the agency needs touse equipment outside its permanent control, it shall ensurethat the relevant requirements of t
15、his standard are met.7.2 All equipment shall be properly maintained. Mainte-nance procedures shall be documented and shall include aschedule for future maintenance.7.2.1 Any equipment that has been subjected to overloadingor mishandling, or that gives suspect results, or has been shownby verificatio
16、n or otherwise to be defective, shall be taken outof service, clearly identified, and wherever possible, stored at aspecified place until it has been repaired and shown bycalibration, verification, or test to perform satisfactorily.7.2.1.1 The agency shall examine the effect of this defect onpreviou
17、s inspections or tests.7.3 Each item of equipment including reference materialsshall, when appropriate, be labeled, marked or otherwiseidentified to indicate its calibration status.7.4 Records shall be maintained for each item of equipmentand all reference materials significant to the inspections or
18、 testsperformed. The records shall include:7.4.1 The name of the item of equipment,7.4.2 The manufacturers name, type identification, andserial number or other unique identification,7.4.3 Date received and date placed in service,7.4.4 Condition when received (for example, new, used,reconditioned, an
19、d so forth),7.4.5 Copy of the manufacturers instructions, where avail-able, condition when received (for example, new, used, recon-ditioned, and so forth),7.4.6 Details of maintenance carried out to date,7.4.7 Dates and results of calibrations or verifications, orboth, and date of next calibration o
20、r verification, or both,7.4.8 History of any damage, malfunction, or repair, and7.4.9 Current location.8. Quality System, Audit and Review8.1 The agency shall establish and maintain a quality systemappropriate to the type, range, and volume of inspections andtesting activities it undertakes. The ele
21、ments of this systemshall be documented. The quality documentation shall beavailable for use by the agencys personnel.8.1.1 The agency shall define and document its policies andobjectives for, and its commitment to good practice and qualityof, inspection or testing services.8.1.2 The agency manageme
22、nt shall ensure that these poli-cies and objectives are documented in a quality manual andcommunicated to, and understood and implemented by allpersonnel concerned. The quality manual shall be maintainedcurrent under the responsibility of the quality manager.E329 0948.2 The quality manual, and relat
23、ed quality documentation,shall state the agencys policies and operational proceduresestablished in order to meet the requirements of this standard.The quality manual and related quality documentation shallalso contain:8.2.1 A quality policy statement, including objectives andcommitments, by top mana
24、gement,8.2.2 The organization and management structure of theagency, its place in any parent organization and relevantorganizational charts,8.2.3 The relations between management, technical opera-tions, support services and the quality system,8.2.4 Procedures for control and maintenance of documen-t
25、ation,8.2.5 Job descriptions of key staff and reference to the jobdescriptions of other staff,8.2.6 Identification of the agencys approved signatories(where this concept is appropriate),8.2.7 The agencys procedures for achieving traceability ofmeasurements,8.2.8 The agencys scope of inspections or t
26、ests, or both,8.2.9 Arrangements for the agency to review all new workto ensure that it has the appropriate facilities and resourcesbefore commencing such work,8.2.10 Reference to the test procedures used,8.2.11 Procedures for handling inspection and test items,8.2.12 Reference to the equipment and
27、reference measure-ment standards used,8.2.13 Reference to procedures for calibration, verificationand maintenance of equipment,8.2.14 Procedures to be followed for feedback and correc-tive action whenever testing discrepancies are detected, ordepartures from documented policies and procedures occur,
28、8.2.15 The agency management arrangements for excep-tionally permitting departures from documented policies andprocedures or from standard specifications,8.2.16 Procedures for dealing with complaints,8.2.17 Procedures for protecting confidentiality and propri-etary rights, and8.2.18 Procedures for a
29、udit and review.8.3 The agency shall arrange for audits or inspections of itsactivities at appropriate intervals to verify that its operationscontinue to comply with the requirements of the qualitysystem. Such audits shall be carried out by qualified staff whoare independent of the activity to be au
30、dited.8.3.1 Where the audit findings cast doubt on the correctnessor validity of the agencys inspections or test results, theagency shall take immediate corrective action and shall imme-diately notify, in writing, any client whose work may have beenaffected.8.4 The quality system adopted to satisfy
31、the requirementsof this standard shall be reviewed at least once a year by themanagement to ensure its continuing suitability and effective-ness and to introduce any necessary changes or improvements.8.5 All audit and review findings, external and internal, andany corrective actions that arise from
32、them shall be docu-mented. The person responsible for quality shall ensure thatthese actions are discharged within the agreed timescale.8.6 In addition to periodic audits, the agency shall ensurethe quality of results provided to clients by implementingchecks. These checks shall be reviewed and shal
33、l include, asappropriate, but are not limited to:8.6.1 Internal quality control schemes using, whenever pos-sible, statistical techniques,8.6.2 Participation in proficiency testing or peer reviews,8.6.3 Regular use of certified reference materials or in-house quality control using secondary referenc
34、e materials, orboth,8.6.4 Replicate inspections or testing using the same ordifferent methods,8.6.5 Re-inspection or re-testing of retained items, and8.6.6 Correlation of results for different characteristics of anitem.NOTE 1Compliance with the requirements specified in any of thefollowing appropria
35、te documents would satisfy the requirements ofsections 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Specification E329; Practice D3740,Specification D3666, Practice C1077, Practice C1093, Practice E543,Practice A880, AASHTO R18, or ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025 for laboratoriesand ANSI/ISO/IEC 17020 for inspection bodies.9. Respon
36、sibilities and Duties9.1 It shall be the responsibility of the agency to ensure thatit performs only tests and inspections, or both, for which it isadequately equipped and staffed, and that its employees per-form only tests and inspections, or both, for which they areadequately trained.9.2 The follo
37、wing duties are those usually performed by theagency:9.2.1 Obtain representative samples of those materials re-quired by project specifications, and authorized by contract, tobe tested and evaluated.9.2.2 When samples are collected by the agency, the agencymust ensure that there is proper protection
38、, handling, andstoring of the samples to ensure that they remain representativeof the material being used at the time of sampling.9.2.3 When the agency is responsible for collectingsamples, the samples must be identified with the respectiveportions of the work in which the material represented was o
39、rwill be used.9.2.4 Perform all testing and inspection operations in accor-dance with appropriate standards as referenced in the contract.9.2.5 Call to the attention of the project sponsor anyirregularities or deficiencies in the construction materials orprocesses, or both, as related to constructio
40、n materials, that thecontract specifically states the agency is responsible for in-specting.9.2.6 Submit promptly to the project sponsor and distributeas specified in the contract formal reports of all tests andinspections which indicate compliance or noncompliance withthe specifications. The report
41、s shall be complete and factual,citing the methods used in obtaining samples, the tests per-formed, the specified values for the measured characteristics,the values obtained, the parts of the structure involved, andsimilar pertinent data. The agency shall be prepared to sub-stantiate its reports to
42、the extent necessary.9.3 Unless specifically authorized, the agency does not havethe right of rejection.E329 0959.4 The agency shall have its laboratory procedures andequipment inspected at intervals of not more than three yearsby a qualified national authority as evidence of its competenceto perfor
43、m the required tests.9.4.1 The agency shall demonstrate evidence of meeting therequirements of Specification E329 through accreditation in thefield of its operations by a recognized qualified accreditationauthority. Guide E994 can be used to evaluate the credentials,qualifications, and operation of
44、the accreditation authority.9.5 The testing agency or inspecting agency, or both, shallsupply the qualified accreditation authority with the qualifica-tion of its Personnel as listed in Section 6. At a minimum eachperson shall be re-evaluated internally or externally, at leastevery three years for e
45、ach test and/or inspection the person isauthorized to perform.10. Inspections and Test Methods10.1 The agency shall have documented instructions on theuse and operations of all relevant equipment, on the handlingand preparation of items, and for inspection, calibration, ortesting, or a combination t
46、hereof, where the absence of suchinstructions could jeopardize the inspections or tests. Allinstruction, standards, manuals and reference data relevant tothe work of the agency shall be maintained up-to-date and bereadily available to the staff and external auditors.10.2 The agency shall use appropr
47、iate test methods andprocedures for all inspections, and tests and related activitieswithin its responsibility (including sampling, handling, trans-port and storage, and preparation of items, estimation ofuncertainty of measurement, and analysis of inspection data ortest data, or both). They shall b
48、e consistent with the accuracyrequired, and with any standard specifications relevant to theinspections, or tests concerned.10.3 Where test methods are not specified, the agency shall,whenever possible, select test methods that have been pub-lished as international or national standards, those publi
49、shed byreputable technical organizations or in relevant scientific textsor journals.10.4 Where it is necessary to employ test methods that havenot been established as standards, these shall be subject toagreement with the client, be fully documented and validated,and be available to the client and other recipients of therelevant reports.10.5 Where sampling is carried out as part of the testmethod, the agency shall use documented procedures andappropriate statistical techniques to select samples.10.6 Calculations and data transfers shall be subject toappropriate checks.10.7 Whe
