The following are questions within the AISC-MB Certification Program that must be adhered to for a manufacturer to achieve or maintain certification status. The limited selection presented here is but a small fraction of the more than 200 specific
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minimum quality and procedural standards the manufacturer is required to demonstrate. These questions are categorized as Corporate Policy, Corporate Procedure, Corporate Organization, Facility Engineering Procedures and Practices, Facility Project Audit, Facility Manufacturing Procedures and Facility Quality Assurance Procedures.
6.4.1 Corporate Policy
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that the manufacturer will direct all activities of the organization in a manner that assures the metal building system will meet the quality requirements specified in the manufacturer’s standard specifications?
• Is there a written policy statement that clearly assigns managerial responsibility for: facility Engineering order analysis, design Engineering, Engineering software/programming, Engineering detailing, Manufacturing, raw material Procurement and Quality Assurance?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that the manufacturer will employ Professional Engineering services for the complete design of the metal building system and maintain controls over the
preparation of fabrication and erection information that assure the satisfaction of all applicable Engineering criteria and specifications?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms the professional and ethical responsibilities of all staff engineers and insists that they inform management of any proposed action related to Engineering that, in their judgment, would be detrimental to the public interest?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that the manufacturer will direct all Engineering software/programming operations in a manner that assures that all Engineering criteria, specifications and quality requirements will be met?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that all new Engineering software is checked and verified for accuracy under the direction of a registered Professional Engineer prior to introduction into a production mode?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that all existing Engineering software updates are checked and verified for accuracy under the direction of a registered Professional Engineer prior to introduction into a production mode?
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• Is there a written policy statement that affirms that the manufacturer will direct Manufacturing and Quality Assurance operations in a manner that assures that all Engineering and fabrication quality requirements are met?
• Is there a written policy statement that clearly assigns managerial responsibility for the establishment and routine application of Quality Assurance standards and procedures to assure that the fabricated metal building system is in strict accordance with Engineering and
fabrication quality requirements?
• Is there a written policy statement that affirms the manufacturer’s commitment to the customer regarding the investigation and resolution of building performance problems?
6.4.2 Corporate Procedure
• Is there evidence that the policy statement, which covers managerial responsibility, is disseminated to all affected managerial personnel?
• Has the manufacturer submitted a Design Manual that specifically establishes and documents the fundamental design standards, procedures and practices to be adhered to by each design facility?
• Has the manufacturer submitted a Weld Procedure Manual(s) that documents all production welds employed at each fabrication facility?
• Has the manufacturer submitted a Quality Assurance/Control
Manual(s) that documents the fundamental quality control standards, procedures and practices to be adhered to by each fabricating facility?
6.4.3 Corporate Organization
• Is there a registered Professional Engineer on each facility’s design staff, who is experienced in metal building systems and responsible for exercising direct control over all engineering functions and decisions made at the facility?
6.4.4 Subcontract Engineering
• Is there a registered Professional Engineer within each subcontract design group that is experienced in metal building systems design and in responsible charge and direct control of the day-to-day engineering activities at each subcontract design location?
6.4.5 Design & Detailing Procedures
• Is there evidence that the policy that affirms the professional and ethical responsibilities of all staff engineers has been disseminated to
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all Engineering managers, supervisors, staff engineers and engineering programmers?
• Is all Engineering software (design and detailing) verified by the manufacturer for validity and accuracy?
• Is there a written procedure for reviewing the order and order analysis documentation for completeness and for confirming the consistency of project design requirements?
• Is all project design documentation reviewed by an engineer, prior to release for fabrication, to verify that it is complete and conforms to all order specifications and applicable code stipulations?
• Are all erection drawings, uniquely designed fabrications drawings and all revisions to this documentation reviewed and approved under the signature (initialing) of a design engineer?
6.4.6 Engineering Design (General)
• Does the manufacturer design in accordance with the known building code, an officially approved or specified variance, or, in the absence of a legally binding building code, the latest edition of the MBMA Low Rise Building Systems Manual?
• Does the manufacturer adhere to the requirements of the edition of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings as required by The Code for the design of the structural members to which it is
applicable?
• Does the manufacturer adhere to the requirements of the edition and amendments of the AISI Cold-Formed Specification as required by The Code for the design of the cold-formed structural members to which it is applicable?
6.4.7 Engineering Design (Project Audit)
• Does the design conform to known code requirements or an officially approved or specified variance or standard?
• Does the design conform to the edition of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings as required by The Code?
• Does the design conform to the edition and amendments of the AISI Cold-Formed Steel Specification as required by The Code?
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6.4.8 Welding
• Are all non-prequalified (per AWS D1.1, current edition) production- welding procedures properly qualified and are they supported by PQR’s that have been tested and certified by an independent agent?
• Are there properly qualified welders and welder/operators for each type of D1.1 production weld performed in the plant?
• Are there properly qualified welders and welder/operators for each type of D1.3 production weld performed in the plant?
• Are weld standards and procedures readily accessible by all production welders and welder operators?
6.4.9 Quality Assurance Procedures
• Do the personnel responsible for manufacturing Quality Assurance have the authority to stop the production of nonconforming materials and fabricated components or assemblies?
• Is there a documented control procedure for assuring that
subcontracted, “ship-direct” structural components or assemblies conform to all applicable engineering, material, fabrication and quality specifications of the contracting manufacturer?
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