Standard Practice for Evaluating Capabilities of Agencies Involved in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured Building

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1.1 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.
1.2 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.
1.3 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.
1.4 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.
1.5 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.
1.6 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.

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An American National Standard
Designation:E651/E651M–01
Standard Practice for
Evaluating Capabilities of Agencies Involved in System
Analysis and Compliance Assurance for Manufactured
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Building
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 651/E651M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope can otherwise demonstrate that its organizational procedures
and experience in other product categories and experience of
1.1 This practice is intended as a companion standard to
key personnel reflect a keen awareness of the problems and
ASTM Standard E 541, Standard Specification for Agencies
processes involved in manufactured building evaluation and
Engaged in System Analysis and Compliance Assurance for
thus warrant acceptance. In such instances the administrative
Manufactured Building. Standard E 541 covers criteria by
agency may wish to consider extending provisional acceptance
which the technical resources of agencies may be evaluated for
over a definite period of time, during which it is expected that
their capability to perform the system analysis or compliance
the agency will have opportunity to gain the requisite experi-
assurance function, or both, in the evaluation and inspection of
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enceanddemonstrateitscapabilitiesandcomplianceassurance
manufactured building. This standard includes questions that
functions for manufactured building.
should be asked of system analysis and compliance assurance
1.4 Failure of an agency to respond satisfactorily to one or
agenciesinorderfortheadministrativeagencytoevaluatetheir
more criteria in the following should not be sole cause for
competency. Personnel matters are not highlighted in this
rejection. Such failure should be brought to the agency’s
standard since they are covered in detail in Standard E 541.
attention and be subject to close scrutiny during subsequent
This is not meant to imply that they are not important.
reevaluations.
1.2 The preferred method for utilizing this standard is for
1.5 This standard is intended to achieve uniformity in the
qualified personnel of the administrative agency to visit the
regulation of manufactured building. It may be necessary to
system analysis and compliance assurance agencies’ headquar-
make changes and modifications in order to adapt to legislative
ters to speak to qualified personnel and examine pertinent
or other regulatory requirements of some jurisdictions.
records and documentation. Alternatively, the evaluation may
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
be done at any location provided the agency being evaluated is
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
fully informed as to the material and personnel they will need
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
to have on hand for the evaluation.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.3 Some of the following will not be applicable in the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
evaluation of an agency that has not had prior experience as a
building-evaluation organization. It is not the intent of this
2. Referenced Documents
standard to preclude acceptance of such an agency provided it
2.1 ASTM Standards:
E 541 Standard Specification forAgencies Engaged in Sys-
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This standard is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E36 on Laboratory
temAnalysis and ComplianceAssurance for Manufactured
Accreditation and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E36.70on Construc-
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Building
tion and Building Testing/Inspection Agencies.
E 699 Practice for Evaluation of Agencies Involved in
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 2001. Published April 2002. Originally
published as E 651 – 78. Last previous edition E 651 – 92 (1998)e1. Testing. QualityAssurance, and Evaluating Building Com-
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In preparation of this standard, much assistance was gained by referring to
ponents inAccordance with Test Methods Promulgated by
Building Science Series 87, “Model Documents for the Evaluation, Approval, and
Inspection of Manufactured Buildings,” prepared by the Center for Building
Technology, Institute forApplied Technology, National Bureau of Standards, issued
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July 1976. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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