ASIC Certification

[WWTEng]

What are the parameters which dictate whether the steel fabricator has to be AISC certified? I am assuming that for small projects with no lateral steel frames you wouldn't need the certification.

 

[dcarr82775]

AISC's webpage has a link that spells it out. Basically it comes down to a better QA program in my opinion. Unless required by the client I have not seen it as a 'requirement' that the shop be AISC certified.

I often do not call for it on smaller projects.

 

[JedClampett]

On smaller jobs, it puts bidders in a difficult bind. You can't get the AISC Certified Fabricators interested in a few trickloads of steel, so they won't give prices. Then the contractor ends up finding a smaller shop, getting his numbers and pressing on. In a way, you might end up with a less quality project (fabricators who understand AISC certification but don't have it might not respond at all), so I'd leave it out.

 

[dhengr]

What the heck does the American Society of Incompetent Curiosity (ASIC) have to do with anything? They have rather minimal certification requirements. Almost anyone can fabricate a question and bring it forth.