1. Scope

1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements for laboratory personnel, for establishing and maintaining a quality system, and it establishes minimum qualifications for agencies engaged in the testing of masonry materials.

1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an agency to properly perform designated tests on masonry materials, and for establishing guidelines pertaining to an agency's organization, personnel, facilities, and quality system. This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria and requirements for particular projects.

1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing agencies, and it is intended for use for the qualifying or accrediting of testing agencies, or both, public or private, engaged in the testing of masonry materials.

1.4 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.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

C67 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Brick and Structural Clay Tile

C109/C109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube Specimens)

C117 Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-m (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing

C136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates

C140 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units

C143/C143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete

C173/C173M Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method

C185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

C230/C230M Specification for Flow Table for Use in Tests of Hydraulic Cement

C231 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method

C270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry

C305 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency

C470/C470M Specification for Molds for Forming Concrete Test Cylinders Vertically

C780 Test Method for Preconstruction and Construction Evaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced Unit Masonry

C1072 Test Methods for Measurement of Masonry Flexural Bond Strength

C1506 Test Method for Water Retention of Hydraulic Cement-Based Mortars and Plasters

E4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines

E11 Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves

Keywords

evaluation; human resources; masonry material testing; organization; physical resources; qualifications and minimum requirements; quality control; quality system manual; quality systems; records ;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 03.120.20 (Product and company certification. Conformity assessment)

DOI: 10.1520/C1093-08

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