TP – 1219 An Introduction to Welding Inspection for Professional Engineers

Description

The Engineer is responsible for establishing and specifying the requirements of the Quality Control and Quality Assurance programs for the project. These requirements should be a part of the contract documents. AWS D1.1 requires inspection of welding, but requires only “Fabrication / Erection Inspection”, which is the designated responsibility of the Contractor. “Verification Inspection” is the prerogative of the Owner, under AWS D1.1. Therefore, any specific welding inspection operations to be performed by personnel other than the Contractor must be fully detailed and placed in the contract documents.