WAC 296-150M-0350   What must the test procedures and results for design plans include?  (1) Tests to an alteration design must be performed and evaluated by a professional engineer or architect licensed in Washington or by a DAPIA who approved the original design plan.

     (2) Test reports must contain the following items:

     (a) A description of the methods or standards that applied to the test;

     (b) Drawings and a description of the item tested;

     (c) A description of the test set-up;

     (d) The procedure used to verify the correct load;

     (e) The procedure used to measure each condition;

     (f) Test data, including applicable graphs and observations of the characteristics and behavior of the item tested;

     (g) Engineering data; and

     (h) Analysis, comments, and conclusion.

     (3) The written test procedures, results, and conclusions must reference the applicable structural alteration design plan.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.22.340, [43.22.]355, [43.22.]360, [43.22.]432, [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. 96-21-146, § 296-150M-0350, filed 10/23/96, effective 11/25/96.]