What, and spend good money to purchase a real copy of the code? Are you crazy?
Good points Shane. If you are going to do the work, be prepared to ante up the cost of the applicable standards. If you are not willing to buy the codes, you cannot afford to take the job.
Just my 2 cents added to Shane's post.
I cannot recount how many times I have visited fabricators to perform verification inspections only to discover they do not own a copy of the appropriate welding code or standard. Likewise, I have encountered inspectors qualifying welders and inspecting work without a copy of the appropriate standard. How can either the fabricator or the inspector possibly believe they can do the task without reading the requirements?
Best regards - Al
Another 'ditto' on Al and Shane's comments.
I recently told a welder I would not certify him to Bridge Code because I had never inspected to it and did not have a copy of it.
And I get the same thing doing inspections here and finding the fabricator doing the work doesn't even know what the code numbers in the General Notes are referring to let alone have a copy of the code. I have asked everyone of them (several have been in this condition) 'How do you expect to meet the contract requirements when you don't even know what they are?'
Get the code and get familiar with it.
Have a Great Day, Brent
I completly agree!! My boss would not buy a copy of D1.1 and until I put the money out myself, than he would probably not even know what it looks like. I studied my ass off to learn the correct way to do things, and he still tries to get around it. Needless to say when he asked me to qualify a welder for D1.3, I said I wouldnt do it, due to the fact that he won't buy the codebook, and I am not familiar with the requirements. I have asked him in the past if he has ANY WPS's, and his response is that the only ones he has ever been asked for sre only for the Welder Qualification Test. I have tried to get him to do things correctly, but he seems to let his ego get in the way of listening to me. I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND ANOTHER JOB!!!! I will not sign or stamp anything unless he does it right, which won't happen, but I will not put my future on the line because he is too cheap to do things correctly. I agree with Al and Shane, buy the code, read it, or don't do the job.
Sorry for the rant, it has been bugging me for a while.
Chuck
LOL, no apology needed as far as I'm concerned. I've run into that 'tude at least a 1000 times, and my career in inspection isn't that long.
Yeah, those types are everywhere. You're going to run into them more than you can believe.
I've never added it up but I'll bet we spend conservatively 20k a year on codes and standards. ASME, NBIC, AWS, API, ASTM, ISO, AISC, SSPC, NACE, AWWA, etc., etc.