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Test evidence, approvals and certifications · Lesson 2 of 4

Test evidence, approvals and certifications: materials, standards and design constraints

Which evidence fits which product: the RE-1, RE-2 and RE-3 tests, how results are written, installing as tested, extension by similarity, code editions, other routes to acceptance, and material and finish evidence.

You will be able to: Pick the ES-1 test a product needs, read how a result is expressed, explain why an assembly must be installed as tested, apply the five-condition similarity rule, and name the code, programme, approval and material evidence that applies.

14 min · 12 slides · 11 questions

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What this video shows: A 59-second clip from a commercial testing laboratory, labelled as an ES-1 RE-3 test of a coping; its description quotes SPRI's opinion that testing should be performed on systems as manufactured by a given fabricator. A laboratory's clip, not a standards body's statement.

Video: ANSI/SPRI ES-1 Coping Pull Off - RE-3 Test by National ES Testing Service Tunney, on YouTube. Chosen from the video's published description.

Glossary

RE-3
The ES-1 test method for copings and edges with an exposed horizontal part over 4 in.: top and face are loaded together at 1.73 to 1, top to face.
RE-2
The ES-1 test method that loads the face of an edge whose exposed horizontal part is 4 in. or less, such as a gravel stop or fascia.
Sustained pressure
The highest pressure, in psf, a specimen carried for the last held minute without losing securement of a component. Drexel Metals prints it as a published test value.
Notice of Acceptance
Miami-Dade's product approval document: it carries an approval date and an expiration date, lists the evidence submitted, and states limits on the product's use.
Mill test report
The producing mill's document of a steel heat's chemistry and mechanical properties, matched to the material by its heat number.