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Supplementary accreditation requirements for GAC construction materials testing BD-091007-10-03 FAD-3.0 Construction Materials Testing (CMT) Update History Table A shows the changes that have been made to each version of this document and who made them: TABLE A Version Issued Modified by Comments Draft 5 13 February 2009 Draft 6 16 April 2009 Bettina Poxleitner Amendments to take into account comments form Kuwait and Bahrain. Draft 7 17 April 2009 Graeme Drake Editorial changes to take into account new standardised wording across all GAC FADs Draft 8 21 April 2009 Susan Jones Final editing Version1 01 August 2013 Brahim Houla Incorporation of new Logo Version 2 01/01/2015 Brahim Houla updating the Accreditation cycle Version: 2 Page 1 of 67 Date: 01/01/2015 Approved by: Saud Rashed Alaskar Supplementary accreditation requirements for GAC construction materials testing BD-091007-10-03 FAD-3.0 CONTENTS Construction Materials Testing (CMT) .............................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 4 1 SCOPE ......................................................................................................................... 5 2 NORMATIVE DOCUMENTS .................................................................................... 5 3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................... 7 4. MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS .................................................................... 9 4.1 Organization ........................................................................................................ 9 4.2 Management system ............................................................................................ 9 4.3 Document control ................................................................................................ 9 4.4 Review of requests, tenders and contracts .......................................................... 9 4.5 Subcontracting of tests and calibrations ............................................................. 9 4.6 Purchasing services and supplies ...................................................................... 10 4.7 Service to the customer ..................................................................................... 10 4.8 Complaints ........................................................................................................ 10 4.9 Control of nonconforming testing and/or calibration work .............................. 10 4.10 Improvement ..................................................................................................... 10 4.11 Corrective action ............................................................................................... 10 4.12 Preventive action ............................................................................................... 10 4.13 Control of records ............................................................................................. 10 4.14 Internal audits .................................................................................................... 11 4.15 Management reviews ........................................................................................ 11 5. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 12 5.1 General .............................................................................................................. 12 5.2 Personnel ........................................................................................................... 12 5.3 Accommodation and environmental conditions ............................................... 14 5.4 Test and calibration methods and method validation ....................................... 14 5.5 Equipment ......................................................................................................... 15 5.6 Measurement traceability .................................................................................. 16 5.7 Sampling ........................................................................................................... 17 5.8 Handling of test and calibration items .............................................................. 18 5.9 Assuring the quality of test and calibration results ........................................... 19 5.10 Reporting the results ......................................................................................... 19 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................... 23 APPENDIX A – INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS AND ACCREDITED FACILITIES 26 A.1 Gulf Accreditation Centre – An introduction ................................................... 26 A.2 Administrative information ............................................................................... 29 A.3 Accreditation requirements ............................................................................... 31 Version: 2 Page 2 of 67 Date: 01/01/2015 Approved by: Saud Rashed Alaskar Supplementary accreditation requirements for GAC construction materials testing BD-091007-10-03 FAD-3.0 A.4 The accreditation process .................................................................................. 34 APPENDIX B - EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION INTERVALS ..................................... 41 B.1 Calibration of common test equipment ............................................................. 41 B.2 Checks performed in-house .............................................................................. 42 B.3 Suspending calibration or checks ...................................................................... 43 B.5 Storage of equipment including reference equipment ...................................... 43 B.6 Calibration and check intervals for Construction Materials Testing equipment44 Calibration and check intervals for General items of equipment ............................................ 44 Calibration and check intervals for cement, admixtures and supplementary cementitious materials testing equipment ................................................................................................................... 52 Calibration and check intervals for concrete testing equipment ............................................. 53 Calibration and check intervals for aggregates and soils testing equipment ......................... 55 Calibration intervals for asphalt and bituminous materials testing equipment ....................... 61 APPENDIX C - CLASSES OF TEST .............................................................................. 62 Version: 2 Page 3 of 67 Date: 01/01/2015 Approved by: Saud Rashed Alaskar Supplementary accreditation requirements for GAC construction materials testing BD-091007-10-03 FAD-3.0 INTRODUCTION This document provides information and supplementary accreditation requirements for the accreditation of facilities that fulfil the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. This document has been prepared and is used by the Accreditation Centre of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GAC) in the delivery of its accreditation services. Information and the supplementary accreditation requirements in this document are intended to assist organisations seeking or holding accreditation with the GAC. Accreditation is formal third-party recognition of the competence of testing facilities (including laboratories). Such recognition offers benefits for many parties interested in the outcomes of accredited testing facilities. Accreditation allows the testing facilities to demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the relevant standard(s), that they systematically manage their practices, and identify and manage their technical competence. Accreditation results in testing facilities being publicly identified as being competent to perform defined scopes of testing that allows customers to readily find organisations able to meet their needs. Accreditation offers users of testing services, stakeholders and the community added assurance regarding the independence and competence of the facility. Sections 1 to 5 of this document follow the content of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. The Appendices contain further information and requirements including more general information on the GAC and its accreditation process (see Appendix A). Version: 2 Page 4 of 67 Date: 01/01/2015 Approved by: Saud Rashed Alaskar
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