12 Pa. Code § 145.58 - Basic requirements for a compliance control program
(a) An evaluation agency shall approve a
compliance control program if it determines that the implementation of the
compliance control program will assure that the industrialized housing, housing
components, industrialized buildings or building components, when installed at
the site, will conform to the approved building system documentation, the
manufacturer possesses the facilities, personnel and organization to implement
its compliance control program properly, and the requirements of this section
are met. It is the policy of the Department to recognize that the level of
sophistication of a compliance control program of a manufacturer will depend on
many factors, including the level of sophistication and technological
characteristics of the building system and the manufacturing process. It is
further the policy of the Department that the maximum respect shall be accorded
to a manufacturer's customary business practice consistent with achievement of
the purposes of the act and this chapter. It is further the policy of the
Department that the approval of a compliance control program under this chapter
does not relieve the manufacturer and the inspection agency of responsibility
for assuring that industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized
buildings or building components manufactured for sale, lease or installation
for use on sites in this Commonwealth conform in every material respect to the
approved building system documentation.
(b) To facilitate review and approval, the
manufacturer's compliance control program shall present an overview of its
policies and procedures on the following:
(1)
The placement, storage and handling of construction materials.
(2) The manufacturing process within the
manufacturing facilities, including the jigs and fixtures necessary for
production.
(3) The storage and
transportation of industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized
buildings or building components to the site, including detailed lifting
calculations.
(4) The installation
of industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components at the site, including the Site Installation Inspection
Checklist, referenced in §
145.91(e)
(relating to reports to the Department), identifying specific functions and
techniques that are of critical importance.
(c) For approval, except as modified under
subsection (e), the compliance control program must include requirements on the
following items:
(1) Specific assignments of
responsibility to designated divisions or employees of the manufacturer for
every significant phase in the production, transportation and installation of
the industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components.
(2) Procedures
under which employees of the manufacturer inspect and approve each significant
process in every significant phase of the manufacture, transportation and
installation of the industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized
buildings or building components.
(3) Procedures for marking identified
deficiencies-such as serialized colored tags that can be attached to the
deficiency-and for assuring their correction or the disposal of the deficient
item.
(4) Procedures to assure that
the fabrication or shop drawings for the industrialized housing, housing
components, industrialized buildings or building components conform to the
approved building system documentation or to the drawings approved by the
third-party agency with whom the manufacturer has an implementing
contract.
(5) Procedures to
maintain, file and control fabrication or shop drawings and documents
constituting the building system.
(6) Procedures to maintain complete and
reliable records of the manufacture, transportation and installation of the
industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components, each unit of which shall be assigned a manufacturer's
serial number to facilitate identification.
(7) Procedures employed by the manufacturer
to request, store and attach the insignia of certification issued to it by the
Department under §
145.63 (relating to procedures for
requesting, controlling and attaching insignia of certification).
(8) Procedures for controlling the storage
and transportation of industrialized housing, housing components,
industrialized buildings or building components from the manufacturing
facilities to the site, identifying specific functions and techniques that are
of critical importance.
(9)
Procedures for controlling the installation of industrialized housing, housing
components, industrialized buildings or industrialized building components at
the site.
(10) A brief
identification and description of physical testing to be performed at a point
during a phase of manufacture, transportation and installation, the frequency
of its performance, and the identification and qualifications of the persons
performing the testing.
(d) The list of topics set forth in
subsection (c) is not exclusive and is not intended to preclude additional
items and greater details prior to approving a compliance control
program.
(e) If a manufacturer
transfers title to and effective control over its industrialized housing,
housing components, industrialized buildings or building components to other,
unrelated persons at a point prior to its installation at the site, the
manufacturer shall be responsible for furnishing to the persons responsible for
transportation and installation adequate information, manuals, checklists,
Notices of Approval, and the like, relating to the transportation and
installation of the industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized
buildings or building components, including the relevant portions from its
compliance control program referred to in subsections (c)(8)-(10), but the
manufacturer may not be responsible for implementation after the transfer of
title and effective control.
(f) An
evaluation agency's approval of a compliance control program shall be evidenced
by the stamp of approval of the evaluation agency affixed to the title page of
the compliance control manual and signed and dated by a designated employee of
the evaluation agency.
Notes
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this § 145.58 amended under section 5 of the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. § 1651.5).
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.