A manufacturer producing industrialized housing, housing
components, industrialized buildings or building components for installation in
this Commonwealth has the option of electing the Department to evaluate or
inspect, or both, its products for certification. The Department will provide
the services requested subject to the availability of staff. The following are
applicable:
(1) The manufacturer shall
enter into an implementing contract with the Department which must include a
specific time period for the contract, a mutual termination clause with a
minimum of 45 days of notice to terminate period, the services to be provided,
and the fees to be charged to the manufacturer for services in accordance with
§
145.94(e)
(relating to fees).
(2) Evaluation
services by the Department will include:
(i)
Investigation, evaluation, testing, and, if justified, approval of each set of
building system documentation, and each amendment thereto submitted to it by a
manufacturer for compliance with all of the applicable requirements of the
codes and standards adopted under §§ 145.41-145.43 (relating to
adoption of standards; alternate standards; and amendment policy).
(ii) Investigation, evaluation, and, if
justified, approval of the compliance assurance program and each amendment
thereto-relating to the manufacture, transportation and installation of
industrialized housing, industrialized housing components, industrialized
buildings or industrialized building components described in each set of
building system documentation approved under this section-submitted by the
manufacturer for compliance with the requirements of this title.
(iii) Preparation and periodic revisions as
necessary of the Building System Approval Report for each set of approved
building system documentation and related compliance program.
(3) Inspection services by the
Department will include:
(i) Monitoring the
manufacturer's compliance control program for the manufacture, transportation
and installation of industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized
buildings or building components of each manufacturer having an implementing
contract.
(ii) Verification that
the industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components have been manufactured under approved building
documentation and an approved compliance assurance program and authorization to
the manufacturer for the attachment of insignia of certification to the
industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
building components.
(4)
Procedure for requesting, controlling and attaching insignia of certification
shall be the same as detailed in §
145.63 (relating to procedures for
requesting, controlling and attaching insignia of certification). Manufacturers
shall purchase their insignia of certification at fees indicated in §
145.94(e) and
(f), and the cost of the insignia is not
included in their evaluation or inspection, services, or both, provided by the
Department under § 145.94(g).
(5) The specification document defining the
requirements for submission of drawings, specifications, calculations and
related material for Departmental approval will be provided upon request of the
manufacturer.