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  2. Verification and validation - Wikipedia

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    Verification is intended to check that a product, service, or system meets a set of design specifications. [6] [7] In the development phase, verification procedures involve performing special tests to model or simulate a portion, or the entirety, of a product, service, or system, then performing a review or analysis of the modeling results.

  3. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code - Wikipedia

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    ASME convened the Board of Boiler Rules before it became the ASME Boiler Code Committee which was formed in 1911. This committee put in the form work for the first edition of the ASME Boiler Code - Rules for the Construction of Stationary Boilers and for the Allowable Working Pressures, which was issued in 1914 and published in 1915. [5]

  4. Construction site safety - Wikipedia

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    Various workplace safety signs commonly used at construction sites and industrial work environments. The leading safety hazards on construction sites include falls, being caught between objects, electrocutions, and being struck by objects. [23] These hazards have caused injuries and deaths on construction sites throughout the world.

  5. Building inspection - Wikipedia

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    Building inspectors may charge a direct fee or a building permit fee. Inspectors may also be able to hold up construction work until the inspection has been completed and approved. [2] Some building inspection expertises like facade inspections are required by certain cities or counties and considered mandatory. These are to be done by ...

  6. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols are used to communicate and detail the characteristics of an engineering drawing.This list includes abbreviations common to the vocabulary of people who work with engineering drawings in the manufacture and inspection of parts and assemblies.

  7. Property condition assessment - Wikipedia

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    The site inspection should be a thorough and representative picture of the structure and above mentioned building systems. For larger buildings, a rule of thumb is to view 10% of the building; however, depending on the structure, floor plan and building systems, this may not be enough to afford a representative picture.

  8. Risk-based inspection - Wikipedia

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    It examines the health, safety and environment and business risk of ‘active’ and ‘potential’ damage mechanisms to assess and rank failure probability and consequence. This ranking is used to optimize inspection intervals based on site-acceptable risk levels and operating limits, while mitigating risks as appropriate.

  9. Uniform Plumbing Code - Wikipedia

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    Section 3 does not allow any construction approval of the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage. A written description of the proposed work is to be submitted in advance to the inspector for his approval. Section 16 mandates the use of cast iron for interior pipes and Section 12 mandates the use of "vitrified stone ware pipes" that "run under ...