1、Designation:C109315a1Standard Practice forAccreditation of Testing Agencies for Masonry1This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1093;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in p
2、arentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1NOTEEditorially corrected 7.2 in July 2016.1.Scope*1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements forlaboratory personnel,for establishing and maintaining a
3、qualitysystem,and it establishes minimum qualifications for agenciesengaged in the testing of masonry materials.1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of anagency to properly perform designated tests on masonrymaterials,and for establishing guidelines pertaining to anagencys organiz
4、ation,personnel,facilities,and quality system.This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteriaand requirements for particular projects.1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testingagencies,and it is intended for use for the qualifying oraccrediting of testing agencies,or bo
5、th,public or private,engaged in the testing of masonry materials.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica
6、-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C67 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Brick andStructural Clay TileC109/C109M Test Method for Compressive Strength ofHydraulic Cement Mortars(Using 2-in.or 50-mm CubeSpecimens)C117 Test Method for Materials
7、Finer than 75-m(No.200)Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by WashingC136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and CoarseAggregatesC140 Test Methods for Sampling and Testing ConcreteMasonry Units and Related UnitsC143/C143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-CementConcreteC173/C173M Test Method forAir Con
8、tent of Freshly MixedConcrete by the Volumetric MethodC185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic CementMortarC230/C230M Specification for Flow Table for Use in Testsof Hydraulic CementC231 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Con-crete by the Pressure MethodC270 Specification for Mortar f
9、or Unit MasonryC305 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic CementPastes and Mortars of Plastic ConsistencyC470/C470M Specification for Molds for Forming ConcreteTest Cylinders VerticallyC780 Test Method for Preconstruction and ConstructionEvaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced UnitMason
10、ryC1072 Test Methods for Measurement of Masonry FlexuralBond StrengthC1232 Terminology of MasonryC1506 Test Method for Water Retention of HydraulicCement-Based Mortars and PlastersE4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing MachinesE11 Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and TestSieves3
11、.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 qualitysystemtheorganizationalstructure,responsibilities,procedures,processes,capabilities,and re-sources for implementing quality management.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 agencythe organization engaged to test masonrymaterials as required
12、 by a specification or contract.3.2.2 quality system manual(QSM)a manual describingand documenting an agencys quality system.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C15 on Manufac-tured Masonry Units and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C15.07 onStandards for Laborator
13、y Accreditation.Current edition approved Dec.15,2015.Published January 2016.Originallyapproved in 1988.Last previous edition approved in 2015 as C1093 15.DOI:10.1520/C1093-15AE01.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For
14、 Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.2.3 userth
15、e person or organization engaging the agencyto provide tests;or using this practice to evaluate or accreditthe agency.3.3 For additional terms used in this standard,refer toTerminology C1232.4.Significance and Use4.1 This practice provides the basic minimum criteria foruse in evaluating the qualific
16、ations of testing agencies formasonry materials.The criteria may be supplemented by morespecific criteria and requirements.It can be used as a guide forinternal audits by individual users.4.2 The intent of this practice is to provide a consensus basisfor evaluating a testing agency,with respect to that agencyscapability to objectively and competently provide the specificservices needed by the user.4.3 This practice may be used as a basis for accreditation.5.Responsibilities and Duties5.1 The age