Not sure if building work is safe

snowcat75

FreeBear wrote: »

True, steelwork is often designed to be bolted together. Flanges would still need to be welded on, and this would be done in a factory where (hopefully) quality could be assured.



Whilst the majority of what "we" did didn't require any testing beyond the odd dye penetration, some did - For example, a high pressure reaction vessel for a chemicals work, 100% X-ray check. Assorted storage tanks, 10% to 25% X-ray checks.... Then there was a huge chunk of RSJ that a customer wanted welding together - He was trying to save money - The weld was X-rayed, and failed. The RSJ had to be scrapped.

Suffice to say, none of the above was domestic, and it wasn't an area we got involved in. Most of the work was MOD or major construction contracts. Even so, I would still expect structural steelwork for a domestic contract to be dye-pen tested. It is a cheap and effective test.

CE marking came out to harmonise the standards, So the idea is a more general standard could be applied to work. In the past iv worked and written a good few procedures but as you know a coding/ WPS/ procedure meant you were good for that job nothing else.... there was an old EN standard that the no. escapes me that was a similar thing but CE marking superseded it as it also includes traceability from materials to final Fab, The idea is you can carry out general work with it, and not need to keep testing and writing procedures.