- (1) Tests to an alteration design must be performed and evaluated by a professional engineer or architect licensed in Washington or by a DAPIA who approved the original design plan.
(2) Test reports must contain the following items:
- (a) A description of the methods or standards that applied to the test;
- (b) Drawings and a description of the item tested;
- (c) A description of the test set-up;
- (d) The procedure used to verify the correct load;
- (e) The procedure used to measure each condition;
- (f) Test data, including applicable graphs and observations of the characteristics and behavior of the item tested;
- (g) Engineering data; and
- (h) Analysis, comments, and conclusion.
- (3) The written test procedures, results, and conclusions must reference the applicable structural alteration design plan.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.22.340, [43.22.]355, [43.22.]360, [43.22.]432, [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. WSR 96-21-146, § 296-150M-0350, filed 10/23/96, effective 11/25/96.]