Accreditation of our testing
laboratories and Listing, Labeling, and Follow-up Inspections Program
is an ongoing process. This is due to the ever-changing requirements
of various federal agencies and increasing number of state agencies
that are introducing formal local accreditation procedures.
At the FEDERAL level, SwRI
now enjoys full accreditation under the formal programs established by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the General Services
Administration (GSA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Defense
Industrial Supply Center (DISC). SwRI has been accredited as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
SwRI is fully accredited by the
National Evaluation Services (NES) under NER TL-351 and NER QA-409.
NES is the blanket organization which includes ICBO-ES, BOCA-ES, and
SBCCI-Public Safety and ES.
At the STATE level, SwRI
continuously maintains and updates individual state accreditations
depending on the level of formality in any given state. SwRI has
received formal notification of accreditation under the respective
state programs listed below. Several other states are in the process
of establishing formal programs. SwRI monitors such activity to ensure
complete accreditations.
On an INTERNATIONAL level,
SwRI and its Department of Fire Technology have tailored their Third
Party Listing and Labeling Program to be in full compliance with ANSI
Standard Z-34.1-1987 and follows the ISO/IEC Guides 25, 27, 28, 48,
and 49. The program includes listing and labeling with follow-up
inspections of products, components and materials for the continued
assurance of consistent production quality and fire performance.
