Farabaugh Engineering and Testing

Farabaugh Engineering and Testing

Design, Consulting, & Testing

Testing Services

FET works directly with Accreditation services to ensure you are getting the highest quality and services for your certification needs.  Farabaugh Engineering and Testing offers professional laboratory testing in: LABORATORY ACCREDITATIONS All independent test labs...

Engineering Services

As a professional engineering services company, we do business with a number of industries both locally and internationally. A few of these include: commercial and residential roofing, home building and construction, metal buildings, windows, doors...

Inspection / Auditing

Farabaugh Engineering and Testing offers inspection and auditing services for a wide variety of industries including the IAS AC472, AC473, and AC478.  A few of the industries that we work with include metal roofing and...

Testing Services

FET works directly with Accreditation services to ensure you are getting the highest quality and services for your certification needs.  Farabaugh Engineering and Testing offers professional laboratory testing in:

LABORATORY ACCREDITATIONS

All independent test labs need accreditation in ISO standards to establish validity to their test procedures.  In addition to a variety of testing services, Farabaugh Engineering & Testing also has the following laboratory accreditations:

American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA)

– International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO):  ICBO is the dominant building code that is trying to establish dominance in all state building codes.

– Dade County Florida;  Some projects in Miami/ Dade County Florida require specific products to be Florida Product Approved or have Dade County Certification.  Farabaugh Engineering and Testing can help you achieve these certifications.  Over the past 10 years there has been an increase in product approvals for this area including metal roof and wall panels.

Texas Department of Insurance; Texas department of insurance requires specific building products to meet certain standards for building codes in Texas.  One of the largest certification includes the impact of wind and how building materials will hold under this pressure.  FET can offer TDI testing services for your products.  In addition if requested FET will also take care of working with TDI to make sure your products are listed on their website.

International Accreditation Service;  According to their website the International Accreditation Service (IAS) provides objective evidence that an organization operates at the highest level of ethical, legal and technical standards.  Farabaugh Engineering and Testing in an approved certified laboratory for the IAS.  FET currently offers IAS auditing services for AC-172 (Structural Steel Inspection Program), AC-472 (Pre-Engineered Metal Building Systems Inspection/Quality Program) and AC-478 (Metal Building Erection / Assembly Certification) for the metal construction industry.

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For more information or to get started with an audit or test please give us a call or send us an email.

Engineering Services

Industrial oil worksAs a professional engineering services company, we do business with a number of industries both locally and internationally. A few of these include: commercial and residential roofing, home building and construction, metal buildings, windows, doors and skylights, and clay and slate tile industries. For over thirty-five years, Farabaugh Engineering and Testing has been in the business of providing solutions and ensuring client satisfaction.

You may find yourself faced with specific tests or engineering for one of your products and are unsure what the next step is.  We are a certified laboratory for a variety of certification bodies including IAS, Dade County and Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).  FET offers testing services such as impact and wind driven rain.  We offer testing for skylights, wall panels, windows, doors, roof panels and more!  Give us a call or send us an email and let us help you figure out what exactly you need.

We offer a variety of engineering services to assist the construction industry.  Whether you are looking for a test for one of your metal roof systems to meet building code requirements or need a professional engineering seal, FET can help you with any or all of your Engineering Services needs.

 

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Contact us today at 412-751-4001 with your engineering services questions.

Inspection / Auditing

Farabaugh Engineering and Testing offers inspection and auditing services for a wide variety of industries including the IAS AC472, AC473, and AC478.  A few of the industries that we work with include metal roofing and construction, commercial and residential roofing, home building projects, clay and slate tiles, and even metal buildings. For information on any of our services, call our office today at 412-751-4001.

FET is a certified third party inspection agent for the IAS – International Accreditation Service.

What does that mean?

The metal building industry, including metal building systems, metal building components, and metal building erection or assembly, has a certification process in place for manufacturers and/or erectors general contractors that construct or assemble metal buildings.  This certification process takes the metal building industry to the next level by insuring the highest quality of products and services are used.

The International Accreditation Services has implemented three different certifications for the metal building industry:

  • IAS AC472
  • IAS AC473
  • IAS AC478

FET is an accredited laboratory for the International Accreditation Service – we have passed the certification process for our laboratory (lab) located in Pennsylvania.  We offer third party auditing services for IAS AC472, AC473, and now AC478.  All three audits are for the quality program for the metal building industry.  IAS AC472 focuses on quality, process and product for metal buildings.  AC473 focuses on the components for the metal building industry including metal roof and wall panels and insulated panels.  AC478 is the newest audit and focuses on the erection of a metal building including construction and assembly.

We offer the following auditing services:

  • Florida Product Approval QC Audits –
  • Miami-Dade County QC Audits
  • ICC  ES-1 Reports
  • ICC AC-472
  • ICC AC-478
  • ICC AC-473
  • ICC AC-172
  • ICC AC-10
  • Manufacturer QC Audits

How do you get started?

The first step is to get in touch with IAS.  You can use the links below for the appropriate certification you are interested in.  Once you get in touch with IAS you can then choose FET Labs as your third party auditor.

  • AC-478 – Metal Building Assembly / Metal Building Erectors
  • AC -472 – Metal Building Inspection / Metal Building Manufacturers
  • AC-473 – Cold Formed Steel Component Manufacturers / Components
  • AC-172 – Fabricator Inspection

 

 

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Contact Us

Email: info@fetlabs.com
Website: www.fetlabs.com

Farabaugh Engineering and Testing offers testing services, engineering services, IAS Audit Services and a full lab for customers locally as well as internationally.  If you have a product that requires certification or need professional engineering services, please give us a call or email us today.
Contact Farabaugh Engineering and Testing for all of your testing needs.

Farabaugh Engineering and Testing

401 Wide Drive

McKeesport, PA 15135-1021

Phone:  412-751-4001

Fax:  412-751-4003