So it looks like job site inspections are now required to be performed by a 6020 or 6030 per NFPA 99, 2018. The scope of work only includes witnessing the installer's soap test (initial leak test) and labeling. 5.1.12.3.2.1 (which I'm calling the scope of work) allows the AHJ or designee to witness the initial leak test instead of an ASSE 6020 or 6030. The labeling must be inspected only by a 6020 or 6030.
Is it also required to follow the scope of work from the ASSE 6020 in addition to this new NFPA code (i.e. documentation review, job site inspections, etc.)? In the scope of work from ASSE 6000 the 6020 inspector must review the verifier's report and credentials. That would imply that the inspector and verifier must be different entities?
I'm not interested in being on a job site daily to watch the installer do his initial pressure test every day during a 6 month job.
Reference: NFPA 99, 2018
N 5.1.12.3 System Inspection.
N 5.1.12.3.1 General.
N 5.1.12.3.1.1 System inspections shall be performed prior to concealing piping distribution systems in walls, ceilings, chases, trenches, underground, or otherwise hidden from view.
N 5.1.12.3.1.2 The test gas shall be nitrogen NF.
N 5.1.12.3.1.3 Inspections shall be conducted by a party technically competent and experienced in the field of medical gas and vacuum pipeline inspections and testing and meeting the requirements of ASSE 6020, Professional Qualifications Standard for Medical Gas Systems Inspectors, or ASSE 6030, Professional Qualifications Standard for Medical Gas Systems Verifiers.
N 5.1.12.3.1.4 Inspections shall be performed by a party other than the installing contractor.
N 5.1.12.3.1.5 Where systems have not been installed by in-house personnel, inspections shall be permitted by personnel of the organization who meet the requirements of 5.1.12.3.1.3.
N 5.1.12.3.2 Inspections.
N 5.1.12.3.2.1 The initial pressure tests performed by the installing contractor shall be witnessed by an ASSE 6020 inspector, an ASSE 6030 verifier, or the authority having jurisdiction or its designee. A form indicating that this test has been performed and witnessed shall be provided to the verifier at the start of the tests required in 5.1.12.4.
N 5.1.12.3.2.2 The presence and correctness of labeling and valve tagging required by this code for all concealed components and piping distribution systems shall be inspected.
