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  2. Home inspection - Wikipedia

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    A disaster inspector at work in the United States assessing tornado damage to a house. A home inspection is a limited, non-invasive examination of the condition of a home, often in connection with the sale of that home. Home inspections are usually conducted by a home inspector who has the training and certifications to perform such inspections ...

  3. Building inspection - Wikipedia

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    A building inspector may be certified either as a residential or commercial building inspector, as a plumbing, electrical or mechanical inspector, or other specialty-focused inspector who may inspect structures at different stages of completion. [1] Building inspectors may charge a direct fee or a building permit fee. Inspectors may also be ...

  4. Testia - Wikipedia

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    This initiative aimed to support the aerospace sector by providing training and certification for NDT inspectors in compliance with the EN4179 standard. A secondary objective was to stay at the forefront of advancements in NDT technologies developed at the Aérospatiale research center, ensuring aircraft structural reliability, performance, and ...

  5. Structural integrity and failure - Wikipedia

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    Collapsed barn at Hörsne, Gotland, Sweden Building collapse due to snow weight. Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs.

  6. List of British Standards - Wikipedia

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    BS 7910 guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures; BS 7925 Software testing; BS 7971 Protective clothing and equipment for use in violent situations and in training; BS 8110 for structural concrete; BS 8210:2012 Guide to facilities maintenance management, [18] replaced by BS 8210:2020 Facilities ...

  7. Damage tolerance - Wikipedia

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    In engineering, damage tolerance is a property of a structure relating to its ability to sustain defects safely until repair can be effected. The approach to engineering design to account for damage tolerance is based on the assumption that flaws can exist in any structure and such flaws propagate with usage.

  8. Industrial radiography - Wikipedia

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    Industrial radiography is a modality of non-destructive testing that uses ionizing radiation to inspect materials and components with the objective of locating and quantifying defects and degradation in material properties that would lead to the failure of engineering structures. It plays an important role in the science and technology needed ...

  9. Association for Materials Protection and Performance

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    Both the legacy NACE and SSPC organizations were ANSI-accredited standards developers, which AMPP plans to continue.The merged standards program includes 25 standing standards committees that develop technical standards for industries including cathodic protection, coatings, defense, highways and bridges, rail, maritime, oil and gas, power and utilities, research and testing, tanks and ...