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Appendix B
© 2009, AWI, AWMAC, WI - Architectural Woodwork Standards - 1st Edition, October 1, 2009
(Appendix B is not part of the AWS for compliance purposes)Woodwork Institute
- Assurance Options -
Certified and Monitored Compliance Programs
One of the greatest joys of being a design/specification professional is seeing your ideas become reality. The Woodwork Institute
(WI) has been sharing your vision since 1951.
Currently over 10,000 design/specification professionals use our Architectural Woodwork Standards (AWS). The AWS establishes
a minimum standard of quality, while giving you the flexibility to pair your vision with your customer’s desires. The AWS is offered
free of charge to members of the design/specification community in our service area.
Our Directors of Architectural Services (DAS), are employed throughout our service area, and provide knowledge from significant
years of first-hand experience in the millwork industry. Their primary focus is compliance verification (inspection service); however,
as registered AIA/CES instructors, they also provide numerous hours of standards/quality assurance/industry-based education.
Additionally, our DAS’s are available as an unbiased, industry consultation service. Education, consultation, and inspection services
(when specified through one of our quality assurance programs), are provided free of cost to the design/specification community.
In conjunction with the AWS, WI also offers two distinct quality assurance options:
CERTIFIED COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (CCP)
A discipline of quality control used in conjunction with the AWS, providing a non-biased means of confirming conformance to your plans
and specifications. Requiring Certified Compliance informs others of the expected specifications, without bidder discrimination. When
receiving certified shop drawings, you are assured they conform to your specifications and AWS requirements, leaving verification
of your design intent as your primary concern. Evidence of Certification is provided primarily by issuance of a Certified Compliance
Certificate, listing the items certified, the applicable Grade, and whether installation is included. Additionally, shop drawings and each
elevation of casework and/or countertops shall bear an individually serial-numbered “Certified Compliance Label,” if so specified. The
CCP started in 1959, and now certifies over 1,700 projects annually.
MONITORED COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (MCP)
A discipline of quality affirmation used in conjunction with the AWS, providing non-biased reviews/inspections of your project from its
beginning through completion with WI Certification, without bidder discrimination. Requiring Monitored Compliance informs others
of the quality demanded in what you have designed and specified for your client. The Institute will issue written progress reports
throughout the duration of the project. The shop drawings, millwork products, and installation (of all involved parties), will progressively
be inspected for compliance to your specifications and the specified Grade per the AWS. Evidence of Monitored Compliance is
provided by issuance of a Monitored Compliance Certificate, listing the items certified, the applicable Grade, and whether installation
is included. Additionally, shop drawings and each elevation of casework and/or countertops shall bear an individually serial-numbered
“Certified Compliance Label.” The MCP started in 2001, and has now become the premier quality control option.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.woodworkinstitute.com, or call 916-372-9943.
GIS WORDING FOR SPECIFICATIONS
Architectural woodwork shall be manufactured and/or installed to the current AWMAC Architectural Woodwork Standards and shall
be sub¬ject to an inspection at the plant and/or site by an appointed AWMAC Certified Inspector. Inspection costs shall be included
in the tender price for this project. (Contact your local AWMAC Chapter for details of inspec¬tion costs). Shop drawings shall be
submitted to the AWMAC Chapter office for review before work commences. Work that does not meet the AWMAC Architectural
Woodwork Standards, as specified, shall be replaced, reworked and/or refinished by the architectural woodwork contractor, to the
approval of AWMAC, at no additional cost to the owner.
If the woodwork contractor is an AWMAC Manufacturer member in good standing, a two (2) year AWMAC Guarantee Certificate will
be issued. The AWMAC Guarantee shall cover replacing, reworking and/or refinishing any deficient architectural woodwork due to
faulty workmanship or defective materials supplied and/or installed by the woodwork contractor, which may appear during a two (2)
year period following the date of issuance.
If the woodwork contractor is not an AWMAC Manufacturer member they shall provide the owner with a two (2) year maintenance
bond, in lieu of the AWMAC Guarantee Certificate, to the full value of the architectural woodwork contract.
For more information about AWMAC and the GIS Program visit our website at http://www.awmac.com and contact your local AWMAC
Chapter office or phone the GIS office at: 1-866-447-7732.
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