RE: Purchase Specification

agreed. many thanks to the guys who has responded. man, with this chris around u dont have to go to asme for code interpretation.

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> From: Christopher Wright[SMTP:chrisw@skypoint.com]
> Reply To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 26 June, 2001 6:45 PM
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> Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] Purchase Specification
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> >item no. 3. This has cause some arguments
> See the actual code wording in UG-10 and UG-15 of Section VIII. I expect
> there are similar provisions in the piping codes. I've found that it's
> really a huge pain in the ass to deal with non-standard materials.
>
> >for item no. 2, does it mean yes. we can accept mtr in lieu of
> certificate
> >of compliance but not vice versa.
> Yes, provided the MTR procedures agree with the appropritate ASTM or ASME
> spec and provided that the customer spec or in-house QA procedures
> permit.
>
> >At the beginning u mention there is no order of precedence and yet u
> stated
> that u wont
> >cant paid if the spec is not followed.
> When a customer says, 'Furnish this,' in a contract, you have to furnish
> it or you won't get paid, just like if you pay a dealer if he delivered a
> horse instead of the VW beetle you ordered. That's just simple business.
> If it turns out that the customer ordered something that can't be
> supplied or that one provision of his order conflicts with another, you
> need to work those out with the customer. For example a customer might
> specify mag particle testing for aluminum or a material for Code
> construction that is unlisted in the Code. In the first case the physical
> realities take precedence over the contract--it's not possible to use MP
> on aluminum, and the contract needs to be changed. In the second case,
> the customer has to decide between the code stamp and his pet
> material--he can't have both.
> In that case the code takes precedence. Ultimately the contract will take
> precedence, but only if it's self-consistent. If the contract isn't
> self-consistent, you can't just ignore it.
>
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Received on Wed Jun 27 02:04:00 2001