Certified Erectors
The PCI Erector Certification Program is designed to provide assurance that the erecting organization has the managerial and administrative capability to achieve and sustain performance consistent with requirements established by PCI, the producer, and the owner/specifier. It represents the highest commitment to safety and quality an erector can achieve under the PCI Quality Assurance System. Each crew of a PCI-Certified Erector is audited twice per year by a PCI-Certified Field Auditor (CFA) with at least one of the two audits conducted by an independent auditor. In addition, the organization’s quality documents, safety and erection procedures, personnel qualification records, project files, and equipment management records are audited annually by an independent third-party PCI-Certified Company Auditor (CCA) to provide evidence that the required managerial and administrative criteria are being met on all applicable projects.
PCI-Certified Erectors are audited in accordance with standards published in the following PCI Quality Manuals:
- MNL-127, Erector’s Manual – Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Precast Concrete Products
- MNL-132, Erection Safety for Precast and Prestressed Concrete
CCAs review all of the erectors’ field quality audit reports (FQARs) and erector post audit declarations (EPADs) for all primary erection crews that have been completed since the previous company quality audit. The company auditor determines the applicability of certification categories and audits representative erection from within all erecting categories that are in evidence during each company audit. Company auditors make a recommendation for certification based on the physical evidence they obtain during the company audit. Since the various precast concrete product lines require different levels of expertise and installation techniques to erect, PCI certification provides a system of categories. This system ensures that erectors are qualified to erect the products that are specified.
Below is a breakdown of the PCI certification categories, including details about each category.