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What is the difference between a party wall and firewall? QAI: A wall separating two adjoining buildings, each of which is capable of being a separate real-estate entity, can be described as a party wall or a firewall. However, contrary to a party wall, a firewall used to subdivide a building, or separate adjoining buildingsRead more

Fire-protection rating – means the time minutes or hours that a closure will withstand the passage of flame when exposed to fire under specified conditions of test and performance criteria, or as otherwise prescribed in the Code. Fire-resistance rating – means the time in minutes or hours that a material or assembly of materials willRead more

QAI offers certification for manufacturers who would like to construct prefabricated modules or panels for panelized assembled structures. The certification of modules and panels still falls within the CSA A277 program but has specific requirements that the manufacturer must follow. Those include but are not limited to: A permanent label must be applied to eachRead more

The 2018 edition of the British Columbia Building Code, BC Plumbing Code and the BC Fire Code came into effect on December 10, 2018 The 2018 BC Codes were established by adopting the 2015 National Codes and adding BC’s existing requirements. The 2018 BC Codes will apply to building permits applied on or after DecemberRead more

On the afternoon of January 08, 2019, QAI North America President Kent Adamson, QAI China General Manager Steven Xi, and QAI China Customer Service Supervisor Luna Jin, visited the laboratory of Hansecontrol Shanghai. QAI and Hansecontrol enjoyed in-depth discussions relating to future cooperation on bilateral business, especially on European and North American certification programs forRead more

QAI visits CABR, Curtain Wall, Window & Door Technology Center On January 07, 2019 QAI North America President, Kent Adamson, and QAI China General Manager, Steven Xi, visited the China Academy of Building Research (CABR) department of Curtain Wall, Window & Door Technology and Testing Center located in Beijing. The two sides carried out technicalRead more

In order to further expand QAI’s certification and inspection business in China, QAI is excited to announce the establishment of QAI (Shanghai) Quality Technology Co., Ltd., abbreviation QAI CHINA, with head office in Shanghai on Sep 20th, 2018. QAI North America President Kent Adamson, QAI China General Manager Steven Xi, and all the other staffRead more

  QAI is proud to announce that we have earned IECEE CB Scheme Accreditation under the responsibility of NCB Nemko. QAI is able to provide global certification of Electrical equipment. QAI has been approved for the following categories under the CB scheme scope of accreditation: ITAV – IEC/EN 62368 – 1 – Audio/video, information andRead more

QAI is excited to announce the establishment of a certification and inspection office in South Korea operating as QAI-Asia Inc. QAI-Asia is a co-operation between QAI (North America) and PNS (Korea) and brings together vast experience and technical knowledge in the field of safety and product certification. With a deep understanding of the culture andRead more

In 2017 QAI was able to continue to take strides to seek out the best way to service our customers and offer the necessary services that are required. Over the past year the QA Team has been busy with preparing scope expansion packages to add new capabilities and test methods to our scopes of accreditationRead more