Professional auditing services to ensure your facility meets all City of Houston requirements for fabrication.
The City of Houston Building Code requires certain building components and materials to be manufactured by fabricators whose facilities have been audited and approved. This program helps ensure that approved fabricators maintain a comprehensive Quality Control program that complies with applicable codes, standards, and quality requirements.
Become an Approved Fabricator to supply materials and components for projects subject to the City of Houston’s building regulations. Approval streamlines inspections and helps keep construction projects on schedule.
Structural components fabricated for Houston projects must come from an Approved Fabricator or go through job-site special inspection — supplying uncertified materials can hold up plan review, inspection, or final approval.
An audited, documented Quality Control program reduces the risk of structural issues being traced back to unverified fabrication practices.
Appear on the City of Houston's list of Approved Fabricators — the list GCs and specifiers check when selecting suppliers for Houston projects.
Approved Fabricator status replaces ongoing, per-job special inspection with a single annual audit
Under Houston Building Code Section 1704.2.5, structural components from a fabricator not on the City’s approved list require third-party special inspection during fabrication. That means an approved special inspection agency must be physically present in your shop while structural members are being made — observing the work and producing inspection reports for the building official, the Engineer of Record, and the general contractor.
This adds direct cost and scheduling friction to every project you supply:
You or your customer pays for a special inspector's time in the shop, on top of your own production costs.
Fabrication has to work around inspector availability rather than your own shop schedule.
This requirement applies to every job, every time, unless and until you're on the City's approved list.
Becoming an Approved Fabricator replaces this ongoing, per-project inspection burden with a single annual facility audit — your own audited Quality Control program stands in for the third-party inspector going forward.
For fabricators seeking Approved Fabricator status for the first time. We review your Quality Control Manual, audit your fabrication practices, and submit the required forms and recommendation to the City.
Review of certification documents Preparation of City application forms Submission of the application package.
Renewal can be preformed 30 days before your approval's expiration date.
We coordinate with your facility to schedule your annual fabrication practices audit.
Full audit of your shop's fabrication practices against your Quality Control Manual.
We complete and submit your audit forms and recommendation for approval to the City on your behalf.
Read our complete guide:
City of Houston Approved
Fabricator Certification
