Many fabricators have wisely chosen to become AISC-Certified. This is a rigorous process where the fabricator must adopt quality systems, implement specific fabrication and safety processes, and maintain qualification and training records of all staff to ensure a high level of quality control. In order to maintain this certification, a fabricator must be audited each year by the AISC to ensure all certification points are met.
One purpose of the qualification record requirements is to obtain the names and qualifications of all detailing staff, including subcontractors, working on the fabricator’s projects. Anatomic Iron Steel Detailing readily provides this information to customers, demonstrating our staff’s capabilities and qualifications.
However, the AISC Audit does NOT require the fabricator to ensure that their detailer has legitimate Tekla or SDS2 licenses. Auditors are not required to review detailing software entitlement certificates, leaving an opening for the use of deficient or altered Tekla or SDS2 licenses, which lower the quality of delivered models and drawings if used.
We believe that the AISC should incorporate sufficient software verification into the AISC audit to ensure that the high-quality standards of AISC Certification are met.
At Anatomic Iron Steel Detailing, we use legitimate Tekla licenses on every project. We know that honesty and integrity pay off; and with detailing software, you get what you pay for. That’s why we believe every detailer should obtain proper licenses and be able to present proof that a project was detailed using legitimate licenses as a standard part of the AISC audit process that ensures fabricator certification.
Learn more about the Tekla software compliance issue here: https://blog.anatomiciron.com/index.php/2019/12/07/is-your-tekla-detailer-software-compliant/.