National Standards

Question 1

Underwriter Laboratories

(UL)

Answer 1

A global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses

1. Product Safety
2. Environment
3. Life & Health
4. University
5. Verification Services

Question 2

UL Products

Answer 2

• Exterior Walls
• Fire Protection Systems
• Fire-Resistance
• Interior Finsih Materiasl
• Means of Egress
• Plastic Building Materials
• Foor Assemblies

Question 3

American National Standards Institute

(ANSI)

Answer 3

A private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards from products, services, processes, systems and personnel in the United States.

Question 4

ANSI Standard

Answer 4

A document, established by consensus, that provides rules, guidelines, or characteristics for activities or their results.

Question 5

ASTM International

Answer 5

A international standards organization that develops and publishes coluntary consensus techincal standards for a wide range of materials, producs, systems and services.

Question 6

ASTM Standards

Answer 6

Standards that have been adopted or incorporated into many federal, state, and municipal government regulations.

Question 7

FM Global

(Factory Mutual)

Answer 7

• Approvals certifies industrial and commercial products and services for companies worldwide.
• Often required on projects at the request of the Insurance Company providing the building policy.

Question 8

National Standards

Answer 8

• UL
• ANSI
• ASTM International
• FM Global (Factory Mutual)
• Warnock Hersey by Intertek (WH)
• GA
• ASHRAE