A Day in the Life of an Influencer: Promoting Quality Infrastructure, One Assessment at a Time
Tweets, Posts, Reels, Blogs, TikToks, Videos, Slack. As a society, we are bombarded with social media, and in each channel, there are thousands of people…
Remote Assessments for Laboratories
What Is a Remote Assessment? ISO/IEC 17011:2017 defines remote assessment as an assessment of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body…
ANAB Supports Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly
What Is Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly? Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly is part of the organization’s “commitment to preserving the natural world.” It utilizes established product…
NFPA 790/791 Field Evaluation Body Program
ANAB’s Field Evaluation Body (FEB) program for NFPA 790, Standard For Competency Of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies, and NFPA 791, Recommended Practice And Procedures For…
Special Inspections Accreditation Meaning
Special Inspection is required for specific types of construction work, as defined in Chapter 17 of the International Building Code (IBC). Typically, building components involve professional…
Assessment and Audit Performance Techniques
Assessment and audit performance techniques include, but are not limited to, interviewing, audit sampling, communicating orally and in writing, and collecting objective evidence, all while…
ISO/IEC 17020 Checklists
ISO/IEC 17020 (Non-Forensic) Accreditation Process When looking to obtain ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation for performing inspections, there are various requirements that inspection bodies must conform to…
What Is EPEAT Certification?
What is EPEAT? The Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) program assists high-performance, sustainable electronics purchasers. As the leading global Type 1 ecolabel, it covers…
The Effects of Remote Assessment on 17020 Accreditation
Almost daily, ANAB is asked the same question: During the Global Pandemic, can Inspection Bodies Still Get Accreditation? The short answer to this question is…