AWMAC Atlantic GIS Program
Guarantee Inspection Service
The Guarantee and Inspection Service (GIS) is an integral part of AWMAC's ongoing effort and commitment to a credible and prosperous architectural woodwork industry.
Click the links below for further information on the Guarantee Inspection Service:
- Contact Information
- Suggested Specification Wording for GIS Projects
- The Costs of the GIS Program
- The GIS Guarantee
- The Mandate and Objectives of the GIS Program
- The Steps of the GIS Program
The History of the Guarantee & Inspection Service
After the implementation of the AWMAC Quality Standards manual, the architectural woodwork industry identified a need for a tool to monitor projects and assure that the woodwork supplied and/or installed would be in accordance with the Quality Standards.
As a result, in the mid 1990's the AWMAC Guarantee and Inspection Service (GIS) program was develped and adopted as a national program.
The Mandate & Objectives of the Guarantee & Inspection Service
The AWMAC GIS program, through its members in good standing, offers a two year AWMAC Guarantee Certificate on projects which have the recommended GIS wording specified in the tender documents.
GIS Mandate
In order to ensure that the quality of materials and workmanship of the architectural woodwork specified are in compliance with the current AWMAC Architectural Woodwork Standards (AWS), the AWMAC Guarantee and Inspection Service program (GIS) must be specified and be considered an integral component of the scope of work.
GIS Objective
The objectives of the Guarantee and Inspection Service are:
- To assist the design authority in achieving "good architectural woodwork".
- To offer the owner, customer, design authority and woodwork contractor an assurance that strict monitoring of the architectural woodwork requirements on a given project will meet the specified AWMAC standards.
Guarantee & Inspection Service Forms
See below for the link to the pdf version of the following forms: