ACCREDIA The Italian Accreditation Body Inspection Bodies in
ACCREDIA - The Italian Accreditation Body Inspection Bodies in Buildings, civil engineering works and environment protection Emanuele Riva Accredia – Director of Certification and Inspection department IAF Vice Chair Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 1 July-2017
The European Legislative Framework on accreditation Regulation EC/765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 9, 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and superseding Regulation (EEC)No 339/93; Decision EC/768/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 9, 2008 concerning a common framework for product marketing – EC Mark and notifications; Regulation EC/764/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 9, 2008 establishing procedures for the application of technical national rules for products legally marketed in another member State. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 2 July-2017
The Regulation 765 / 2008 / EC Accreditation is a Global System Accreditation Conformity assessment Attestation by a national accreditation body that a conformity assessment body meets the requirements set by harmonised standards and, where applicable, any additional requirements including those set out in relevant sectoral schemes, to carry out a specific conformity assessment activity Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA The process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system, person or body have been fulfilled 3 July-2017
The international system of conformity assessment IAF MRA and EA MLA ILAC MRA and EA MLA Product Persons Management System EU ETS Verification Testing Calibration Medical Inspection Competence assessment Certification, Inspection and Verification Bodies Calibration Laboratories and RMP Testing and Medical Laboratories and PTP Conformity assessment of products, systems and professionals to mandatory rules and voluntary standards Institutions – Businesses– Consumers Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 4 July-2017
The International Agreements MLA/MRA scopes Accreditation Scopes Standards Testing ISO/IEC 17025 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 Medical ISO 15189 Product ISO/IEC 17065 Persons ISO/IEC 17024 Quality Management System ISO/IEC 17021 Environmental Management System ISO/IEC 17021 Inspection Bodies Inspection ISO /IEC 17020 Verification Bodies EU ETS Verification ISO 14065 Laboratories Certification Bodies MLA/MRA EA ILAC EA IAF EA ILAC EA In future accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers (PTP) and Reference Materials Producers (RMP) will be included in the EA MLA. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 5 July-2017
ACCREDIA: the Italian Accreditation Body Main facts ACCREDIA was created in May 2009 by the merger of SINAL (Testing Laboratories) and SINCERT (Certification and Inspection Bodies) in order to fulfill the requirements of Reg. EC 765/2008; with the contribution of SIT – INRIM (Calibration Laboratories) and ISS (Testing Laboratories for Food safety) ACCREDIA was designated in December 2009 by the Italian Government as sole national accreditation body ACCREDIA performs accreditation activities under surveillance of the Ministry of Economic Development by means of the Interministerial Surveillance Commission. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 6 July-2017
ACCREDIA - The National Accreditation Body ACCREDIA is a recognised non-profit distributing association. 67 Members represent government authorities, business enterprises and consumers. 9 Ministries: Economic Development, Environment, Defence, Internal Affairs, Infrastructures, Education, Labour, Agriculture, Health ACCREDIA performs a role of public authority in the general interest, operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Economic Development which is the governing national authority for accreditation activity and the point of contact with the European Commission. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 7 July-2017
Accreditation of Bodies in Buildings, civil engineering works and environment protection v. INSPECTION v. Management System v. Product Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 8 July-2017
Accreditation in Italy in construction field v PRODUCT: the producer declares that a product is in compliance with tecnical regulations. The Certification body verifies if this declaration is correct (Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC) v INSPECTION: it is applicable for private and public works in 2 ways: v Before the contruction activities: inspection of the projects v During and after the construction activities: Inspection on the job v Green Public Procurements v Management system: mandatory for public works more that 500. 000 € that the company is certified ISO 9001 code 28. v Accredia manage the database of the certified companies, and Accredia provides this information each month to the Italian contruction autority. v If a company is not certified under Accredia accreditation or recognition this company cannot partecipate in public tenders Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 9 July-2017
Accreditation in Italy in construction field INSPECTION FOR PRIVATE WORKS To perform the inspection BEFORE AND DURING the contruction activities, the Inspection body has to follow an Italian Standard UNI 10721 Involvement of all the people (project leader, Company, directors of works and the person that makes the checks of the work). 1) BEFORE: • Completeness consistency and clarity of the project • Reliability • Compliance with technical requirements for contructions • Check the materials to be used in the contruction Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 10 July-2017
Accreditation in Italy in construction field INSPECTION FOR PRIVATE WORKS 2) DURING: • Check of the critical points • Check performed randomly (standardized frequency) • Self check of the company to make available to the inspection body Annexes with the list of the technical requirements, what to check, how to check Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 11 July-2017
L’accreditamento nel settore costruzioni Approccio ispettivo IDEA / RATIO If you check the design and the realization of a construction, you can guarantee a better long life to the construction So, the aim is to reduce problems in the life of the building Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 12 July-2017
IDEA / RATIO To push the usage of inspection activities, that guarantee a longer and a better life of the construction, it is mandatory for the company to stipulate an insurance of 10 years long that guarantees the building. Contruction company Insurance company Inspection Body Client Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 13 July-2017
Accreditation in Italy in construction field INSPECTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS - contructions Mandatory inspection BEFORE the contruction activities (projects) This to avoid risk of delay, bribary, non compliance with technical regulations, appeals after the constructions Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 14 July-2017
VERIFICATION OF DESIGN FOR VALIDATION This centrality in the design and procurement process of the Public works, allows the institution to attribute that fundamental role of instrument to Preventing mistakes and / or omissions that result in higher costs and timing. Procurement stations must undergo project-based procurement contracts Executives drafted and validated in accordance with current legislation; For this purpose the public project leader must verify, in Contradictory with the parties, that the executive project complies with current legislation. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 15 July-2017
VERIFICATION OF DESIGN FOR VALIDATION Verification ensures: • completeness of design and compliance with legislation • the coherence and completeness of the economic framework in all its aspects; • the suitability of the chosen design solution; • the preconditions for the durability of the work over time; • Minimizing the risks of introducing variants and litigation; • the possibility of completing the work within the time limits; • the safety of workers and users; • the adequacy of unit prices used; • the maintenance and presence of the works monitoring plan, where required. Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 16 July-2017
The validation of the project is an essential element of the call or letter of invitation for the assignment of works. Subjects who can carry out preliminary design verification are (A) for works of a value equal to or greater than 20 million euro, by control bodies Accredited in accordance with UNI CEI EN ISO / IEC 17020 according to the Regulations (EC) 765 of 2008; Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 17 July-2017
The validation of the tendered project is an element Essential part of the notice or invitation letter for the assignment of the works. The validation is signed by the Project Manager and is based on the final report that the person responsible for the verification must draw up and any possible counter-declarations of the designer. In Validation site the person in charge of the proceedings may disagree with the conclusions of the Verifier, in which case the formal validation act or failure to validate the project must Contain specific motivations. The conduct of the verification activity is incompatible with the development, for the same Project, design activity, coordination of security of the same, of Direction of work and testing Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 18 July-2017
ACCREDIA - The Italian Accreditation Body ACCREDITED BODIES 21 for public works 31 for private works Turnover of inspection bodies for public works: 14. 235. 799 € Turnover of inspection bodies for private works: 12. 585. 204 € Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 19 July-2017
GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT New legislation For public procurements in contruction, there are mandatory requirements for enviroment protection. Some examples: • 15 % of the total weights of construction • products has to be recycled products • Forbidden specific chemicals components Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 20 July-2017
GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT The evaluation of these requirements is done with one of these methods: 1) EPD® (Environmental Product Declaration) 1) Product certification 2) Inspection BEFORE partecipation to the tender done by and accredited CAB (ISO 17020) Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 21 July-2017
ACCREDIA - The Italian Accreditation Body Thanks foy your kind attention ACCREDIA Dipartimento Certificazione e Ispezione www. accredia. it milano@accredia. it @accredia Emanuele Riva ACCREDIA 22 July-2017
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