DIGEST 2006 - Sabita

discretion, impose limitations or
requirements governing the use of
the system.
7. Monitoring: One of the most
important conditions of
certification imposed is that the
certificate holder must participate
in the Board’s ongoing quality
assurance scheme. This entails
quality surveillance of the
certificate holder by the Agency of
Agrément South Africa on an
annual basis, followed by three
yearly certificate reviews.
Ongoing monitoring also facilitates
the amendment to the
performance criteria where this is
found to be necessary.
Conclusion
Agrément offers the owners of
proprietary UTFC’s a mechanism
to expand the use of their
products through increased
acceptance of non-standard
products. At the same time it also
provides the road authority with
assurance that the product has
been certified for a given
performance level, and that the
quality during manufacture and
application will be carried out in
terms of an approved quality
management system. The
certification of UTFC will in the
near future become mandatory on
all South Africa National Roads
Agency Ltd (SANRAL) contracts.
1
A copy of the Guideline Document:
The Assessment and Certification of
Thin Bituminous Surfacing Systems is
available free of charge from
Agrément South Africa’s website,
www.agrement.co.za .
2 The Board is grateful to the industry
task team whose input facilitated the
development of the guideline
document. This team included: Mrs E
Sadzik, Prof K Jenkins, Messrs M
Henderson, P Myburgh, JP Nothnagel,
P Olivier, D Pretorius, D Rossmann, G
Swart, B Verhaeghe, M Winfield, and
J Wise.
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