An inspection agreement is established and maintained with an ASME accredited Authorized Inspection Agency. For Section XII Class 2 this could be a qualified inspection organization.
All required inspections are to be performed by the AIA of Record (the AIA identified on the application). Alternatively, When the purchaser requests another AIA (Secondary AIA) to perform inspection on its projects or Code jobs or whenever the AIA of Record cannot provide coverage for inspections at a specific field site the following shall be included in the QC Manual: