Standards Development
APA has a long and extensive history in building codes and standards development activities. It serves, for example, as the secretariat for the standing committees of U.S. Product Standard PS 1-07 for Structural Plywood, the consensus softwood plywood standard that was just recently revised, and Voluntary Product Standard PS 2-04, the U.S. harmonized performance standard developed under the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. It has developed proprietary and performance standards over the years for numerous products, including, for example, plywood siding, structural wood panel sheathing, wood I-joists and rim board. And it recently introduced an APA Product Report program designed to help manufacturers speed marketplace entry of their products.
APA also serves as a third-party quality auditing and testing agency. It is recognized as a certification body and/or testing laboratory by the International Accreditation Service (IAS), Standards Council of Canada (SCC), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), State of Florida, Miami-Dade County (Florida), New York City, City of Los Angeles, Japan and Dancert (for certification of APA member products in the European Union).
As a standards developer accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), APA is developing the following national consensus standards.
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Operating Procedures
Read the operating procedures for development of APA consensus standards.