Contractors' Material & Test Certificate for Underground Piping – Marietta, GA

The Contractors' Material & Test Certificate for Underground Piping is the Marietta Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office form on which a contractor certifies the materials used and the test results for new underground fire protection piping, with the owner's representative witnessing and signing.

The form opens with a short procedure. When the work is complete, the contractor's representative makes the inspection and tests, and an owner's representative witnesses them. All defects must be corrected and the system left in service before the contractor's personnel finally leave the job. The certificate is then filled out and signed by both representatives, and copies are prepared for approving authorities, owners and the contractor.

The certificate is organized in blocks:

• Property name, date, property address and the approving authority (the form names the Marietta Fire Marshal's Office).
• Plans: whether the installation conforms to accepted plans and the equipment is approved, with deviations stated.
• Instructions: whether the person in charge of fire equipment was instructed on control valves and care and maintenance, and whether charts were left on the premises.
• Pipes and joints: pipe types and class, type of joint, and conformity of pipe, fittings and joint anchorage to the NFPA 24 standard.
• Test description, flushing tests and hydrostatic tests.
• Hydrants, control valves, date left in service, remarks, the installing contractor, who witnessed the tests, and signatures.

The form states that the owner's representative's signature does not prejudice any claim against the contractor for faulty material, poor workmanship, or failure to comply with the approving authority's requirements or local ordinances. It is a test and material record, not a permit or a business license.

The installing contractor completes this certificate when it finishes underground piping for a fire protection system, together with an owner's representative. The form says the inspection and tests are made by the contractor's representative and witnessed by an owner's representative, and that the certificate is signed by both.

• Contractor's representative: makes the inspection and tests, fills in the test results and signs on the line for the installing contractor, with a title and date.
• Owner's representative: witnesses the tests and signs on the line for the property owner, with a title and date.
• Approving authorities, owners and the contractor: each receives a copy; the form names the Marietta Fire Marshal's Office as the approving authority.

The form is specific to underground piping and refers to the NFPA 24 standard. It is not an application for a permit or a business license, and it sets no rule about who may sign for someone else; the signature lines are for the two representatives, each with a title.

Complete the certificate upon completion of the underground piping work, once the inspection and tests have been made and witnessed. The form requires all defects to be corrected and the system left in service before the contractor's personnel finally leave the job, so the tests and the certificate come at the end of the installation, not before it.

The form prints no separate due date. The date left in service is one of the entries on the certificate, and the certificate carries its own date at the top. For timing of any Fire Marshal's Office inspection that goes with the project, contact the office at 770-794-5450.

The form itself prints no portal, mailing address or delivery rule. It says only that copies shall be prepared for approving authorities, owners and the contractor. The approving authority named on the form is the Marietta Fire Marshal's Office.

• Fire Marshal's Office: 112 Haynes Street, 2nd Floor, Marietta, GA 30060 (the form heading prints 112 Haynes Street NE). The City of Marietta's inspections page lists the office phone as 770-794-5450.
• Copies: prepare a signed copy for the approving authority, one for the owner and one for the contractor.

Before you deliver the certificate, confirm with the Fire Marshal's Office how it wants to receive it for your project, since the form does not say. Both representatives must have signed, with titles and dates. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels the Fire Marshal's Office gives you.