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pole tests. The design and test procedures shall be submitted for approval
before the test is conducted. All tests shall be witnessed by the Purchaser
or authorized representative. Samples shall be selected randomly by the
Purchaser and be tested to failure.
10.2 Random Test Option
At any time during the life of this contract, the Purchaser, at the Pur-
chaser's expense, may request that certain poles, selected randomly from
the production, be tested to their full design loads. If the test shows a
complete satisfaction without signifi cant permanent defl ection, that tested
pole and the cost of performing the test may be applied to the Purchaser's
purchase order. In case of failure prior to achieving full design load, the
Manufacturer shall be responsible for the total cost of the initial test
and shall then undertake corrective measures or redesign of the struc-
ture, as deemed necessary, and shall retest the structure, at the Manufac-
turer's expense, in the presence of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's
representative.
10.2.1
Test procedure
: The test shall be performed in accordance with a
method mutually approved by the Purchaser or authorized repre-
sentative and the Manufacturer. The Manufacturer shall furnish a
test report for each structure tested that is signed and sealed by a
licensed professional engineer within four weeks of each structure
test. The test report shall include the method of application of the
loads, the positions of hairline and/or failure cracks, and the defl ec-
tions under various loading conditions.
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