Post-Installed Adhesive Anchor Certification
The Post-Installed Adhesive Anchor Certification is a professional credential program administered by the American Concrete Institute (ACI). It encompasses two distinct but related certification tracks: the Adhesive Anchor Installer certification and the Post-Installed Concrete Anchor Installation Inspector certification (which supersedes the standalone Adhesive Anchor Installation Inspector program) . The certification validates knowledge and competency in the proper installation and inspection of adhesive anchors used in concrete, covering critical procedures such as hole drilling, hole cleaning, adhesive mixing and injection, anchor insertion, curing requirements, and jobsite quality control . The certification is governed by ACI standards including ACI 355.4 (Qualification of Post-Installed Adhesive Anchors in Concrete) and ACI 318 Chapter 17, which establish testing and evaluation requirements for various service conditions including seismic loading, sustained loading, temperature extremes, and cracked versus uncracked concrete . The Inspector certification requires passing a two-part examination: a 45-minute closed-book Installation exam (45 multiple-choice questions, 74% passing) and a two-hour open-book Inspection exam (90 multiple-choice questions, requiring 60% on each subsection plus 70% overall) . Certification is valid for five years . This credential is critical for personnel involved in post-installed anchor systems, particularly given ACI 318 requirements that adhesive anchors resisting sustained tension loads in horizontal or upwardly inclined orientations be installed by certified personnel under continuous special inspection .
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