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Fabrication Travelers

Every inspection filed before you leave the site.

Every traveler signed step by step and every hold released by name, so the QC record is ready when your customer's inspector asks.

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Free tool: next due date

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From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society) (a summary of the standard), checked Thu, October 29, 2026.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 29, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Welder continuity check: 1 to 60 months, set on each welder as its continuity window, from the last weld in the qualified process on.From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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What it checks when you save

  1. AWS D1.1 sets how welders and welding procedures are qualified and how welds on structural steel are inspected and accepted. It is a paid standard; the job names the edition and clauses that apply.From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  2. D1.1 is usually named in the project contract, so the contract decides whether it applies and which edition the shop works to.From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  3. Under the IBC as one Washington city quotes it, structural load-bearing members fabricated in a shop get special inspection during fabrication, unless the building official has approved the fabricator.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  4. Under the same section, an approved fabricator submits a certificate of compliance at the end of fabrication stating the work followed the approved construction documents.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5.1 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  5. Fabricator approval rests on a review of the shop's written procedures and quality control manuals and periodic audits by an approved agency.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5.1 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

What does AWS D1.1 cover for a structural steel fabrication shop?

  1. AWS D1.1 sets how welders and welding procedures are qualified and how welds on structural steel are inspected and accepted. It is a paid standard; the job names the edition and clauses that apply.From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.
  2. D1.1 is usually named in the project contract, so the contract decides whether it applies and which edition the shop works to.From AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code, Steel, overview (American Welding Society) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 29, 2026.

When does shop fabrication need special inspection under the IBC?

  1. Under the IBC as one Washington city quotes it, structural load-bearing members fabricated in a shop get special inspection during fabrication, unless the building official has approved the fabricator.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.

What is a fabricator's certificate of compliance?

  1. Under the same section, an approved fabricator submits a certificate of compliance at the end of fabrication stating the work followed the approved construction documents.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5.1 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.

How does a shop become an approved fabricator?

  1. Fabricator approval rests on a review of the shop's written procedures and quality control manuals and periodic audits by an approved agency.From City of Sammamish policy statement, approved fabricator, quoting IBC 2015 1704.2.5.1 (PDF), checked Oct 29, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Job traveler

Job number, Customer PO, Part or assembly, Drawing number, Drawing revision, and more.

Traveler step

Step, Operation, Instructions, Hold point, Done by, and more.

Inspection

Date, Inspector, Inspector certification number, Inspection, Method, and more.

Nonconformance

Raised on, Raised by, What is wrong, Disposition, Disposition approved by, and more.

Welder

Name, Stamp or ID, Processes qualified, Positions qualified, Qualified to, and more.

Welding procedure

WPS number, Process, Basis, PQR number, Revision, and more.

What your client receives.

The job traveler, as the app issues it the moment the inspection is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

Building owners read every report filed to them in one binder, free.

Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Fabrication Travelers

Job traveler

JO-4100

Job traveler

Job number
JO-4100
Customer PO
PO-4100
Part or assembly
Part or assembly 1
Drawing number
DR-4100

and 9 more fields

Traveler step

StepOperationInstructionsHold pointDone byDone on
2CutYesAvery LundSep 11, 2026
9CutNoCasey BrandtApr 4, 2026
16CutNoAvery LundAug 22, 2026
4CutYesCasey BrandtMar 15, 2026
11CutNoAvery LundAug 2, 2026
18CutNoCasey BrandtFeb 23, 2026

Inspection

DateInspectorInspector certification numberInspectionMethodAcceptance criteria applied
Sep 1, 2026Avery LundAvery LundFit-upVisualAcceptance criteria applied 1
Apr 14, 2026Casey BrandtCasey BrandtVisual weldVisualAcceptance criteria applied 21

Nonconformance

Raised onRaised byWhat is wrongDispositionDisposition approved byClosed on
Sep 11, 2026Avery LundRecorded on site.Use as isAvery LundSep 11, 2026

Photos

No photos on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

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