- The following U.S. Building Code Authorities have approved StoneLite® Panels for Exterior Use on unlimited height construction:
- International Code Council Report ESR-1500. The ICC-ES was established from the prior four US code bodies (ICBO, NER, SBCCI & BOCA). Our prior ICBO report has been transferred to the ICC.
- City of Los Angeles – Research Report RR-24922
- City of New York – MEA 373-87-M
- Miami-Dade County NOA 17-0626.06
- Southern Building Code Congress (SBCCI) Report No. 8799 – Original approval later amalgamated with ICBO & ICC.
- Quality Control Related Testing & Inspection Reports. Various tests by independent Laboratories and by Stone Panels, Inc. ® in-house testing, plus copies of U.S., British, & French Audit reports, including:
- ICC Audit Report conducted bi-anually.
- CSTB (Avis Technique) Surveillance Audit conducted annually
- BBA (British Board of Agreement) Surveillance Audit conducted bi-annually
- Plascore, Inc. QC testing for Salt Spray resistance of the Honeycomb core.
- Cytec Engineered Materials Certified Laboratories for Flatwise Tensile Testing of 1/500 of production panels for Q.C. purposes and the annual ICC tests.
- Stone Panels International Quality Assurance testing of Flatwise Tension, Attachment Plate Pullout and Potted Inserts conducted on two (2) samples per every 50 panels produced.
- Independent Laboratory Testing conducted four (4) times a year on Flatwise Tension and Potted Insert samples.
- Independent Laboratory Testing conducted eight (8) times a year on Honeycomb Core Assembly samples with and without Attachment Plates.
French Building Code Approval & CSTB Tests
- French Building Code Approval, Reference Avis Technique No 2/13-1568 Approval of Granite, Marble and standard Limestone. Extensive testing listed below undertaken and product approval was achieved in 1998 and renewals are current.
- The following tests carried out by the CSTB (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment) to investigate StoneLite® panels for their suitability for the above code approval, both copies of the original test reports in French and the English translations are available upon request:
- CL98-068 – Thermal Shock testing with cycles of high radiant temperature followed by cold-water spray.
- CL98-072 – Combination of Fatigue cycles and sudden negative pressure up to the limits of the test apparatus.
- CL98-074 – Accelerated Aging (Freeze -Thaw) followed by flatwise tensile testing. Virtually all resulted in cohesive failure in the stone itself.
- CL98-075 – Hydrothermal (humidity cycling) followed by flatwise tensile testing. Virtually all resulted in cohesive failure in the stone itself or the test rig.
- CL98-076 – Impact testing. Soft bag weights had no effect, a few chips occurred from steel balls being dropped. Note such forces would shatter dimensional stone.
- CL98-096 – Thermal Cycling on large panels with attachments. Cycling also included simulated rain.