Important Information about Quality Assurance is a client advisory that relates a variety of important information to those with a need to know. Designed for inclusion in construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET) quality-assurance (QA) reports and other QA deliverables, its guidance includes:

Understand the Difference between Relying on Something and Having a Right To Rely on Something.
If You Have Not Been Formally Authorized to Rely on a CoMET QA Report, Do Not Rely on It.
Recognizing the Difference between Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) Can Help All Parties Avoid Misunderstandings.
The Scope of QA Services May Differ from Project Specifications.
CoMET Consultants Deal with Noncompliance as Required by Their Contract.
CoMET Consultants Owe a Duty of Care Only to Authorized Parties.
Do Not Misapply a Review-Only, Courtesy Copy.
Overall Conditions Are Inferred. Inferences Are Not Guarantees.
Do Not Assume That Conditions Found Will Stay the Same.
Standards Complied with Are Those That Are Referenced.
The Sampling and Testing Locations Shown Have Been Approximated.
A CoMET Consultant’s Field Representatives Have a Strictly Limited Role on Site.
CoMET Consultants Are Not Authorized to Accept or Reject Constructors’ Work or To Modify Requirements.
Special Inspections Are Not QA Services.
Contact Your GBA-Member CoMET Consultant for Assistance.
Only GBA-Member Firms are permitted to use the document as an insert sheet. Others may use it as a model for development of their own advisory document."