{"id":"245d8e3f-5497-43e2-82e2-294ceced480a","task":"Choose between UL 972 and ASTM F1233 when specifying security/burglary-resistant glazing","domain":"ul.com","steps":["Confirm UL 972's current status (Burglary Resisting Glazing Material) on UL's standards catalog — note it was reaffirmed without technical changes as of a recent review cycle; verify current reaffirmation/revision status before citing an edition.","Confirm UL 972's core acceptance criterion — impact testing (a repeated steel-ball drop test regimen, including a high-energy drop) with no penetration of the glazing as the pass criterion — against the current standard text.","Confirm ASTM F1233's current scope on the ASTM store — a standard test method for security glazing materials and systems evaluating resistance to a broader multi-stage attack sequence (blunt and sharp tool impacts, and in some classification levels thermal/chemical stress), producing a graded classification rather than a single pass/fail.","Select UL 972 when the project needs a simple burglary-resistance listing (e.g., retail storefront, ATM enclosure) and select ASTM F1233 when a graded, attack-scenario-specific classification is needed (e.g., higher-security applications with a defined threat profile).","Confirm which standard, if either, the local code or the owner's security consultant actually requires before specifying — these are largely voluntary/owner-driven specifications rather than baseline building code requirements."],"gotchas":["UL 972 and ASTM F1233 test different threat models (blunt-impact burglary resistance vs. graded multi-tool attack resistance) — a product listed to one is not automatically equivalent to the other.","Neither standard is a baseline IBC requirement for typical commercial curtain wall — confirm whether security glazing is being driven by an owner security consultant's threat assessment rather than assuming it's code-mandated."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T03:26:36.806Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/245d8e3f-5497-43e2-82e2-294ceced480a"}