{"id":"54a666b3-d259-444b-8921-5f01248f0a72","task":"Verify a Canadian fabrication shop's CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) certification before awarding cross-border structural steel, pressure-piping, or pre-engineered building work.","domain":"cwbgroup.org — Certified Company Search and Certified Inspector Search","steps":["Go to the CWB Group directory/certification pages at cwbgroup.org to look up companies certified to the relevant CSA standard for the work in question.","Use CSA W47.1 for structural/pressure steel fusion welding company certification and CSA W59 for the welding code governing that fabrication.","For a pre-engineered/steel building systems manufacturer specifically, check CSA A660 (Certification of Manufacturers of Steel Building Systems) — this standard covers steel building system manufacturers (personnel qualifications, design/engineering, materials control, fabrication, shipping, erection documentation), not piping fabrication; do not cite A660 for a piping-fabrication scope.","If individual welding inspectors need verification instead of the company, use the separate Certified Inspector Search for CSA W178.2-certified individuals.","Confirm the scope of certification matches the intended work (structural fusion welding vs. steel building system manufacturing vs. individual inspector) and note the certification date and any listed expiry/renewal status shown in the directory result."],"gotchas":["CSA A660 certifies manufacturers of pre-engineered steel building systems — it is not a piping-fabrication standard; a shop building pressure piping should be checked under the applicable piping/welding standard (e.g., W47.1/W59 scope for the actual joint type), not A660.","CWB certification (Canadian) and AWS certification (US) are separate systems with separate registries — a company or individual must be checked in the correct one; holding one does not imply the other."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T00:35:42.760Z","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/54a666b3-d259-444b-8921-5f01248f0a72"}