IAF Scope /
Field of Inspection
and Specific Item(s)
Stage and Range of
Inspection(s)
Inspection Requirement(s)
Standards / Regulations / Methods / Procedures
Number identification with
year of publication
Title
IAF Scope 17 Basic Metals Structure Steel
Coils, Tmt Bars, Sections Like ISMB, I Section,
H Beams, Shaft, ISMC, ISA, Wires, Precious Metals,
Ferrous & Non-Ferrous & Alloy Metal Bars in
Different Shapes, Line Pipes, Tubes, Flanges,
Fittings, Fasteners, Metallic & Non-metallic
Gaskets, Instrumentation Fittings.
Stage Wise /
Final Inspection
IS 2002:2024
IS 1030:1998
I IS 7452:1990
IS 1239-Part 1:2004
IS 1239-Part 2:2011
IS 4923:2017
IS 800:2007
IS 1732:1989
IS 2062:2011
IS 7887:1992
IS 10748:2004
ASME Sec II Part A, B, C:2025
17
Steel Plate for Pressure Vessel For
Intermediate And High Temperature Service
Including Boilers,
Carbon Steel Castings for General Engineering
Purposes – Specification
Hot Rolled Steel Sections for Doors, Windows
and Ventilators – Specification
Steel Tubes, Tubular and Other Wrought Steel
Tubes – Specification
Steel Tubes, Tubular and Other Steel Fittings –
Specification
Hollow Steel Sections for Structural Use –
Specification
Hollow steel sections for structural use
General Construction in Steel – Code of Practice
Steel Bars, Round and Square for Structural and
General Engineering Purposes – Dimensions
Hot Rolled Medium and High Tensile Structural Steel
Mild Steel Wire Rod for General Engineering
Purposes – Specification
Hot Rolled Steel Strips for Welded Tubes and Pipes
Part A – Ferrous Materials
Part B – Non-Ferrous Materials
Part C – Specifications for Welding Rods,
Electrodes, and Filler Metal
ASTM A 516/A516M:2025
ASTM A 578/A578M:2017
ASTM A 234/A234M:2025
DIN EN 877:2021
ASTM A 420/A420M:2025
ASTM A 403/A403M:2025
ASTM A758/A758M:2024
ASTM A774/A774M:2025
Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel
Plates, Carbon Steel, for Moderate- and
Lower-Temperature Service
Standard Specification for Straight-Beam
Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates
for Special Applications
Standard Specification for Piping Fittings of
Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for
Moderate and High-Temperature Service
Cast Iron Pipes Systems and their components
for the evacuation of water from works –
Characteristics and Test Methods
Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought
Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Low-Temperature
Service
Standard Specification for Wrought Austenitic
Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
Specification for Wrought-Carbon Steel
Butt-Welding Piping Fittings with Improved
Notch Toughness
Standard Specification for As-Welded Wrought
Austenitic Stainless Steel Fittings for General
Corrosive Service at Low and Moderate
Temperatures
Tube
Tubes for Boiler, Heat Exchangers,
Structural & Mechanical Applications
Stagewise / Final inspection
IS 1161:2014
IS 3601:2006
ASTM A178/A178M:2025
ASTM A179/A179M:2024
ASTM A192/192M:2024
ASTM A209/A209-03: (R2022)
ASTM A213/A213M:2023
ASTM A214/A214M:2025
ASTM A249/A249M-24ae01
API 5CT:2023
EN 10255:2004+A1:2007
BS EN 1057:2006+A1:2010
Steel Tubes for Structural Purposes – Specification
Steel Tubes for Mechanical and General
Engineering Purposes – Specification
Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-
Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel
Boiler and Super Heater Tubes
Standard Specification for Seamless Cold-Drawn
Low-Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel
Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service
Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic and
Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Super Heater, and
Heat-Exchanger Tubes
Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-
Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and
Condenser Tubes
Standard Specification for Welded Austenitic Steel
Boiler, Super Heater, Heat-Exchanger, and
Condenser Tubes
Non-alloy steel tubes suitable for welding and threading
Copper and Copper Alloys Seamless, Round Copper
Tubes for Water and Gas in Sanitary and Heating
Applications
Casting
Steel & Iron Castings
Stagewise / Final inspection
IS 1030:1998
IS 2644:1994
IS 1865:1991
ASTM A915/A915M:2025
ASTM A958/A958M:2024
ASTM A781/A781M:2021
Carbon Steel Castings for General Engineering
Purposes – Specification
High Strength Steel Castings for General
Engineering and Structural Purposes – Specification
Iron Castings with Spheroidal or Nodular Graphite –
Specification
Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon,
and Alloy, Chemical Requirements Similar to
Standard Wrought Grades
Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon
and Alloy, With Tensile Requirements, Chemical
Requirements Similar to Standard Wrought Grades
Standard Specification for Castings, Steel and
Alloy, Common Requirements, for General
Industrial Use
