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SECTION 01400 QUALITY CONTROL PART 1 - GENERAL
1.01 QUALITY CONTROL (GENERAL)
A. Maintain quality control over suppliers, manufacturers, products, services, Site conditions, and workmanship, to produce work of specified quality.
B. Provide and maintain effective Contractor Quality Control (CQC) program and perform sufficient inspections and tests of all items of work, including those of Sub-Contractors, to ensure compliance with Contract Documents. Include surveillance and tests specified in the Sections of work of the Specifications. Furnish appropriate facilities, instruments and testing devices required for performance of the quality control function. Controls must be adequate to cover construction operations and be keyed to the construction sequence. C. Comply with manufacturers' instructions in full detail, including each step in sequence. Should instructions
conflict with Contract Documents, request clarification from Engineer or Engineer's Representative before proceeding.
1.02 WORKMANSHIP
A. Comply with industry standards except when more restrictive tolerances or specified requirements indicate more rigid standards or more precise workmanship.
B. Perform work by persons qualified to produce workmanship of specified quality.
C. Secure products in place with positive anchorage devices designed and sized to withstand stresses, vibration, and racking.
1.03 QUALITY CONTROL OF ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION
A. Include a control system for the following phases of inspection:
1. Preparatory Inspection : Perform this inspection prior to beginning of work on any definable feature of the Works. Include a review of the Contract requirements with the supervisors directly responsible for the performance of the work; check to assure that materials, products and equipment have been tested, submitted and approved, check to assure that provisions have been made for required control testing, examine the work area to ascertain that preliminary work has been completed; physically examine materials and equipment to assure that they conform to Shop Drawings and data and that the materials and equipment are on hand.
2. Initial Inspection : Perform this inspection as soon as the work commences on a representative portion of a particular feature; review control testing for compliance with Contract requirements. 3. Follow-up Inspection : Perform these inspections on a regular basis, to assure continuing compliance
with Contract requirements until completion of that particular work.
4. Documentation of CQC Program : Identify the inspections herein before specified and document in the CQC report with a brief description of the subject matter covered and the personnel involved. 1.04 QUALITY CONTROL OF OFF-SITE OPERATIONS
A. When required by individual Specifications Section, submit manufacturer's certificate, in duplicate, that products meet or exceed specified requirements.
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B. The CQC representative at the fabricating plant shall be finally responsible to comply with the contract requirements and for the release of the fabricated items for shipment to the Site. The CQC representative at the Site shall receive the item and note any damage incurred during shipment. The Contractor shall be responsible for protecting and maintaining the item in good condition throughout the period of on-Site storage and during erection, installation and maintenance. Although any item found to be faulty may be rejected before it is used, final acceptance of an item by the Engineer or Engineer's Representative is based on its satisfactory incorporation into the works and acceptance of the completed Project.
1.05 SCHEDULE OF CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL (CQC) PLAN
A. Furnish a schedule outlining the procedure, instructions and reports to be used as follows: 1. Quality Control Organization.
2. Qualification of personnel. 3. Authority and responsibility of personnel.
4. Schedule of inspections and tests with personnel assigned to each task and duration of each task. 5. Test met hods.
6. Methods of performing and documenting control operations. 1.06 QUALITY CONTROL REPORTS
A. Inspections shall be recorded and submitted daily on approved forms certifying items correctly installed and items found to be defective with a statement on corrective measures taken.
1.07 LATEST DOCUMENTS
A. The Contractor's Quality Control program shall provide for procedures which will assure that the applicable portions of the Contract Documents, Shop Drawings and instructions required by the Contract are used for fabrication, testing and inspection.
1.08 TESTING AND INSPECTION DEVICES
A. Provide and maintain all measuring and testing devices, equipment, instruments and supplies necessary to accomplish the required site testing and inspection. All measuring and testing devices shall be calibrated periodically against certified standards.
1.09 MANUFACTURERS' FIELD SERVICES
A. When specified in respective Specification Sections, require supplier, manufacturer or appointed representative to provide qualified personnel to observe field conditions, conditions of surfaces and
installation, quality of workmanship, start-up of equipment, test, adjust and balance equipment as applicable, and to make appropriate recommendations.
B. Representative shall submit written report to Engineer or Engineer's Representative listing observations and recommendations.
1.10 ENGINEER'S CHECKING AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES
A. To facilitate the Engineer's Representative checking of the quality of workmanship, compliance with Specifications, etc., the Contractor shall submit signed "Request for Inspection" or "Check" lists, provided by the Engineer's Representative and approved by the Engineer. The list shall be deemed to constitute: 1. A request by the Contractor for the Engineer's Representative to inspect the preparation or
completion of a certain element of the work in a particular location before proceeding with the next stage in such work.
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2. A representation by the Contractor to the effect that the work for which he is requesting inspection has been properly coordinated between all trades, complies with the applicable Specifications, shop drawings and other data included in the Contract or approved by the Engineer's Representative, and is complete in itself and ready for such inspection and for the next stage of related work.
B. "Request for Inspection" Lists shall be dated and numbered in approved sequence and submitted for each of the elements of the Works. Each of the "Request for Inspection" lists shall be signed by all concerned sub- contractors thereby warranting that all trades have been properly coordinated and completed prior to the "Request for Inspection" list submission.
C. In addition to the signature of all concerned subcontractors upon the "Request for Inspection" lists required by the preceding Sub-Clause, such shall also submit, to the Engineer's Representative through the Contractor, "Request for Inspection" for all mechanical and electrical elements of the works upon completion and testing of sections thereof, prior to embedding in concrete, covering up with finishes, etc. Mechanical and Electrical "Requests for Inspection" shall be signed by the Contractor and his concerned Sub-Contractor on a form and in a manner as required and approved by the Engineer's Representative.
D. In case the Project is organised on the lines of multi-package contracts, a proposal for integrated "Requests for Inspection" regime will be granted if found acceptable to the Engineer and the Engineer's Representative. 1.11 TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING
A. Materials, products and equipment shall be properly packaged and protected to prevent damage during transportation and handling.
B. More detailed requirements for transportation and handling are specified under the technical Sections. 1.12 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
A. Manufactured articles, materials and equipment shall be applied, installed, connected. erected, used, cleaned and conditioned as directed by the respective manufacturers, unless more stringent requirements are specified.
1.13 IDENTIFYING MARKINGS
A. Name plates and other identifying markings shall not be fixed on exposed surfaces of manufactured items installed in finished spaces.
1.14 PRODUCT ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS A. Refer to Section 01600. 1.15 TESTING OF MATERIALS
A. All materials and work will be tested as required in the Specifications and Testing shall be carried out at the Contractor's expense at any of the following:
1. MPW Research Station Testing Facilities
2. Approved testing agency or approved testing laboratory.
The Contractor shall obtain prior approval from the Engineer or Engineer's Representative to the tests to be conducted at any or all of the above facilities.
B. The Contractor shall allow for all necessary labour, containers, wrappings and labelling in connection with the samples for testing and for all transport charges.
C. Samples for testing will be taken at the place of origin, or working site or from the works as appropriate and as required by the Engineer or Engineer's Representative.
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D. The Contractor shall provide all facilities including testing equipment in connection with tests required to be conducted at site.
1.16 MOCK-UPS
A. When required by individual specification section, erect complete full-scale mock-up of assembly at project site. Test will be performed in accordance with this section. Remove mock-up at completion, when approved and directed by the Engineer or Engineer's Representative.
B. Mock-up may remain as finished work if so indicated in specification section and approved. C. All relative further materials and workmanship shall conform to standards of the approved mock-up. 1.17 PROJECT CONTROL FORMS
A. Format of required Project Control Forms to be provided by the Engineer to the Contractor at the commencement of the project and updated/supplemented as may be necessary from time to time thereafter. The Contractor will be required to utilize these formats/forms as directed by the Engineer.
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