Preparation of subcontracts, approvals of Subcontractor selections, and administration procedures for subcontracts shall be per the requirements of Clause 7.0 of the General Conditions of Contract and Clause 17.0 of Appendix D (Project Administration and Coordination Procedure) The Qualification process for Subcontractor is governed by Corporate procedure STD-COR-PROC-001 Vendor Management. During request for Bid phase the complete set of Company Quality requirements requested by KOC-Q-014 is given to subcontractor.
Moreover to define more in detail the managing aspect to be implemented by the Subcontractor and the control operated by Contractor Two project procedure are issued, the two document set the requirements and planning for Control subcontractor Quality activities: 000-ZA-E-09609 “Quality Assurance General Specification for Subcontractor” and 000-ZA-E-09610 “Quality Control General Specification for Subcontractor”, these two documents are part of Contractor Project Quality System and are issued to Company for approval.
Contractor will manage the subcontracting aspects with dedicated Project procedure 000-AZ-E-02005 Sub-Contract Administration Procedure”
Subcontractor will issue all the require Management/Technical Project documentations in order to demonstrate their compliance and understanding of the relevant assigned job and the requested Contractor requirements. The Subcontractor documentations will be subject to Contractor approval and to Companies approval. 7.7. Quality Control and inspection activities during construction phase
All construction and installation activities will be made in accordance with KOC approved procedures, the Project procedure will be in compliance with KOK-Q-014 appendix G &H.
In accordance to Company requirements contained on Appendix E clause 7.10, KOC- Q-014 clause 6.6 Contractor will provide a resident organization for QC activities, a resident QA/QC manager (FQM) will be on charge for all the QC activities and relation with the Companies for all the aspects related to QC activities, for each discipline work a dedicate QC Supervisor/Inspector will be put in place in order to monitor and control all the inspection and test foreseen on the ITP, more specific task is clearly defined on document “Project organization, function, responsibilities and charts” 000- ZA-E-09602
The site quality control activities are carried out by the CONTRACTOR (direct hiring works) and by Construction subcontractors for the subcontracted works.
Direct hiring
The quality control activities will be carried out by CONTRACTOR as indicated in the Quality Control Plans (QCPs) issued by the technical departments, under the coordination of the PQM
QCPs will be forwarded to the COMPANY for review and for mark up of COMPANY involvement in site QC inspection activities.
Requirements for execution of QC activities related working processes are defined in the specification 000-ZA-E-09610 “Quality Control Requirement for Construction Subcontractor”, it is valid also for direct hiring works.
The specification 000-ZA-E-09610 is in accordance to KOC standard KOC–Q-014 clause 6.6
More in detail, it outlines the requirements for:
Quality control planning and implementation, (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.1)
Quality verifications (initial, in-process, final, Third Party Inspection – TPI - and by CONTRACTOR and COMPANIES), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.2)
Control of construction processes (including special processes), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.6 & 6.6.7)
QA/QC co-ordination (including Inspection Notification), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.4)
Inspection and Test Reporting (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.3)
Quality Control Specifications applicable to the Project (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.1.2)
QCP/ITP (Inspection and test Plan) To be issued (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6) Subcontracted work
A dedicated Specifications for subcontracting requirements for QA/QC are issued for COMPANY approval: 000-ZA-E-09609 “Quality Assurance Requirement for Construction Subcontractors & 000-ZA-E-09610 “Quality Control Requirement for Construction Subcontractor”.
The Contractor will deliver to the Subcontractor a complete set of Quality Control Standards (QCS) to enable the Subcontractor to prepare the QCPs applicable to the Project, (list of QCP/ITP is given on Appendix 1 of 000-ZA-E-09610 “Quality Control Requirement for Construction Subcontractor), each QCS is issued for each main discipline work. The QCS contains several ITS (Inspection and test Standard) and related Check List to be used as base for ITP, the ITS’s and check lists covers all the test and control foreseen to the works related to the discipline of the mentioned QCS. The Subcontractors will issue the QCP, (which contains the related ITP to be used for construction), with the Project code number already assigned.
The specification 000-ZA-E-09609 “Quality Assurance Requirement for Construction Subcontractor” provide requirements for the organisation, the procedures and the tools to be set up by Subcontractor to fulfil the COMPANY quality requirements (KOC- Q-014, clause 6.6.3) in terms of:
Quality Management System implementation, Procedures to be prepared and submitted, Personnel mobilisation and qualification
Construction processes to be controlled, Quality auditing activities
Quality meetings,
Management of nonconformities, Reporting to CONTRACTOR Continual improvement
The specification 000-ZA-E-09609 is in accordance to KOC standard KOC–Q-014 clause 6.6
The specification 000-ZA-E-09610 “Quality Control Requirement for Construction Subcontractor” provides requirements for the execution of QC activities related working processes.
More in detail, it outlines the requirements for:
Quality control planning and implementation, (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.1)
Quality verifications (initial, in-process, final, Third Party Inspection – TPI - and by CONTRACTOR and COMPANIES), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.2)
Control of construction processes (including special processes), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.6 & 6.6.7)
QA/QC co-ordination (including Inspection Notification), (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.4)
Inspection and Test Reporting (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.2.3)
Quality Control Specifications applicable to the Project (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6.1.2)
QCP/ITP (Inspection and test Plan) To be issued (KOC –Q-014 clause 6.6) CONTRACTOR will review and approve the QCP/ITP before transmission to the COMPANY for approval and insertion of Company W/H point, CONTRACTOR will forward the QCP/ITP 14 days prior the start of the relative works.
Baseline data
All the information regarding the welding traceability as: piping materials,
joining/welding type, NDT and pressure testing made,
measured wall thickness of pipe spools, fitting, connection and static equipment static equipment and line specifications, design and operating data and reference
to P&IDs
painting or coating type and the dry film thickness are listed in the Welding summary list.
The modality to management the Welding summary list and the Welding summary list form are described into Quality Control Plan for Welding.
7.8. Control of monitoring and measuring equipment