Site quality plan

The construction contractor s site quality plan (SQP) is a contractual document to be prepared and presented to the EPCM constructor s site quality assurance manager as soon as possible after the arrival of the construction contractor on the site. It is a brief straightforward document that defines and explains how the contractor proposes to manage quality issues on site that is to say, it is the roadmap of his quality management system. Chapter headings could be  

Identification, Marking and Traceability Procedures/Method Statements Personnel Records Physical Resources Quality Records Nonconformity Management Quality Audits 

Included with the bid documents to indicate the type of SQP expected in case of award of contract 

This document with attached appendices as listed below constitutes the site quality 

The last use has proved to be a convenient and rapid way to establish a SQP, and in that it has been created on site by the individuals concerned, it may he more readily acceptable to them than a document imposed by their head office. It is also relevant to the smaller construction contractor, whose site organization will be minimal and whose corporate culture tends to be more informal than that found in a larger organization (see Section 3.12). 

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FIGURE 5 Scaling the QMS through site quality plans. 

Site quality plan and Prepares Reviews and Reviews at QA Reviews at ... 

Construction contractor s site quality plan, contents and date for presentation... 

Do the number and qualifications of these individuals correspond to the site quality plan ... 

Has each construction contractor a site quality plan, an inspection and test plan, procedures and method statements, model inspection and test record forms and the definition of the contents of the construction quality file ... 

Should prefabrication take place on or near the site, supervision may be within the work scope of the EPCM contractor s site team. The site quality plan and inspection and test plan established by the construction contractor would then cover both shop and site activities. Before work starts, the EPCM contractor shall ensure, preferably by formal audit, that the premises, equipment, skilled staff, supervision and procedures are such as to enable the contract to be fulfilled successfully. Special attention will be required if the prefabrication shop has been created from scratch, as opposed to one already operating as a going concern. Depending on circumstances the EPCM contractor may supervise prefabrication on a visit basis or by a full time presence. Appendix D gives a detailed... 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Optimum Site Exposure Criteria for SOjMonitor-ing," EPA 450/3-77-13. Office for Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1977. 

It is important that you inform the subcontractor through the contract of how the product or service will be accepted. Will it be as a result of receipt inspection at the specified destination or as a result of acceptance tests witnessed on site by your authorized representative These details need to be specified at the tendering stage so that the subcontractor can make provision in the quotation to support any of your activities on site. If you have invoked ISO 9001 in the subcontract, you are protected by clause 4.6.4.2. If you have not, you need to specify a similar provision in your subcontract, otherwise you may lose the right to reject the product later. There is no requirement for you to document your proposal to verify product at the subcontractor s premises but such a plan would indeed be a useful section in any quality plan that you produced. (See also Control of subcontractors in this chapter.)... 

Pharmaceutical and healthcare companies may consider conducting predelivery checks on their suppliers to verify that Supplier Project/Quality Plans have been implemented. Computer systems should not be accepted at their user sites if outstanding and agreed issues from the Supplier Audit have not been resolved to the satisfaction of the pharmaceutical or healthcare company. 

To complete the project life cycle, the Project Team should produce a Validation Report that aligns with the site Validation Plan. In addition to conhrming site validation activities, Validation Reports should conhrm the adequacy of all relevant central activities. A central Validation Snmmary Report (Quality Report) should be developed reviewing the adeqnacy and release of each appUcation/prod-... 

Site work should be conducted by well-informed, trained and certified operators under the supervision of the Site Manager, and should comply with local regulations, the specifications of the Quality Plan and the Health and Safety Plan [18]. 

The practical execution of the rehabilitation intervention includes the reception, storage, preparation and application of the SA and APC materials, as well as the curing of the adhesive materials. Site work should be carried out by well-informed, trained, experienced and certificated operatives, under the supervision of a qualified site manager to ensure eompliance with the specifications of the quality plan and to ensure a satisfaetory intervention programme (Petrie, 2006 Silva et al., 2011 Adams et al., 1997 Mays and Hutchinson, 1992). 

Regulatory Information Sources. For information on the current status of air-quality regulations and related background documents, see the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Technology Transfer Network (T IN) web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/. 

The PSO essentially affirms the supplier s production process. It takes the form of an on-site visit to witness the production of components by the supplier. The visit also verifies that the elements of the quality plan are in place. The PSO also tests whether the supplier production process has sufficient capacity to feed DaimlerChrysler s assembly lines. 

This chapter examines how the EPCM contractor can organize its task on site, first of all in creating its quality plan and then in determining the composition of the site team. The attributes of key members of staff, whose actions and attitudes are crucial for attaining quality objectives, are then evoked, followed by a study of the division of responsibilities for quality control. 

Chapter 4 discusses the central role of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor on the construction site, its organization and the duties of key members of its staff. An approach is given for the preparation from scratch of a quality plan for this organization and a typical organization chart is included. 

For those chapters proposing typical procedures with model forms concerning responsibilities on site, supplier site visits, quality plans and records, engineering queries, incoming inspection and maintenance, nonconformities, audits, management reviews and construction completion and turnover, the forms concerned can be downloaded from the Wiley-Blackwell website www.blackwellpublishing.com/noble. They can serve as a basis for the reader to create his/her own forms adapted to the needs of a specific project. 

Contract Documents. Documents that are part of the contract between the owner and project constructor, which include, but are not necessarily limited to the project manual, bid packages, drawings, plans, specifications, addenda, general and special conditions, schedules, scope reviews, site utilization plans, safety and quality plans and project procedures. 

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