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Vaults 60, 87 & ET Structural Repair and Grating Replacement

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SECTION 01 45 00

QUALITY CONTROL

PART 1 – GENERAL

1.01 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes: Administrative and procedural requirements for activities to evaluate completed activities and elements for conformance with requirements of the Contract.

B. Related Requirements:

1. Document 00 72 13, General Conditions – Construction Contract.

2. Document 00 73 13, Supplementary Conditions – Construction Contract.

1.02 DEFINITIONS

A. Contractor Quality Control (CQC): Means by which Contractor ensures that construction, to include that performed by Subcontractors and Suppliers, complies with requirements of the Contract.

1.03 OWNER’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Work is subject to Owner’s quality assurance inspection and testing at all locations and at all reasonable times before acceptance to ensure strict compliance with terms of the Contract Documents.

B. Owner’s quality assurance inspections and tests are for sole benefit of Owner and do not:

1. Relieve Contractor of responsibility for providing adequate quality control measures.

2. Relieve Contractor of responsibility for damage to or loss of material before acceptance.

3. Constitute or imply acceptance.

4. Affect continuing rights of Owner after acceptance of the completed Work.

C. Presence or absence of quality assurance inspector does not relieve Contractor from any Contract requirement.

D. Promptly furnish facilities, labor, and material reasonably needed for performing such safe and convenient inspections and tests as may be required by Engineer.

E. Owner may charge Contractor for any additional cost of inspection or test when Work is not ready at time specified by Contractor for inspection or test, or when prior rejection makes re-inspection or retest necessary. Quality assurance inspections and tests will be performed in manner that will not unnecessarily delay the Work.

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1.04 CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Contractor shall employ and pay for services of an independent licensed testing laboratory to perform specified inspection and testing, subject to approval of Owner.

B. Employment of testing laboratory shall in no way relieve Contractor of obligation to perform work in accordance with requirements of Contract Documents.

C. If Owner is required to retest because of nonconformance to specified requirements; same independent firm on instructions shall perform tests for Owner. Payment for retesting will be charged to Contractor by deducting inspection or testing charges from Contract Sum/Price.

D. Submit proposed concrete mix design prior to construction for approval.

E. Deliver to laboratory at designated location adequate samples of materials proposed which may require testing.

F. Cooperate with laboratory personnel and provide access to the Work and to manufacturer’s facilities.

G. Provide incidental labor and facilities to allow access to Work to be tested, to obtain and handle samples at the Site or at source of products to be tested, and to facilitate tests and inspections, storage and curing of test samples.

H. Notify Owner and laboratory 24 hours prior to expected time for operations requiring inspection and testing services.

I. Supervision of the Work: Provide and maintain continually on the Site of the Work during its progress and until its completion, adequate and competent supervision of all operations for and in connection with the Work being performed under this Agreement, either personally or by a duly authorized superintendent or other representative. Superintendent or other representative of Contractor on the Work, and who has charge thereof, shall be fully authorized to act for Contractor and to receive whatever orders as may be given for the proper prosecution of the Work, or notice in correction therewith. Whenever Contractor is not present on any part of the Work where it may be desired to give directions, orders may be given by Owner or its Resident Project Representative to, and shall be received and obeyed by, the superintendent or foreman who may have charge of the part of the Work in reference to which such orders are given.

J. Workmanship: Employ workers who are competent to perform the Work assigned to them and, in the case of skilled labor, who are adequately trained and experienced in their respective trades. Owner reserves the right to reject use of persons who are not adequately trained and experienced.

PART 2 – PRODUCTS (NOT USED)

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PART 3 – EXECUTION

3.01 SUBMITTAL QUALITY CONTROL

A. Submittals shall be as specified in Section 01 33 00, Submittal Procedures. CQC organization shall be responsible for certifying that all submittals are in compliance with the Contract requirements. Owner will furnish copies of test report forms upon request by Contractor. Contractor may use other forms as approved.

3.02 TESTING QUALITY CONTROL

A. Testing Procedure:

1. Perform tests specified or required to verify that control measures are adequate to provide a product which conforms to Contract requirements Perform the following activities and record the following data:

a. Verify testing procedures comply with Contract requirements.

b. Verify facilities and testing equipment are available and comply with testing standards.

c. Check test instrument calibration data against certified standards.

d. Verify recording forms and test identification control number system, including all test documentation requirements, have been prepared.

e. Documentation:

a) Record results of tests taken, both passing and failing.

2) Include specification paragraph reference, location where tests were taken, and sequential control number identifying test.

3) Actual test reports may be submitted later, if approved by Engineer, with reference to test number and date taken.

4) Provide directly to Engineer information copy of tests performed by offsite or commercial test facility. Test results shall be signed by engineer registered in the state where tests are performed.

5) Failure to submit timely test reports, as stated, may result in nonpayment for related Work performed and disapproval of the test facility for this Contract.

B. Testing Laboratories: Laboratory facilities, including personnel and equipment, utilized for testing soils, concrete, asphalt and steel shall meet criteria detailed in ASTM D3740 and ASTM E329, and be accredited by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (AALA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), or other approved national accreditation authority. Personnel performing concrete testing shall be certified by the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

3.03 COMPLETION INSPECTION

A. Conduct inspection of the Work at completion of all Work or any milestone established by completion time stated in the Contract.

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B. Punchlist:

1. Develop a punchlist of items which do not conform to the Contract requirements.

2. Include punchlist in report, indicating estimated date by which deficiencies will be corrected.

3. Make second inspection to ascertain all deficiencies have been corrected and so notify the Owner.

4. These inspections and any deficiency corrections required will be accomplished within time stated for completion of entire Work or any increment thereof if Project is divided into increments by separate completion dates.

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B. Testing Laboratories: Laboratory facilities, including personnel and equipment, utilized for testing soils, concrete, asphalt and steel shall meet criteria detailed in ASTM D3740 and ASTM E329, and be accredited by the American Association of Labor...