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SECTION 01 45 00
SECTION 01 45 00
QUALITY CONTROL
| PART 1 | GENERAL |
| 1.1 | SECTION INCLUDES |
| A. | This section covers the quality control inspecting, sampling, and testing of all supplies, services, and/or workmanship required to be performed under this contract. The Contractor shall perform all quality control inspection and/or testing required by this contract. |
1.2 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM
| A. | Contractor shall employ staff or a testing agency to assure installed product and materials comply with Contract Documents, and to assure inspections, tests, and other services comply with industry standards. | |
| B. | Use an AASTHO Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL) certified laboratory that has Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC) certified personnel. | |
| C. | When requested by Contracting Officer, provide a professional opinion from a testing agency concerning test results and quality of work covered by testing performed. | |
| D. | Do additional testing, if, in Contracting Officer’s opinion, work is not being adequately controlled. | |
| 1.3 | TESTING AGENCY | |
| A. | Provide sufficient personnel and cooperate with COR and Contractor in performing testing service. | |
| B. | Secure samples using procedures specified in the applicable testing code. | |
| C. | Perform product testing in accordance with applicable sections of the Contract Documents. | |
| D. | When an out-of-tolerance condition exists, perform additional control testing until tolerance is attained. | |
| F. | Report any non-compliance of materials and mixes to Contractor and COR immediately. | |
| 1.4 | SUBMITTALS - CONTRACTOR | |
| A. | Before Construction: Identify. |
1. Testing agency’s name, address, and telephone number.
2. Testing agency person who is charged with engineering managerial responsibility.
3. Licensed professional for testing agency who is to review services.
4. Names and levels of certification and years of experience of testing agency’s laboratory and field technicians.
| B. | During construction, submit: Quality control test data required to demonstrate work performed complies with Contract Documents. | |
| 1.5 | SUBMITTALS – TESTING AGENCY | |
| A. | General: On all reports include the following. |
1) Project Delivery Order title, number and date of the report.
2) Date, time and location of test
3) Name and address of material Supplier.
4) Identification of Product being tested and type of test performed.
5) Identify whether test is initial test or retest.
6) Results of testing and interpretation of results.
7) Name of technician(s) who sampled and who performed the testing.
B. During construction: Submit to COR and Contractor the following reports.
1) Field Test Report: Submit the report no later than the end of the day the test results are determined.
2) Laboratory Test Report: Submit the report within 48 hours after test results are determined.
3) Final Summary Report: After the Work is Substantially Complete, submit a report to the COR and Contractor which shows all test results in tabular form. Show each failed test result and its corresponding passing test result.
| 1.6 | LIMITS ON TESTING AGENCY AUTHORITY | |
| A. | Agency may not release, revoke, alter, or enlarge on requirements of Contract Documents. | |
| B. | Agency may not suspend Work. | |
| C. | Agency has no authority to determine acceptance of Work for COR. | |
| D. | Samples must be collected and secured only by the testing agency. | |
| 1.7 | PAYMENT | |
| A. | Separate payment will not be made for providing and maintaining an effective Quality Control program, and all associated costs will be included in the applicable Bid Schedule unit or lump-sum prices. | |
| PART 2 | PRODUCTS | |
| 2.1 | MATERIALS | |
| A. | Material shall be furnished from sources that have recently been found satisfactory by Contracting Officer under normal testing and sampling procedures may be used in Work. | |
| B. | Materials that are supported with a supplier’s certificate of compliance may be used in the Work. Certificate must be submitted to and reviewed by Contracting Officer prior to use. | |
| PART 3 | EXECUTION | |
| 3.1 | GENERAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| A. | Establish and maintain an effective quality control (QC) system in compliance with the Contract Clause titled "Inspection of Construction." QC consist of plans, procedures, and organization necessary to produce an end product which complies with the contract requirements. | |
| B. | Cover all construction operations, both onsite and offsite, and be keyed to the proposed construction design and construction sequence. | |
| C. | The project superintendent will be held responsible for the quality of work and is subject to removal by the Contracting Officer for non-compliance with the quality requirements specified in the contract. In this context the highest level manager responsible for the overall construction activities at the site, including quality and production is the project superintendent. | |
| 1. | The project superintendent must maintain a physical presence at the site at all times and is responsible for all construction and related activities at the site, except as otherwise acceptable to the Contracting Officer. | |
| 3.2 | QUALITY CONTROL PLAN | |
| A. | Submit no later than 14 days after receipt of notice to proceed, the Contractor Quality Control (CQC) Plan proposed to implement the requirements of the Contract Clause titled "Inspection of Construction." | |
| 1. | The Government will consider an interim plan for the first 21 days of operation. Construction will be permitted to begin only after acceptance of the CQC Plan or acceptance of an interim plan applicable to the particular feature of work to be started. | |
| 2. | Work outside of the accepted interim plan will not be permitted to begin until acceptance of a CQC Plan or another interim plan containing the additional work. | |
| B. | Include, as a minimum, the following to cover all construction operations, both onsite and offsite, including work by subcontractors, fabricators, suppliers, and purchasing agents, subcontractors, consultants, fabricators, suppliers, and purchasing agents: | |
| 1. | A description of the quality control organization, including a chart showing lines of authority and acknowledgment that the CQC staff will implement the three phase control system for all aspects of the work specified. Include a CQC System Manager who reports to the project superintendent. | |
| 2. | The name, qualifications (in resume format), duties, responsibilities, and authorities of each person assigned a CQC function. | |
| 3. | A copy of the letter to the CQC System Manager signed by an authorized official of the firm which describes the responsibilities and delegates sufficient authorities to adequately perform the functions of the CQC System Manager, including authority to stop work which is not in compliance with the contract. Letters of direction to all other various quality control representatives outlining duties, authorities, and responsibilities will be issued by the CQC System Manager. Copies of these letters must be furnished to the Government. | |
| 4. | Procedures for scheduling, reviewing, certifying, and managing submittals, including those of subcontractors, offsite fabricators, suppliers, and purchasing agents, subcontractors, consultants, offsite fabricators, suppliers, and purchasing agents. These procedures must be in accordance with Section 01 33 00 SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES. | |
| 5. | Control, verification, and acceptance testing procedures for each specific test to include the test name, specification paragraph requiring test, feature of work to be tested, test frequency, and person responsible for each test. (Laboratory facilities approved by the Contracting Officer must be used.) | |
| 6. | Procedures for tracking preparatory, initial, and follow-up control phases and control, verification, and acceptance tests including documentation. | |
| 7. | Procedures for tracking construction deficiencies from identification through acceptable corrective action. Establish verification procedures that identified deficiencies have been corrected. | |
| 8. | Reporting procedures, including proposed reporting formats. | |
| 9. | A list of the definable features of work. A definable feature of work is a task which is separate and distinct from other tasks, has separate control requirements, and may be identified by different trades or disciplines, or it may be work by the same trade in a different environment. Although each section of the specifications may generally be considered as a definable feature of work, there are frequently more than one definable features under a particular section. This list will be agreed upon during the coordination meeting. | |
| C. | Acceptance of the Contractor's plan is required prior to the start of construction. Acceptance is conditional and will be predicated on satisfactory performance during the construction. The Government reserves the right to require the Contractor to make changes in the CQC Plan and operations including removal of personnel, as necessary, to obtain the quality specified. | |
| D. | After acceptance of the CQC Plan, notify the Contracting Officer in writing of any proposed change. Proposed changes are subject to acceptance by the Government and shall not be implemented until approved by the Contracting Officer. | |
| 3.3 | COORDINATION MEETING | |
| A. | Before start of construction, and prior to acceptance by the Government of the CQC Plan, meet with the Contracting Officer or Authorized Representative and discuss the Contractor's quality control system. | |
| 1. | Submit the CQC Plan a minimum of 7 calendar days prior to the Coordination Meeting. | |
| 2. | During the meeting, a mutual understanding of the system details must be developed, including the forms for recording the CQC operations, control activities, testing, administration of the system for both onsite and offsite work, and the interrelationship of Contractor's Management and control with the Government's Quality Assurance. | |
| B. | There may be occasions when subsequent conferences will be called by either party to reconfirm mutual understandings and/or address deficiencies in the CQC system or procedures which may require corrective action by the Contractor. | |
| 3.4 | QUALITY CONTROL ORGANIZATION | |
| A. | The requirements for the CQC organization are: | |
| 1. | A CQC System Manager, and | |
| 2. | Sufficient number of additional qualified personnel to ensure safety and contract compliance. | |
| B. | The Safety and Health Manager must receive direction and authority from the CQC System Manager and serve as a member of the CQC staff. | |
| C. | Personnel identified in the technical provisions as requiring specialized skills to assure the required work is being performed properly will also be included as part of the CQC organization. | |
| D. | The Contractor's CQC staff must maintain a presence at the site at all times during progress of the work and have complete authority and responsibility to take any action necessary to ensure contract compliance. | |
| E. | The CQC staff will be subject to acceptance by the COR. | |
| F. | Provide adequate office space, filing systems and other resources as necessary to maintain an effective and fully functional CQC organization. | |
| G. | Promptly complete and furnish all letters, material submittals, shop drawing submittals, schedules and all other project documentation to the CQC organization. The CQC organization shall be responsible to maintain these documents and records at the site at all times, except as otherwise acceptable to the Contracting Officer. | |
| H. | Identify as CQC System Manager an individual within the onsite work organization who is responsible for overall management of CQC and have the authority to act in all CQC matters for the Contractor. The CQC System Manager must | |
| 1. | Be a construction person with a minimum of 5 years in related work. | |
| 2. | On the site at all times during construction and be employed by the prime Contractor. | |
| 3. | Assigned as System Manager but may have duties as project superintendent in addition to quality control. | |
| I. | Identify in the plan an alternate to serve in the event of the CQC System Manager's absence. The requirements for the alternate are the same as the CQC System Manager. | |
| J. | Additional CQC personnel assist the CQC System Manager. These individuals: | |
| 1. | May be employees of the prime or subcontractor; | |
| 2. | Must be responsible to the CQC System Manager; | |
| 3. | Must be physically present at the construction site during work on their areas of responsibility, unless the CQC work they are performing is done in the laboratory; | |
| 4. | Must have the necessary education, training, and/or experience. | |
| 5. | May perform other duties but must be allowed sufficient time to perform their assigned quality control duties as described in the Quality Control Plan. | |
| K. | A single person may cover more than one area provided that they are qualified to perform QC activities in each designated area and that workload allows. | |
| M. | Maintain the CQC staff at full strength at all times. When it is necessary to make changes to the CQC staff, revise the CQC Plan to reflect the changes and submit the changes to the COR for acceptance. | |
| 3.5 | SUBMITTALS AND DELIVERABLES | |
| A. | Submittals, if needed, must comply with the requirements in Section 01 33 00 SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES. The CQC organization is responsible for certifying that all submittals and deliverables are in compliance with the contract requirements. | |
| 3.6 | TESTS | |
| A. | Perform specified or required tests to verify that control measures are adequate to provide a product which conforms to contract requirements. Upon request, furnish to the Government duplicate samples of test specimens for possible testing by the Government. Testing includes operation and/or acceptance tests when specified. | |
| 1. | Verify that testing procedures comply with contract requirements. | |
| 2. | Verify that facilities and testing equipment are available and comply with testing standards. | |
| 3. | Check test instrument calibration data against certified standards. | |
| 4. | Verify that recording forms and test identification control number system, including all of the test documentation requirements, have been prepared. | |
| 5. | Record results of all tests taken, both passing and failing on the CQC report for the date taken. Specification paragraph reference, location where tests were taken, and the sequential control number identifying the test. | |
| a. | If approved by the COR, actual test reports may be submitted later with a reference to the test number and date taken. | |
| b. | Provide an information copy of tests performed by an offsite or commercial test facility directly to the COR. | |
| c. | 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. | The Government reserves the right to check laboratory equipment in the proposed laboratory for compliance with the standards set forth in the contract specifications and to check the laboratory technician's testing procedures and techniques. Laboratories utilized for testing soils, concrete, asphalt, and steel must meet criteria detailed in ASTM D 3740 and ASTM E 329. | |
| C. | If the selected laboratory fails the capability check, the Contractor will be assessed a charge of $250 to reimburse the Government for each succeeding recheck of the laboratory or the checking of a subsequently selected laboratory. Such costs will be deducted from the contract amount due the Contractor. | |
| D. | The Government reserves the right to utilize the Contractor's control testing laboratory and equipment to make assurance tests, and to check the Contractor's testing procedures, techniques, and test results at no additional cost to the Government. | |
| E. | Costs incidental to the transportation of samples or materials will be borne by the Contractor. | |
| 3.7 | NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE | |
| A. | The Contractor will be notified of any detected noncompliance with the foregoing requirements. Take immediate corrective action after receipt of such notice. | |
| B. | Such notice, when delivered to the Contractor at the work site, will be deemed sufficient for the purpose of notification. | |
| C. | If the Contractor fails or refuses to comply promptly, the Contracting Officer may issue an order stopping all or part of the work until satisfactory corrective action has been taken. No part of the time lost due to such stop orders will be made the subject of claim for extension of time or for excess costs or damages by the Contractor. |
END OF SECTION
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