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Quality control of the construction contractor is a vital activity to ensure the quality and safety requirements of the project. So how do you establish an effective construction contractor’s quality management system? Refer to the article below by San Antonio Contractors.
What is construction contractor quality management?
When conducting construction work, each contractor must be responsible for receiving and managing the construction site and preserving landmarks. In addition, the construction contractor must establish and notify the investor and other relevant entities of the quality management system, objectives, and policies to ensure the quality of works of the contractor. The above positions are collectively referred to as quality management of construction contractors.
The contractor’s work quality management system must be appropriate to the scale of the project, clearly stating the organizational chart and the responsibilities of each department and individual for the contractor’s work quality management.
Responsibilities of construction contractors in contractor quality management activities
The contractor is also responsible for quality management activities during the project’s construction process. The following are the things the construction contractor must plan and send to the investor to ensure adequate construction contractor quality management.
– Plan on organizing experiments and quality inspection, measuring technical parameters of the works according to design requirements and technical instructions.
– Plan on inspection and quality control of materials, products, components, and equipment used for the work; design construction methods, which specify measures to ensure safety for people, machines, equipment, and works.
– Plan on inspection and acceptance of construction work, acceptance of construction phase or part (item) of construction work.
– Other necessary contents at the request of the investor and provisions of the contract such as:
+ Allocate construction personnel and equipment according to the provisions of the construction contract.
+ Implement the responsibility for quality management in the procurement, manufacture, and production of materials, products, components, and equipment used for the works.
+ Carry out testing and inspection of materials, components, construction products, construction equipment, and technological equipment before and during construction by the provisions of the construction contract.
+ Construction works following construction contracts, construction permits, and construction designs. Timely notify the investor if there is a discrepancy between the design and construction contract documents and the actual construction during the construction process.
+ Quality control of construction work and equipment installation; supervision of construction works.
+ The contractor will handle and overcome errors and defects in quality during the construction process (if any).
How should a construction contractor’s quality management system be established?
Many construction contractors tend to choose the form of signing a contract with a consulting organization to set up a quality management system to be recognized according to international standards ISO-9000.
This system is an effective and internationally recognized quality management system if independent of international experience. The quality management system of the construction contractor must be built based on the operating system from the Corporation throughout the construction site to confirm that the contractor has sufficient reliability to control every stage throughout the construction process strictly.
The quality management system model depending on the contractor’s organization, includes:
At the Corporation
– Leaders of the Corporation are in charge of quality management.
– Department (department or department) assisting the Corporation in the quality management of construction works. This department is responsible for:
+ Develop quality policy and quality assurance regulations of the Corporation to the construction sites.
+ Prepare a quality manual with the following contents: Inspection order and samples of internal acceptance test minutes of construction work, request form for an investor to take over.
+ Receive reports of companies periodically or irregularly to synthesize leadership reports.
+ Check and urge member companies’ implementation of quality management to report to the management for handling.
At a member company
– Company leader in charge of quality management.
– The department helps the Company in the quality management of construction works. This department is responsible for:
+ Build for the Company to issue regulations with quality criteria for each project.
+ Disseminate quality policies and regulations of the Corporation.
+ Monitor and inspect the Company internally, irregularly, or regularly on the quality of construction work.
+ Help the Company’s leaders promptly grasp the quality situation of the construction sites and maintain the system after it is implemented.
At the construction site
– The site commander is responsible to the Company for all activities at the construction site in terms of quality, progress, labor safety, and environmental sanitation.
– There is technical staff to assist the commander in performing the following tasks:
+ Disseminate regulations on quality management at the construction site.
+ Work instructions to ensure the quality of each construction job.
+ They are proposing solutions and quality assurance requirements.
+ Prepare documents on occupational safety and assign them to team leaders, team leaders, and employees.
+ Follow up, check and report to the site manager to report the quality situation at the construction site to the Company according to regulations.
Above is information about a construction contractor’s quality management system and how to set it up effectively. Hopefully, this article will give you valuable knowledge to practice the construction process.
