EDGM-11 Quality Plan

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EDG 11 QUALITY PLAN

ENGINEERING DESIGN GUIDELINES

Rev 0 Page 11-1 October 2007

1.0 PURPOSE

Quality is a characteristic that all FasTracks projects (designs and construction) musthave. Quality consists of three components: Quality Requirements (QR), Quality Control(QC), and Quality Assurance (QA). The purpose of this procedure is to describe theseelements of Quality and how they will apply to FasTracks projects.

2.0 SCOPE

The Quality QR-QC-QA Procedure defines the three quality components, lists the QualityRequirements that are expected to be used for the design of FasTracks projects,describes the Quality Control methods to ensure those Quality Requirements are met, andoutlines Quality Assurance actions taken to guarantee a quality end product is achieved.

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY

3.1 RTD Engineering Technical Support Staff

The RTD ETS staff responsibilities include:

A. Develop Quality Plan for In-house design work.B. Follow Quality Plan for all In-house design work.C. Follow Quality Plan for review of In-house design work.

3.2 Project Management Staff

The Project Management staff responsibilities include:

A. Follow Quality Plan for review of In-house design work.

3.3 Quality Management Staff

The Quality Management staff responsibilities include:

A. Maintains and manages QMO program and database.B. Monitor and enforce the Quality Plans of outside consultant design teams and

verifies that proper QC and QA procedures have been followed.

C. Conduct internal quality audits of the RTD FasTracks team to determine ifinternal RTD procedures are being effectively implemented.

3.4 Document Control Staff

The document control staff responsibilities include:

A. Maintains copies of Quality Check Prints.


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B. Maintains and updates library copy and distributes procedure updates to

individuals issued copies of the EDG.

3.5 Contracted Consultant Design Team

The contracted consultant design team responsibilities include:

A. Each design consultant working on FasTracks shall be contractually required todevelop and submit a Quality Management Plan for RTDs approval.

B. Effectively implement approved quality plan.C. Demonstrate to the FasTracks team that each product delivered has been

through their QC-QA process.

4.0 REFERENCES

A. Quality Management Oversight Program ManualB. RTD Quality Assurance Program PlanC. Engineering Review Checklists

5.0 PROCEDURES

5.1 Quality Component Definitions

A. Quality Requirements All the procedures, criteria, and standards required toproduce a quality end product.

B. Quality Control The planned and schematic engineering process of meetingthe quality requirements and the checks and balances that allows designers toensure their designs are sound and their work is free of mistakes (and definedby the RTD QMO Plan as: Operational techniques and activities that are usedto fulfill a set of quantitatively or qualitatively stated requirements;implementation of the quality plan).

C. Quality Assurance The planned and schematic process by which thedesigner or construction contractor demonstrates and a third party verifies thatthe final product (design and construction) meets the quality requirements (anddefined by the RTD QMO Plan as: All of the planned and systematic activitiesimplemented within the quality system, and demonstrated as needed, toprovide adequate confidence that the product will fulfill quality requirements

and will satisfy given needs. QA is a management tool).

5.2 Quality Requirements

Quality Requirements are defined in RTDs Quality Assurance Program Plan, whichis based on the International Quality Standard ISO 9001. Project specificrequirements may be included in the contracted scope of work and may also befound in the following criteria, procedure, regulation, and guideline documents:


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FTA QA/QC Guidelines

FHWA CDOT

Local Jurisdiction

Utility Owners

Railroads

5.3 Quality Control of In-House Designs

A. All designs must meet the Quality Requirements for design. In-house designsshall follow the Quality Control procedure outlined in this section. Outsidedesigns shall follow the Quality Control procedures established by the outsidedesign consultants and approved by RTD.

B. Quality Control is ensured by the following:

Develop Engineering Design Guidelines and Procedures.

Follow the Engineering Design Guidelines and Procedures.

Use designer checklists.

Perform reasonable and prudent self-checks of all design work.

Seek peer review back-checks of all design work.

Seek inter-disciplinary reviews thru coordination meetings.

Place designer name on all design work (plans, calculations, estimates).C. Peer review / independent checks for FasTracks designs shall be done on an

official check-print set (drawings, calculations, estimates), and shall be signedand dated by the peer-reviewer. The check-prints shall be color coded as

follows: Yellow highlight = Good

Red = Delete

Green = Add

Blue = Back Check

Black = CommentsAfter the design is color coded by the peer-reviewer, the first check-print shallgo back to the designer to fix all mistakes and design flaws, and then shall bereviewed a second time by the peer-reviewer. When a check-print iscompleted, the entire check-print should be highlighted in yellow.

D. Peer-review check-prints shall be completed for all submittals at and above the50% design phase.

E. Checkprints shall be filed with the project documents in RTDs documentcontrol and kept until the completion of RTD FasTracks Program.

5.4 Quality Assurance

A. All designs (by both in-house staff and outside consultants) must demonstratea level of Quality Control in order to prove that Quality Requirements havebeen met for the project. Review of in-house designs shall follow the Quality


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Assurance procedure outlined in this section. Outside consultant designs shall

follow their own approved Quality Assurance Plans and procedures.B. Quality Assurance is demonstrated and verified by the following:

Completed check-prints.

RTD FasTracks Interdisciplinary Review Check-Stamp.

Quality Assurance Verification Form signed off by the ETS Quality Lead.C. The RTD FasTracks Interdisciplinary Review Check-Stamp shall be used for all

in-house reviews. The same stamp shall be used for all submittals (drawings,calculations, specifications, estimates) and shall include a list of titles (names)applicable to the individual design, initials of each reviewer, and the date thereviewer signed off approval of the particular design. The following is a list oftitles that may be included on the check-stamp as appropriate:

Civil

Drainage Structural

Systems (Electrical/Mechanical)

Trackway

Utilities

Park-n-Rides

Architecture & Landscape

Operations

Maintenance

Safety

Constructability

ETS Manager Corridor APM

Corridor PMThe check-stamp shall be placed on the check-print and shall be walkedaround to each required approver for sign-off. Each phase of design shallrequire different levels of review and different list of approvals. The following isa breakdown of the expectations per approximate design phase:Basic Engineering (DEIS) phase no formal QA/QC required50% design phase Interdisciplinary Awareness65% design phase Partial Review90% design phase Full Review100% design phase RFC Approval

6.0 ATTACHMENTS

Form 11-1: QC Color Code for Check PrintsForm 11-2: Internal QA Check StampForm 11-3: QA Verification Form


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QC CHECK-PRINT COLOR CODE

Highlight in YELLOW everything that is correct.

incorrectStrike in RED everything that is incollect or needs to be deleted.

Write all additions and corrections in GREEN.

Back-check in BLUE.

All comments that do not require edits are to be made in BLACK ink or

pencil.

Form 11-1

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INTERNAL QA CHECK-STAMPS

RTD FASTRACKS PROJECT: East Corridor 30% - 65% RFCDISCIPLINE REVIEWER INITIAL DATE

Civil: Greg Straight GS 3/15/06

Drainage: N/A

Structural: N/A

Systems (Elec/Mech): Ken Moss KM 3/18/06

Trackway: Kirk StrandUtilities: Jim Kelley

Park-n-Rides: Jeff Kay JK 3/15/06

Arch & Landscape: Garrett Christnacht

ETS Manager: Henry Stopplecamp

Other:

Corridor APM: Carol Duecker

RTD FASTRACKS PROJECT: East Corridor 90% - 100% RFCDISCIPLINE REVIEWER INITIAL DATE

Civil: Greg Straight GS 3/15/06

Drainage: N/A

Structural: N/A

Systems (Elec/Mech): Ken Moss KM 3/18/06

Trackway: Kirk Strand

Utilities: Jim Kelley

Park-n-Rides: Jeff Kay JK 3/15/06

Arch & Landscape: Garrett Christnacht

Constructability: Paul Deeley PD 3/15/06

ETS Manager: Henry Stopplecamp

Operations: Llyod Mack

Maintenance: N/A

Safety: David Genova

Other:

Corridor PM: Mike Turner

Form 11-2Rev 0 October 2007


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QA VERIFICATION FORM

RTD Corridor or Project:_________________________________________________

Design Description: _____________________________________________________

Designer: ___________________Ext. _________ Date Submitted: _____________

QC Checkprint Reviewed and is Complete and Correct:

QA Check Stamp Signed Off Reviewed and is Complete and Correct:

Outstanding Issues:

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Date Re-submitted: ___________________

ETG Quality Lead Name: ________________________________________________

ETG Quality Lead Signature:_____________________________________________

Date Complete: ________________________________________________________

Form 11-3

Rev 0 October 2007

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