Limiting Construction Issues through Special Inspections ...€¦ · Industrial/Manufacturing...

Limiting Construction Issues through

Special Inspections and QA/QC Plans

Established 19231,500+ Employees

Top 150, ENR Midwest

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

GENERAL CONSTRUCTIONDESIGN BUILD

TRADE CONTRACTING

Markets:Commercial

Healthcare/Life SciencesHigher Education

ParkingIndustrial/Manufacturing

Public Works

Established 1966350+ staff

500+ D/B projects50+ VA projects

Top 250, ENR

ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGINVESTIGATIVE/FORENSICS

CIVIL ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION

and more…

Markets:Federal

HealthcareParking

Sports/RecCommercialMunicipal

WHAT ARE SPECIAL INSPECTIONS?

Special Inspections are inspections provided by the owner to help ensure the structure is built according to plan.

SPECIAL INSPECTIONS

WHAT ARE QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL PLANS?

Plans utilized to guard against defects and deficiencies, and substantiate that construction will comply with contract requirements.

QA/QC PLANS

EARLY PLANNING FOR SUCCESS

» Owner» Architect/

Engineer» Special Inspector» Contractor» Subcontractors

DEFINE ROLES

» Attendees• Owner• Architect/Engineer• Contractor• Key Subcontractors• Inspector

» Establish Agenda» Review

• Scope of Work • Contract Documents• Special Inspection

Requirements• Inspections and

Testing Requirements

PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING

» Construction Documents

» Specifications» Submittals» RFI» Weekly Report» QA/QC Checklists» Special Inspection

Reports» Non‐Conforming

Report

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

WHY WE NEED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND QA/QC

POOR CONSOLIDATION

ANCHOR BOLTS PLACEMENT ISSUE

COLD‐FORMED STEEL BEARING ISSUE

BRACE FIT‐UP ISSUE

REBAR CONGESTION

SLAB ON GRADE REINFORCING

POORLY CONSTRUCTED CMU WALL

IMPROPER POSITIONING OF WALL DOWELS

INSUFFICIENT REBAR LAP SPLICES

IMPROPER POSITION OF PRIMARY REBAR

SPECIAL INSPECTIONS

» Required by Code» Special Inspector

Requirements• Qualified• Approved by

Building Official• Hired by owner or

direct representative (SE or architect)

IBC, SECTION 1704

» ACI 318‐05 Section 1.3.1

» ACI 530‐05» ICC‐ES Evaluation

Reports

SPECIAL INSPECTIONS STANDARDS

SPECIAL INSPECTION DOCUMENTS

Special Inspections save time,

money, and LIVES.

QA/QC PLANS

» Project Specific Quality Plan

» Inspection and Testing Plan

QA/QC PLANSTYPES

1. Project organization chart

2. Project team responsibilities

3. Document control4. Control of quality

records5. Material control6. Inspection and testing7. Corrective Action8. Control of

Nonconformance9. Internal Auditing

TYPICAL PROJECT SPECIFIC QUALITY PLANS

INSPECTION AND TEST PLANS “QC”

CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE SURVEILLANCE

PRE‐POUR SURVEILLANCE

POUR SURVEILLANCE

POST‐POUR SURVEILLANCE

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