PROJECT QC/QA ORGANIZATION
1. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS
The organizations involved in the Phase 1 FSWC and PEI and their QC/QA roles and responsibilities are as follows.
2. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is the lead agency responsible for observing and monitoring the progress of the Phase 1 FSWC and PEI in accordance with the CD. As such, EPA exercises approval authority for this CQAP.
3. General Electric Company
GE is responsible for implementing the RA in accordance with the CD and for ensuring that its contractors and subcontractors perform RA construction in accordance with the CD.
The CQAP details the systems GE has put in place in order that its responsibilities to quality are met. GE is responsible for verifying that the CM it has retained effectively implements and manages the systems detailed in the CQAP. GE is also responsible for formal communications with and submittals to EPA.
4. Engineer of Record
The Engineer of Record is an independent, duly qualified, licensed design professional, retained directly by GE to provide design and engineering services in connection with the project. This definition includes all subcontractors to the Engineer of Record.
Blasland, Bouck and Lee, Inc. (BBL) is the Engineer of Record for Phase 1 except for the rail yard. HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) is the Engineer of Record for the rail yard. BBL and HDR provide submittal review and resolution of design issues as they arise during construction.
5. Construction Manager
The CM is a duly qualified entity retained by GE to provide professional construction management and related services in connection with the project. The CM is responsible for implementation of this CQAP. The CM will manage construction contractors on behalf of GE and serve as the primary point of contact with the contractors for all communications to and from the contractors. The CM will provide Quality Assurance and monitor the day-by-day construction quality control activities performed by construction contractors to verify compliance with the contract plans and specifications. The CM will also manage, coordinate, and administer all QC/QA activities and requirements, including those of subcontractors to the CM. Additionally, the CM may be assigned management of any third party QA inspection and testing firms retained by GE.
6. Construction Contractors
The construction contractors are retained by GE to provide the labor, materials and equipment required to construct the project in accordance with the contract documents. Construction contractors are responsible for the quality control of their constructed work product as well as the necessary inspections and tests required to ensure that their work complies with the contract documents. They exercise authority over their workforce, including QC personnel and their third-party QC support services.
Pursuant to Specifications Section 01450, each contractor will submit a QC organization chart developed to show all QC personnel and how these personnel integrate with other management, production and construction functions and personnel.
All QC staff members are subject to acceptance by GE.
The requirements for the QC organization include a QC Systems Manager and a sufficient number of additional qualified personnel to ensure contract compliance.
The contractor is to provide a QC organization that is represented on the site at all times during progress of the work and with authority to take any action necessary to ensure compliance with the contract.
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