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FOREWORD
This Quality Assurance Manual is applicable for KMC
CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED, for the Project ‘Widening and
strengthening of existing National Highway from 2 lane to 4 lane from
km. 1040.300 to km. 1013.000 of NH-31 in Assam on East-West
corridor under phase - 2 programme of NHDP Package no. EW - II
(AS-7) has been prepared as per the established, implemented and
certified Quality Management System (as per the requirements of EN
ISO 9002& EN ISO 9003 Standard).
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GLOSSARY
HQ - HEAD QUARTERS
QA - QUALITY ASSURANCE
QC - QUALITY CONTROL
PM - PROJECTS MANAGER
ME - MATERIALS ENGINEER
PE - PLANNING ENGINEER
SI - SITE INCHARGE
PA - PREVENTIVE ACTION
CA - CORRECTIVE ACTION
PO - PURCHASE ORDER
WO - WORK ORDER
S/C - SUB-CONTRACTOR
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TQ - TECHNICAL QUERRY
1.0 PURPOSE:
This Project Quality System manual is prepared and formulated as a Management Summary of Quality related
activities required to meet the terms of contract. This manual sets out the Management practices, describes the
Quality Management System of KMC CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED.
The following documents are used as a source of reference for the preparation of this Quality Assurance Plan.
2.0 SCOPE:
The contents of this Quality Assurance Manual are applicable to Procurement, Construction, Inspection, Testing
and Commissioning works, that will be carried out by in connection with KMC CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED
Widening and strengthening of existing National Highway from 2 lane to 4 lane from km. 1040.300 to
km. 1013.000 of NH-31 in Assam on East-West corridor under phase - 2 programme of NHDP Package
no. EW - II (AS-7). In preparation of this document, due regard has been paid to the requirements of EN ISO
9002& EN ISO 9003 Standard).
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3. Salient Features
Project Description Widening and strengthening of existing National Highway from 2 lane to 4 lane from
KM 1040.300 to KM 1013.000 of Nalbari- Bijni Section of NH-31 in Assam on
East West Corridor under phase-II Programme of NHDP.
Contract Value 207.17 Crores INR (After rebate of 18.0% on the initial bid amount)
Date of Handover
of site 1st December' 2005.
Underpass 1 No at KM 1038.400
Main span - 8.3m, retaining walls (210+235)m
Realignment 3.0 KM
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Conditions of Contract FIDIC Conditions of Contract for works of Civil Engineering Construction,
Fourth Edition 1987, reprinted in 1992 and Conditions of Particular Application
Major road work value (in lacks) Major road work value (in lacks)
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Box Culvert - - - -
Slab Culvert 8 8 - 14
Minor Bridges - - - 22
Major Bridges - - - 1
R.O.B 1 - - -
Underpass 1 - - -
Site Establishment
Regional Office GS Road, Cristan Basti, Guwahati-5, Assam.
Site Office Km 1034 on NH-31, C/o Mahananda Tahbildar, Word No. 4, Milanpur
Pathsala Town, Barpeta Dist, Assam.
Plant Area Km 1029.35 on NH-31, Bhukamari Daulatpur, Dist- Barpeta, Assam
Workshop Km 1029.35 on NH-31, Bhukamari Daulatpur, Dist- Barpeta, Assam
Store Km 1029.35 on NH-31, Bhukamari Daulatpur, Dist- Barpeta, Assam
Laboratory Km 1029.35 on NH-31, Bhukamari Daulatpur, Dist- Barpeta, Assam
Quarry & Crusher Km 1104 on NH-31, Dewduar, Assam
Sub-Contractor / Vendor – Any person, firm or Company appointed by the client directly or through
the Contractor to provide service.
Third party inspection – A service provided by any recognised independent agency employed by
the Client, or by the Contractor to oversee inspections and tests for materials whenever required by
the client or his representative.
Quality – Totality of Features and Characteristics of a product or service that relies on its ability to
satisfy stated or implied needs.
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Quality Assurance – All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate
confidence that a product or service will satisfy the given requirement for quality.
Quality Control – Operational techniques or activities (e.g. Inspection and Testing) used to verify
technical and quality requirement for services and or products.
Quality Audit – A systematic and independent examination to determine whether quality activities
and related results comply with planned requirements and whether these arrangements are
implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve the objectives.
Quality Plan – A document setting out specific practices, resources and sequence of activities
relevant to a particular material, procedure, service in a contract or project.
Inspection – Activities such as Measuring, Examining, Testing, Gauging one or more characteristics
of a material, procedure, product or service and comparing this with the specified requirements.
Corrective Action – An activity, the intention of which, is to return the non-conforming item or action
to a stage of conformity. It also covers the action taken to prevent further recurrences of non-
conformity.
Concession – A formal approval by Client / Consultant to authorize a deviation from the specification
or design which does not effect the final function of the proposed design.
Hold Point – A stage in the production cycle when inspection and /or test are performed to determine
the acceptability of an item for further processing.
Witness point –A stage in the production cycle when a third party inspector, contractor or company
representative witness any inspection and or test to determine the acceptability of an item for further
processing.
Repair – The process of restoring a non-conforming condition such that the item conforms to the
original specified requirements, where such a repair or restoration is acceptable.
Calibration – The comparison of two instruments, measuring devices or gauges, one of which is of
known accuracy and where applicable, traceable to an internationally recognized standard.
Non-Destructive Examination – This means whereby the integrity or conformity of an item can be
assessed without resorting to destructive analytical procedures.
Check – A stage in the production cycle, when a third party Inspector or Contractor Representative
performs a check or test to determine the acceptability of the item for further processing.
Review – A stage in a construction cycle, when a third party Inspector or Contractor or Company
Representative may verify records and or procedures and determine the acceptability of the same.
Material Test Certificate – A document of test results either from source of materials or from in-
house or independent agencies
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Quality of a product or service has many aspects and that quality should conform to the customer’s
requirements has now become the focal point in managing quality in all organizations/ projects. Earlier, quality
was often considered as conformance to specifications particularly in the road sector and was based on
detection at the end of production stage, thus, ensuring conformance to specified requirements entirely through
inspection and testing of the product at the end. This was the quality control phase through which the road
construction industry has been traveling in the recent past.
If one looks around in the corporate sector, it is revealed that more conformity to specifications is no longer
considered as a measure of quality. Alternatively the major corporate organizations have switched to a Quality
Assurance (QA) phase. The QA stresses on planned and systematic working with a view to eliminate the
chances of non-conformities. Statistical process control techniques are employed to assure that the product
meets specified requirements, rather than achieving it through detection and rejection of defectives at the end
of production.
Need for a ‘Manual on Quality Assurance System’
In order to achieve the aim of building safe, serviceable, durable and economic highways, the road structure
should meet certain requirements. The characteristics that a structure should possess to fulfill these
requirements have to be specified. The codes of practice and the contract documents strive to achieve this by
way of defining design criteria, practical rules, technical specifications, testing and acceptance criteria and
workmanship. All these strategies implicitly depend upon human skills for their successful and reliable
application, which, eventually, determines the quality of highways. The basic desire to produce quality work is
essential in the mind of all those connected with road projects.
In order to achieve the required level of quality of the final product, as specified by engineering science, it is
necessary to have a strategy for management of human skills by way of Quality System defining quality policy,
quality assurance plan and quality audit. Apart from this, it is also necessary to explicitly define ‘Quality’ itself,
which is expected to be achieved through the Quality System.
General Approach
Concept
The term ‘Quality’ has been defined as the totality of features and characteristics of a product or services that
bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. In the contractual environments, needs/ requirements are
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specified. The code of practice endeavors to meet the requirements by a three-pronged strategy. Firstly, it
specifies the acceptable materials of construction outlining the various tests of acceptance; secondly, it defines
various design criteria, practical rules and sound engineering practices for guiding the designers in arriving at
appropriate structural solutions; and thirdly, it deals with the workmanship and other aspects of construction
which ensure that the design intents are realised in actual construction. The contract documents and technical
specifications define the inter-relation of various parties to the contract as well as the requirements of quality.
All these strategies implicitly depend upon human skill for their successful and reliable application. The total
system of policy, management responsibility, internal and external control, testing and quality control,
acceptance criteria, corrective action, and documentation is covered in the quality system. It also encompasses
the overall organisation structure, responsibilities, procedures and processes for implementing quality
management. The aspect of overall management function that determines the quality policy and implements it
by such means as quality planning, quality control and quality assurance within its quality system, is called
‘Quality Management’.
The quality of the product (or service) is ensured and maintained by following a documented ‘Quality
Assurance Plan’, which sets out specific quality practices, including ‘Quality Control’ which are operational
techniques of controlling quality. ‘Quality Assurance’ (QA) includes all those planned actions necessary to
provide adequate confidence that the product (or service) will meet the requirements, and is essentially a
system of planning, organising and controlling human skills to assure quality. Quality Assurance Plan sets out
planned actions required for quality assurance. This continuous monitoring and verification of the status of QA
activity to ensure that it is being followed is called ‘Quality Surveillance’. ‘Quality Policy’ is a formally
documented statement of management’s intentions and directions as regards to quality. ‘Quality Audit’ is a
managerial tool used for reviewing the whole or a part of the quality system by internal or external agencies not
connected with operation of QA plan. ‘Total Quality Management’ brings to these concepts a long-term
global management strategy to achieve and improve quality and calls for the participation of all members of the
organization for the benefit of the organization itself, its members, its customers and society as a whole.
Quality Assurance (QA) is defined as all the planned and systematic activities implemented with the Quality
System and demonstrated as needed, to provide adequate confidence that an entity will fulfill the requirements.
A Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) provides a base document outlining policy, procedures, responsibilities,
compliance, acceptance criteria and documentation. It should be prepared and accepted by all parties
concerned before start of project.
(c) Levels of cross-checking/ verification in case of multiple verifications/ controls, including system
of inspection and audit, wherever applicable.
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(e) Criteria for acceptance/ rejection, including identification of proper authorities for such decisions.
Though, several parties may be involved in enforcing quality assurance for any particular item of work or a
product, the ultimate responsibility of compliance with QAM and of achieving required quality generally rests
with one party. When process and/ or product control is carried out by the contractor or his agent, it is termed
as internal control or ‘one level’ control. For important items of work, independent parallel checks/ supervision
are carried out by one or more agencies, either on full scale or on sample basis. This is normally carried out as
external control or second level control. In some cases, third level of control may also be required, such as,
that by a regulatory body or by insurance agency. These levels of control parties, their functions and inter-
relation between them should be clearly defined in the Quality Assurance Manual. The Manual also should
identify the responsible parties, their functions and inter-relations between them.
The owner, consultant, approving authority, main contractor, material suppliers, specialist/ nominated sub-
contractors, manufacturers of materials being incorporated in permanent works are the parties involved in the
overall QA system for road construction.
Typical organizational structure for various parties involved in design and construction (owners, consultants,
contractors) are given in Figs. 1, 2 & 3.
(1) Design
(2) Construction
(3) Manufacturing
In design activity, purchaser is the authority that places the order for design and/ or project preparation. It may
be either the owner of the road as in the case of preparation of detailed design, or the contractor, as in the case
of design and construct contracts. Supplier is the consultant who undertakes to prepare the design. The
design, drawings and tender documents are the end products. The QA manual should cover those
requirements of quality system, which concern services or expertise.
In construction activity, purchaser is the authority that places order for the construction of road. Supplier is the
contractor who constructs the road. In this case, the end product is the road.
The first category consists of factory-manufactured item for general use, like, aggregates, cement, bitumen/
bitumen products, reinforcements, etc.
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The requirements of quality system pertaining to the specifications of quality, testing and acceptance procedure,
procurement, storage, and such other relevant items, which are to be carried out by owner/ designer/
contractor, should be covered therein.
The second category of manufactured items cover road markers, lane dividers; lighting masts, tollbooth, road
signs, etc. manufactured by specialist suppliers and are purchased for use as finished products by the
contractor. The quality assurance manual should cover the quality assurance of such items.
All parties involved in the QA plan should have their internal QA systems clearly defined in form of a specific
Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) for the respective purposes, such as, QAM for manufactured products (by the
manufacturers or suppliers). It is also necessary for owner/ purchaser to have his own internal QA plan. QAM for
highway project as a whole integrating all these plans shall be prepared/ or approved by the owner and/ or
approving authority, if any. Each vendor (i.e., supplier, designer, contractor, manufacturer) will thus, have his own
internal QA procedures that are required to be agreed upon, in advance, with the purchaser of the respective
activity.
As highway building in India is mostly undertaken by Govt. agencies, it is necessary that the contractor/ designer
obtain concurrence of their QAM from the concerned Government Department (‘Department’). The Guidelines
should be used by the respective parties in evolving of the operational QAM to be agreed between the contractor
and the Department for adoption at site.
Quality assurance plan for a road construction project, documented in quality assurance manual, would
essentially comprise the following aspects:
Organization.
Control of data documentation, both product (roads) related documents and quality related records
together with control documents.
Control of materials.
Calibration.
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Non-conforming products.
Quality audit.
Covering all aspects of work planning, resource requirements of materials and labour, progress review and
internal interface activities.
Materials Engineering
In-charge of material management including procurement and quality control aspects, viz. inspection, field
sampling and testing.
In-charge of various construction activities and responsible for following approved working methods, drawings and
specifications.
In-charge of deployment, operation, maintenance of various mechanical and electrical plant and equipment as
well as instrumentation needed at site for construction.
Service Engineering
Landscape Architecture
Will be generally involved at design stage and partly during construction stages.
Safety Engineering
Responsible for preparation and implementation of safety systems within the construction site in addition to
ensuring safety of Public/ Traffic using part of the roadway under construction.
Survey Engineering
Responsible for all topographic, land surveys and setting out of works as per drawings.
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Responsible for all aspects of preparation, review, acceptance of quality plan and operation of the same at site.
He is also in-charge of quality related records and documents.
Quality Auditing
The duties of assisting engineers and supervisory staff at various levels should be clearly specified as are relevant
to the quality assurance systems, depending on the specific project requirements and size. The number of staff
doing various functions listed above can be increased/ decreased.
6. Documentation Requirements
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GENERAL
In KMC Constructions Limited the Quality control Manual, System Procedures, Work
Procedures, work instructions and formats are all part of this manual called as QUALITY
ASSURANCE MANUAL, which is specific to this project.
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Control of Records
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Record Control
All the records mentioned in Record Control List are controlled by QAE after approval by the Material
Engineer, the controlled copy shall be issued to the concern engineer or dept using record control
format.
A copy of the signed record control copy of each department has to be filed as maser list of quality
records.
Whenever document changes or revision is received issue the revised copy through record control.
In Management Review the change of document shall be decided after getting the feedback from
customer or site.
Amended drawing shall be kept with Drawing Amendment Sheet and the same shall be distributed to
the site. Superseded drawing shall be marked with superseded stamp and status shall be maintained
by entering in to Construction Drawing Status Register in the Technical Office.
QA Dept. is responsible to keep all controlled copies of enlisted records in the QAM. Whenever change
of record format will take place, the previous copy shall be taken back by QA Dept. and newly approve
controlled copy shall be issued after stamping. The previous copy shall be stamped as superseded and
filed
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7. Management Responsibility:
CUSTOMER FOCUS:
Objective: To establish and maintain a system for customer (client) orientation to identify
Customer needs & expectations and converting them into requirements to achieve
Customer satisfaction
Scope: Includes collecting Customer feedback and attending to Customer complaints and
taking necessary corrective and preventative action.
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8. QUALITY POLICY
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Projects Manager:
Responsible to Vice President (Operations)
Responsible to exercise cost control, ensure compliance to meet time schedules,
compliance to Quality and Safety requirements for all operations of the Region.
Responsible to the respective Business Unit head for acquiring orders and
satisfactory execution of all contract, from inception to final hand over to the Client.
Quarry Manager
Reports to Project Manager
Responsible for obtaining necessary statutory & environmental clearances,
maintaining the same in accordance with Environmental Management Plan
Responsible for Quarry & Crushing Operations,
Responsible for daily planning, procurement, storage & optimum utilisation of
blasting Material.
Responsible for allocation & transportation of boulders for crushing as agreed with
planning to the correct quantity & quality.
Responsible for Proper Production & Stacking of crushed aggregates
QA Engineer:
Responsible to the Section In charge administratively and functionally reporting
to the SH (QA).
Responsible for preparation of quality plan, obtaining necessary approval from the
Customer as applicable and assist Section In charge in effective implementation
of approved quality plans and QC procedures.
Responsible for communicating with all site staff about the QA requirements with
respect to the project.
Responsible for Receiving and reviewing of all reports related to quality matters.
Responsible for Co-ordinating for early disposal of non-conformity reports.
Responsible for organising and conducting Quality audits with the co-ordination of
PE/CM/RE and planning engineer.
Responsible to organise and to conduct Management Review Meeting at regular
intervals at site.
QC Engineer
Responsible to the Section In charge administratively and functionally reporting
to the SH (QA).
Responsible for material selection and mix combination to meet the
Specification requirements within the overall cost provisions
Identifies all material requirement, sources.
Conducts qualification tests for source approval.
Conducts tests on materials as per Test and Inspection plan.
Indents all laboratory equipment, commissions and conducts calibration
exercises as per plans.
Documents all tests in standard formats.
Liaison with external labs, third party agency labs.
Conducts laboratory activities independently and reports any potential
problems to the Construction Manager.
Engineer - Safety
Reports to Section In charge
Prepares the project safety plan
Investigate potentially unsafe acts, practices
Investigates, reports unsafe occurrences and initiates preventive steps
Section In charge
Reports to the Project Manager.
Prepares daily plans of work from agreed weekly/monthly plans.
Organizes manpower, materials, equipment to achieve plans.
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Section Engineer
Reports to the Section In charge
Checks all works done by subordinates and maintains check records
applicable to each activity.
Ensures safety in the workplace as per Project Safety Plan.
Inculcates good housekeeping practices.
Reports any errors and endeavors to improve.
Surveyor:
Responsible to the Section In charge / Planning Engineer.
To prepare Survey Plan and obtain Client / Consultant Approval.
To establish control points as per survey plan.
Responsible for day to day survey activities and maintain records.
To carryout post construction survey and record as built status.
Conduct calibration of any survey equipment’s as per plan with QC Engineer.
Formworks Engineer:
Reports to Section In charge.
Preparation of Formwork program based on the overall construction program.
Planning, Co-ordinating, finalising & implementation of Shuttering Scheme.
Computation of Doka material requirement based on realistic program.
Ensuring effective and proper utilisation of Shuttering / Staging materials for
particular type of Formwork.
Educating Sub-contractors on System form work.
Making mock-up of various system Formwork.
Finalising rate of sub-contractors for various type of Formworks in consultation
with RE / Planning office.
Periodical reconciliation of Formwork materials including plywood & Timbers.
Store Keeper:
Responsible to the site accountants and Planning Engineer.
Receipts & issue of materials including client supplied material.
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Time Keeper:
Responsible to the site accountant and administrative officer
Keep records of S/c workmen and departmental workmen.
Maintain in and out time of S/c and departmental workmen.
Prepare and send daily labor report to CM.
Prepare bills effect payment of departmental workmen.
Maintain records pertaining to labor as per statutory requirements.
Responsible for upkeep of the labor colony and labor welfare facilities.
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Scope: This section proposes the methods adopted by the Project Manager that will enable
him administrate the resources to the satisfaction of the Clients and KMC Constructions
Limited.
The table here under describes activities, responsibility, frequency and records envisaged for
this procedure for internal administration.
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Enclosed Sketch Shows The Logistic Plan, Site Offices, Work Places, Utilities, Quarry ,
Crusher , Batching Plats , Stores , Communication Towers Etc, Gives The Infrastructure
Provided At The Site To Achieve Continuous Connectivity , Less Lead Time & Conformity To
Requirements.
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TRAINING RECORDS
YEAR:……………… LOCATION:
……………………………….
Department/ Section: ……………………………
Name :
Designation:
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Objective: To establish and maintain a procedure for planning and control of construction
activities at site.
Scope: This section proposes the methods adopted by the Project Manager that will enable
him administrate the Contract to the satisfaction of the Clients and KMC CONSTRUCTIONS
LIMITED Management. The table hereunder describes activities, responsibility, frequency and
records envisaged for this procedure for internal administration.
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1 Aggregates
40 mm
2 20 mm
12 mm
3 Sand-Med. coarse
4 PS Cement
5 Reinforcement HYSD
6mm
8mm
10mm
12mm
16mm
20mm
25mm
32 mm
6 Soling Bricks
7 II Class Bricks
8 Jhama Bricks
9 Filling Sand
10 Any other material
Prepared by Reviewed By
Planning Engineer Project Manager
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Survey
Excavation
Base preparation
Embankment filling
Sub-grade construction
GSB construction
WMM
Form-work
Structural Work covering survey & setting out, Excavation, Construction of Foundation, Construction of Column,
Beams & Slabs, Painting, Filling around foundation & Plinth, PCC.
Pitching
Turfing
Road Furniture
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Survey
Objective – To set out the structure in accordance with drawings from the reference points provided by the
Project Consultants. To provide permanent gridlines and construct benchmarks for level control. Carry out routine
survey work, identify errors, distribute errors and maintain survey records. To record cross section level for
finalizing the qty. & to get the required profile.
Procedure:
Sl. Activity Responsibi Check by Remarks / Records File
no. lity Ref.
1. Obtain Client’s drawings, prepare site Surveyor Section
survey drawings. Locating the positions Engineer Site Drg. / Sketch
of grid stations, benchmarks, etc.
Locate stations such that they will not
2. be disturbed during construction. Site Surveyor
Engineer Size-
Construct Control Stations, BM Stations (150x150x1000)m
as per Sketch.
3. Section Surveyor
Mark grid intersection with steel nail Engineer
embedded in concrete block
4. Site Engineer
Paint grid references and fence Engineer
“Stations”
Designate value to benchmarks, close LIST OF TBM &
5. traverse. Surveyor Surveyor GRID POINTS TO BE
CIRCULATED
6. Surveyor Engineer
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Setting out
Objective:- Fixing of working bench mark, traverse pillars, grid pillars, centre lines / setting of curves &spot
levels drawing in co-ordination with site in charge and getting it checked with clients. in co-ordination with site in
charge.
3. Setting out –Centerline Surveyor as per Engineer /as per Approved by Engineer on
& toe line MOST 109.3 MOST 902.2 stage passing format
Engineer
4. Profile survey at every Surveyor/ at w.r.t centerline & cross section
10-mtr interval. intervals as Engineer / records in survey file.
required by
Engineer
Role Of Contractor
The contractor have to maintain the center line pillar on both side and will be responsible for shifting it as
and when required to main carriage way during construction of embankment/subgrade. More over in every layer
of filling the contractor have to mark the toe line
Before field testing starts which would be checked by the section in charge to avoid any extra laying done & also
to check the maintenance of required toe.
Procedure: After fixing of center line , toe line & on the completion of cross section levels the clearing &
grubbing activity is to be taken up .The formation width has to be made clear of any vegetation if present. The
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procedure adopted will be to completely doze about 150mm and make the stretch completely clear of material
like bushes, shrubs, stumps, grass, weeds, top organic soil etc. The dozed material have to be cleared from toe
width extent completely, wherever the roots stumps are located and are unresolved by dozer will have to be
excavated out and disposed off. All excavation below general ground level arising out of removal of trees, stump
required to be filled with suitable material and compacted thoroughly so as to make the surface at this point
conform to surrounding area. If area is water logged it has to be dewatered and made to expose to sun till it dry
out. In case of perennial watercourse sand filling will be resorted to at least 0.5 mtr above the pond water level
after obtaining approval for variation from the Engineer. Underground services, if any, will be brought to the
Engineer’s notice. For Undercutting & removal of unsuitable material, if any, measurements will be taken before
& after the activity to ascertain the qty, involved. After stretch is made clear, the base preparation activity follows.
Role of contractor: Whole activity as discussed above will be part of contractor scope.
Excavation
Objective – Excavate for construction of roadway to the required dimensions and levels as per drawing,
removing excavated earth, storing for reuse or disposal at places agreed with clients
1. Set out Excavation limits at Ch. Hand Section Engineer Note in site order
every 50-meter interval in plain book with
terrain and at 20-meter sketches.
intervals in all curve points true
to lines, curves, slopes, grades
and sections.
2.
Agree with clients for disposal Section Construction Location of
area, inform client of quantity, Engineer Manager disposable area
Reusable material may be record to be
stacked 10-15m away from maintained.
3. excavation.
requirement.
Note in Site
Trim and Level manually at final Instruction Book.
level (tolerance 20mm)
Base Preparation
Objective: The base is to be prepared and to be graded and rolled properly over which embankment
construction will start.
Execution procedure.
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Embankment fills
Objective:- Filling the embankment with approved borrow area materials, spreading, grading, watering &
compaction to designed Density .
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED- Excavators, dumpers, water tankers, roller, dozer, motor graders .
Procedure:
Sl Activity Responsibility Check by Remarks/ Records File
.n Ref
o
1 The approved borrow Site Engr. QC-Dept Material as per MOST
area material is 305.2.1.Records –
brought on the stretch. approved test reports for
the borrow area
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compaction.
7 After rolling the test will Implementation by QC- Dept / The results will be
be carried out to check Planning dept Compaction prepared in set of 3 copy
the required The program of -95% as per (one-contractor, one-QA,
compaction is testing including table-300-2 CL one- QC, one-planning
achieved or not stretches which 900 MOST dept) the result will have
will be getting a comment written by
ready during QC section in charge.
course of second
day will be given
by contractor to
QA/QC dept by
evening of day
before.
Non Conformity: -
Maximum dry density less than specified dry density
Standard deviation of at least 5 test results should be below 0.08g/cc
Corrective action
Increase nos. of passes, scarify, control the moisture and re-compact.
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In case SD is more than 0.08g/cc increase nos. of tests and identify stretch showing wide variation from
mean field dry density. Sort out problem by doing confirmatory tests for sample collected from
varying stretch area and confirm the fill material test record & location
Documentation:-As specified in ITP.
Subgrade preparation
Objective :- To prepare the Sub grade with approved borrow area materials, spreading, grading,
watering & compaction to designed density .
Equipment Required : Grader, Roller and Water Tanker, Excavator, tipper, Dozers
Procedure:
Sl. Activity Responsi Check by Remarks/ File
no bility Records Ref.
1. Material:-
a. When the sub-grade to be prepared, QC-Dept QC-dept QC record
the soil will be checked for a One CBR test /
minimum CBR value of 10% in the 250m length of
laboratory on the remolded samples road.
in soaked condition.
b. The sub-grade material will be Site Corrective action FDD Test
spread in layers of uniform thickness engineer To move material report
and compacted and finished by from excess
motor grader. Layer thickness not to zone to deficient
exceed 200mm. zone
2. Water application:-
a. Optimum moisture content (OMC) QC-Dept Engineer Test reports
and maximum dry density (MDD)
will be found out for the light
compaction at the frequency of 2
tests for every 3000 m3 of soil.
b. The amount of water to be added to
the soil will be calculated, as OMC
minus NMC and 1% above to 2%
below the OMC will be added for
evaporation and other measures
c. The amount of water required for
bringing natural moisture content to
optimum moisture content will be
sprinkled from a water tanker
uniformly with control rate of flow
3.Mixing of soil :-
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4.Compaction:-
a. Each layer of the material will be Site layer thickness
engineer < 200
thoroughly compacted to the
specified densities by a vibratory
roller having a static weight of 8-
10 tons.
b. Rolling will be commenced at the Site In areas of cross
lower edge and proceeded engineer fall (camber) on
towards the upper edge both sides, rolling
longitudinally for the areas of will be
unidirectional cross fall (camber) commenced from
and super elevation. the edges and
proceeded
towards the
center.
c. Field density tests will be Site QCE /3rd Format
conducted by sand replacement engineer party
method at a frequency of one (Project
measurement for every 250 consultant)
m2 of compacted area for each
layer.
d. After completion of cut and fill Site
operations, the surface will be engineer
proof rolled by 4 passes of a 10-
ton roller.
e. Formation layer nos. shall be Contract Site Engr On culvert,
marked by paint or abutment
whereever slab
culverts are
located and in rest
of area it can be
marked at least
50m c/c using
Steel rod.
Non Conformity: - Corrective action
Mean dry density of 10 test results should not Increase nos of passes, scarify, and control the
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EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Excavator, dumpers, wheel loader, grader, water tanker, and vibromax.
Procedure:
Sl. Activity Responsibility Check by Remarks/ Records
no.
1 The sand mixed with gravel will Stores to certify
be brought to borrow area qty of sand with
identified through stores gravel
2 This material brought to site will Site engineer QA/QC QC DEPT- give the
be stacked properly as shown in DEPT. / as ‘GO AHEAD”
the sketch . The binder earth will per MOST
be excavated and stacked in 401.4.2
same borrow area and mixed.
3 GSB Mixing will be done at stack QCE Engineer
yard as per designed proportion
(volume wise). The material after
dumping at Site is to be sent to
QC for gradation checking. Upon
approval from Engineer, the
material dumped will be laid
through Motor Grader.
4 The sub base layer will be laid in Site engineer
single layer of thickness 200mm
by motor grader
5 After adding the required amount Site engineer
of water (i.e. 1% above to 2%
below the OMC requirement ), the
material will be processed by
mechanical means like disc
harrows, rotavators until the layer
is uniformly wet.
6 Each layer will be compacted by a Site engineer Surface
Vibratory roller of 8 to 10 Ton Tolerance:-
capacity. -20mm,
+10mm
FDD: 98% Of
MDD(IIIrd
party Project
consultant )
7 Rolling will be commenced at the Site engineer In areas of cross fall
lower edge and proceeded (camber) on both
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Mean dry density of 10 test results should not be Increase nos. of passes, scarify, and control the
less than specified dry density. moisture and re-compact.
Standard deviation of at least 10 test results should In case SD is more than 0.08g/cc increase nos of
be below 0.08g/cc tests and identify stretch showing wide variation
from mean field dry density. Sort out problem by
doing confirmatory tests for sample collected from
varying stretch area and confirm the fill material test
record & location.
Equipment required: Wet Mix Plant (160t/Hr), Grader, Roller, Water Tanker, 62.5 Kva Dg Set, Wheel
Loader
Before the start of this activity following sub activities has to be carried out.
1) Identifying the location of plant preferably equidistant from both start & end of the package.
2) Construction of foundations
3) Erection of plant
4) Identifying the aggregate source and confirm the acceptability as per MOST table400-10/11
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PROCEDURE :-
Sl.no. Activity Responsibility Check By Remarks/
Records
Wet Mix Macadam will be Plant engineer QCE/Engineer The granular material
1 prepared, as per the designed will be of crushed
proportion, in the Pug mill plant stone conforming to
with controlled addition of water. the: MOST 406.2.1.1
The wet mix will be spread either Site engineer Surface Tolerance- The required camber
2 by a paver finisher or motor +10mm,-10mm/ will be given using
grader to the full width of peg and string
formation (i.e. carriageway & method. /
hard shoulders) without the Surveillance
segregation of larger and finer observation checklist
particles.
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Mean dry density of 10 test results Increase nos of passes, scarify, control the moisture and re-
should not be less than compact.
specified dry density.
Standard deviation of atleast 10 test In case SD is more than 0.08g/cc increase nos of tests and identify
results should be below stretch showing wide variation from mean field dry density. Sort out
0.08g/cc problem by doing confirmatory tests for sample collected from
varying stretch area and confirm the fill material test record &
location.
3. Surface irregularities Irregularities should be within recommended tolerances if not , then
loosen, add or remove , level and recompact. Minimum patch area
should be 5m longX2m wide
Concreting General
OBJECTIVE – To ensure, right quality of mix is manufactured, placed and vibrated such that the structure achieves the
desired finish, strength and thereby durability. The procedure ensures quality of Shutter & concrete, Equipment’s used and
provision for stand-by Equipment / Crew.
Equipment Required:-Batching Plant OR 10/7 Mixer Machine, Way batcher, Transit Mixer/Tetra
Procedure:
Sl. Activity Responsibility Check Remarks / Records
no
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7. Check Pour Card has Engr in charge - Set priority for Pour.
been approved. (structure ) Inform Site Engineer
Reinforcement
8. Reinforcement work, If Engr. Site Engr./
any, to be prepared for Engineer
the job
Site Engineer
Shuttering/ supports work Engineer
9. should be completed &
checked
NON-CONFORMITY: -Concrete Grade is not correct, Reinforcement not as per drawing, Shuttering not as per
requirement, pour card not filled up properly.
OBJECTIVE – Backfill and Compact areas around structures in layers not exceeding 200mm loose,
trim to correct levels, rubble pack to level, place vapour barrier.
Equipment Required:-Mixer M/c,
Procedure:
Sl. Activity Responsibilit Check Remarks
No y By
.
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Site
6. Ch. Hand Engineer
Services
7. Engineer
* Imp. * Imp.
8. Provide Vapour Barrier of Ch. Hand Site The detail to put Vapour
LDPE immediately after Engineer Barrier over Rubble is not
compaction. acceptable as this may have
detrimental effect on flooring.
Consult with Designer and
change detail.
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OBJECTIVE – Receive, Stack diameter wise, approved quality of reinforcement, cut, and bend as per
prepared bar schedules. Ensure minimum wastage and generation of scrap.
Procedure:-
Sl. Activity Responsibilit Check By Remarks
No y
.
Quality reinforcement
Suppliers by independent
tests or reviewing Test
Certificates.
QA
3. Place Order. QCE
Receive Consignment,
stock diameterwise on
Sleepers min. 300 above
ground. Tarpaulin cover the CM
4. lot. Stack to be in line with Planning
Cutting Machine. Engineer
Construction
5. If Steel is not tested before Reinforcement Manager
delivery, collect samples Engineer /
and send for test Stores
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QA
Reinforcement
6. Engineer
/QCE
7. Receive bar schedule and Reinforcement Section Section Engineer to
site priority from Planning Engineer Engineer follow up his request
Engineer. with planning.
Ch. Hand
11. Section
Engineer
Form Work
OBJECTIVE - To construct Form-work for Retaining Walls, Columns, Beams, Slabs, etc. true to
dimensional requirements, water tightness, rigidity, etc. as per Designs / Standard practices.
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Procedure:-
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Pitching
OBJECTIVE – To control the soil erosion of the embankment slopes
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Turfing
OBJECTIVE – To control the soil erosion of the embankment slopes
Procedure: -
14. Purchasing
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Objective: To Streamline site& Regional office purchases and define boundaries for
Materials, Services (Specialised s/c) for the execution of the project.
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Flow Chart of Procurement Procedure for
SELECTION OF SOURCE
PM/CM
ROUTINE TESTS
Q.C.ENGR.
DISCONTINUE USE
NOT MEETING
ROUTINE TESTS MEETS SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS
REWORK / RETEST
CONTINUOUS USE
CONTINUE IF MATERIAL
MEETS SPECIFICATIONS
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PROJECT :
DATE :
P.S : THIS FORMAT HAS TO BE FILLED EVERY DAY FOR EACH ITEM WHICH IS GOING IN TO
PERMANENT WORKS AND SEND TO QAQC & PLANNING DEPARTMENTS
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Objective: To establish a procedure for Handling, packing, storage and delivery of materials
both our and also client supplied.
HANDLING
STORAGE
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PRESERVATION
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Objective: To establish and maintain a procedure to calibrate and to maintain the inspection and test
equipment to ensure that the equipment are capable of performing to required accuracy.
Scope: To streamline Calibration Procedure for all Measuring and Test Equipment’s as specified in the
list below.
(Note: Master Equipment’s means Those Equipments which will be used to calibrate other
equipments in-house. like Tape , Steel Scale , Thermometer , Stopwatch , Measuring Cylinder
Etc. )
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Sl Record
N Procedure step Responsibil Document Record distributio
o ity n
1 Prepare Audit plan for the project QA - site Audit Audit Plan / Section
Calendar Calendar Heads
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DATE OF AUDIT :
AUDIT TEAM :
PERSONS CONTACTED :
† AUDIT SUMMARY:
OBSERVATIONS ISSUED
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Audit summary
Auditor’s Remarks
Signature: Signature:
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Location: Date: Sl No: -
To: Section:
cc:
This notification is to advise that an Audit is scheduled to take place in your Site/Dept as
detailed below.
Please acknowledge receipt of this notification by signing and returning a copy of this form to
the MR ( R ).
AUDIT DETAILS:
Audit Number:
Scope proposed Accepted by Auditee
Date Planned:
Time:
Approved by
Received by
MR ( R ) / SH – QA ( R ) :
(Title):
Signed:
Signed:
Date:
Date:
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Sl Record
No Procedure step Responsibili Document Record distributi
ty on
SITE WORK
PROCEDURES,QAP AND
WORK INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION AND ISSUE
1 Prepare Quality Assurance Plan Site QA Contract Draft ITP
for materials which details Engineer / document,
stages of monitoring, measuring Site Engg IS codes
sampling, acceptance criteria, /CM
reference documents, records to
maintain and personnel
responsible to release the
product.
2 Prepare Work procedures and Site QA Contract Draft ,WP,WI
Work instructions in line with the Engineer / document,
following. Site Engg IS codes
Contract document /CM
Code of practice
ECC work procedure with all
details as given above.
3 Seek Review /approval from Site QA Notes
Project QA Head. Engineer
4 Where ever required Seek Site QA Engg
Concurrence from Client
5 Follow procedure 7.1 Planning of
product realisation.
6 Follow procedure 7.2 customer
related process
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Objective: To describe the responsibilities and methods used by the Management for control of Non-
conforming product /s system/service process and to ensure that the defective processes and products
are prevented for unintended use.
Table ST 1
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SL. No Functional Scope Techniques used Responsibility Record Record
Area distribution
1 Work To monitor Gantt Chart / Planning Monthly PM / HQ
progress projected Vs Linear chart Engineer Progress
status actual report
Frequency -
Monthly
2 Cube test To establish Standard QC Engineer Monthly SCI
results degree of deviation report
Frequency- control
monthly
3 Invoicing Projected Vs ‘S’ Curve Planning Monthly SCI
Actual Engineer Report
4 Field density Consistency SD checks UCL QC Engineer Reports Consultant
test road to LCL as per
projects MOST
IMPROVEMENT
Objective : To describe the responsibilities and method used by management for corrective and
preventive actions
CORRECTIVE ACTION
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data
1 Detect non-conformity through QA Control of non Non Auditor /
routine checks or audits- Raise Engineer conforming conforma Auditee
Non-conformity report as per products / nce
procedure for internal audit Internal Audits Report
2 Evaluate the NCR- Allocate the Auditee
Level of authority required to effect
remedial measures
3 Respond to the NCR with proposed Auditee Notes & SCI/
remedial measures and the date by proposals Auditor
which this will be completed as in NCR
agreed time by Auditee. formats
4 Implement remedial or corrective SHs
actions. Ensure the desired goals
are met.
5 Verify satisfactory implementation Auditee Closed SCI/
through re audit. Close NCR. NCR Auditor
PREVENTIVE ACTION
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4 Critical process in work instructions Section Work MOM(mo All section
is identified and modified to prevent in charge instruction nthly incharges
occurrence of non-conformity. review )
Prepare process checklist.
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PARTICIPANTS: _____________________________________________________
B. REPORTS ANALYSED
Auditee PM / SIC
Auditee PM / SIC
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PROJECT : DEPT :
MAINTAINED BY :
SIGNATURE :
REVISION NO :
DATE :
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18. RECORD CONTROL
Sl
No DESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
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Sample CBR
26 QC
CBR Test
27 QC
Free Swelling Index
28 QC
%CBR-% Compaction Graph
29 QC
Existing Soil Summary
30 QC
Borrow Area Summary
31 QC
Field Dry Density (sand Replacement Method)
32 QC
Aggregate 10% Fineness
33 QC
Aggregate Gradation Test
34 QC
Cement Test
35 EXEC
CONCRETE POUR CARD
36 QC
Concrete Cube Register
37 RE-BAR
Rolling Margin Of Reinforcement/ Structurals
38 RE-BAR
Abstract of Rolling Margin
39 RE-BAR
Bar Bending Schedule
40 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Excavation
41 EXEC
Earth-Work Progress Report
42 EXEC
Piling Pour Card
43 EXEC
Record Of Piling
44 EXEC
Pile Bore Log Details
45 EXEC
Pile Reinforcement details
46 EXEC
PQC Paving Register
47 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For PCC
48 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Back filling &
49 Plinth filling EXEC
Check For Anti-termite
50 EXEC
Check For DPC
51 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Masonry
52 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Door, Window &
53 Ventilator EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Plastering
54 EXEC
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Quality Format – Check For Flooring
55 EXEC
Quality Format – Check For Painting
56 EXEC
Check For Sanitary/Plumbing
57 QC
Softening Point Test Of Bitumen
58 QC
Penetration Test Of Bitumen
59 QC
Striping Value Of Aggregates
60 QC
Marshal Testing Data
61 QC
Temperature Details Sheet
62 QC
Blending Of Materials
63 QC
IS Codes list
64 PLAN/ EXE
Construction Drawing status
65 QA
RECORD CONTROL
66 QA
NON CONFORMITY REPORT
67 QC
CALIBRATION DETAILS OF TESTING
68 EQUIPMENTS QC
CALIBRATION OF BATCHING PLANT/ HOT
69 MIX PLANT SURVEY
SURVEY INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION
70 QC
INSPECTION & TEST PLAN (ITP) OF WORK
71 QA
SITE INSPECTION REPORT
72 QA
FREQUENCY OF TEST
73 QA
TRAINING RECORD
74 STORE
Monthly List Of Materials
75 STORE
Material Receipt Note
76 PLANNING
Monthly progress Report
77 PLANNING
Review of Bulk Material Status
78 STORE
Material Information Note
79 PLANNING
Work Measurement Record
80 PLANNING
Day Work Record
81 QC
Daily Meteorological Record
82 P&M
EQUIPMENT REPAIR RECORD
83 P&M
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JOB CARD
84 QA
AUDIT NOTIFICATION
85 QA
NON CONFORMITY REPORT
86 QA
AUDIT REPORT SUMMARY
87 QA
AUDIT SCHEDULE & STATUS
88 QA
INSPECTION REPORT
89 QA
SUMMARY OF NCR’s
90 QA
AGEING ANALYSIS OF NCR’s
91 PLANNING
CONTRACT REVIEW
92 PLANNING
MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT
93 PLANNING
LIST OF MATERIAL
94 PLANNING
REVIEW OF BULK MATERIAL
95 QA
DOCUMENT CHANGE NOTE
96 PLANNING
MONTHLY PERFORMANCE REPORT
97 PLANNING
ACE Vs P&M DEPLOYMENT
98 PLANNING
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION REPORT
99 ALL DEPTS
FILE LIST
100 PLANNING
CUSTOMER COMPLAINT RGISTER
101 PLANNING
CONSTRUCTION DRAWING RECEIPT &
ISSUE REGISTER
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