Section 01410- Testing and Quality Control

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01410 - 1/3 SECTION 01410 TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL PART 1 - GENERAL 1.01 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL: The Contractor shall provide and maintain an effective quality control program A. Establish a quality control system to perform sufficient inspection of all items of Work, including that of Subcontractors, to insure conformance to the Specifications and Drawings with respect to the materials, workmanship, construction, equipment performance, and identification. B. The Contractor's job supervisory staff may be used for quality control, supplemented as necessary by additional personnel for surveillance or special technicians to provide capability for the controls required by the Technical Specifications. The Contractor's quality control plan must clearly identify the quality control leader and personnel organizational system. The leader must have the authority to direct the removal and replacement of work. C. After the Contract is awarded and before construction begins, the Contractor shall meet with the City or its representative to discuss quality control requirements. The meeting shall develop mutual understanding relative to details of the system, including the Contractors forms to be used for recording the quality control operations, inspections, administration of the system, and the interrelationship of Contractor and City inspection. D. All compliance inspections shall be recorded on appropriate forms, including but not limited to the specific items required in each section of the Technical Specifications. Those forms, including record of corrective actions taken, shall be furnished to the City. The City's quality control representative shall maintain a check off list of all deficiencies which are not corrected the same day as they are discovered. E. Should recurring deficiencies in an item or items indicate that the quality control system is not adequate, the Contractor shall take such corrective actions as may be directed by the City. F. Contractor shall submit his written quality control plan for review, describing the activities and listing those inspections and testing activities that the Contractor will perform prior to beginning the Work. The Contractors Quality Control Plan shall describe how he will communicate timely notification to allow for test and inspection activities performed by the City, or its representatives, for on and off-site construction activities. 1.02 TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES: All tests which require the services of a laboratory to determine compliance with the Contract Documents shall be performed by an independent commercial testing laboratory acceptable to City. The laboratory shall be staffed with experienced technicians, properly equipped, ACI certified, and fully qualified to perform the tests in accordance with the specified standards.