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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25

August 2009
Client Report Date
Name Number

PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND

ASSOCIATED CONTROL EQUIPMENT
AUDITOR NOTES Checked/ Not
Checked/Not
6.2 Human Resources Applicable
Are training records maintained for all staff whose activities have C Not C N/A
an effect on the services provided, in particular:
Design engineers - traffic control experience/training?
Assembly operators - colour blindness, assembly techniques?
Cable jointers?
Personnel terminating cables and making earth connections?
Personnel performing inspection and test functions?
Personnel performing internal audits?
7.1 Planning of Product Realisation
Are the following covered during planning? C Not C N/A
General:
Customer specified/preferred equipment?
Protection (eg IP rating) of equipment?
Special earthing requirements?
Signs and labels, including warnings?
Cable types?
Minimum cable sizes?
Special certification requirements?
Paint colours?
Spacing of optical systems on signal heads?
Need for visors above optical systems?
Lens diameters and colours?
Light intensities/cones of directions?
Lamp types and wattages?
Minimum voltage across lamp terminals?
Signal dimming requirements?
Shapes and sizes of filter arrows?
Position of microwave (or similar) detectors?
Sequencing (vehicle activated/fixed time/manual)?
Duration of amber/red and amber?
Maximum and minimum green running periods?
Green holding periods by vehicle detection?
“All red” periods?
Registering demands?
Effects of switching on, power interruption, detector failure and
changing mode of operation on sequencing?
Tolerances on timing systems?
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Ambient temperature range?

Fixed Installations:
Position and configuration of signals/pushbutton boxes?
Position of controllers?
Locations of detector loops?
Position of joints to loops and loop feeder cables?
Minimum trench depths?
Services that may be affected?
Foundations for posts and controllers?
Requirements for inspection chambers/cable entries to
equipment?
Interfaces with telecommunications carriers?
Road Markings?
Temporary Equipment:
Tolerance on supply voltage/frequency?
Re-fuelling period for generators?
Battery Life?
Effect of battery voltage drop on sequencing?
Maximum wind speed?
Method of anchorage/weighting?
7.2 Customer related Processes
Are contracts planned, taking into account the following: C Not C N/A
Type approval of new equipment?
Client approval of proposed equipment prior to purchasing?
Client approval of post foundation details prior to work?
Client approval of any anchorages to masonry?
Client approval of protection method for buried post lengths?
Advice from the police and highways authority?
7.3 Design and Development
Is the design process planned, taking into account: C Not C N/A
Responsibility for each stage?
Type testing?
Customer/Highways Agency approvals?
Updating plans as the design evolves?
Are organizational and technical interfaces controlled? C Not C N/A
Are design input requirements specified for each stage, eg: C Not C N/A
Outstanding actions from contract review?
Life of critical components, eg lamp switching relays?
Open/closed impedance of detector circuitry?
Prohibition of conflicting green signals?
Protection against damage during installation (eg
reverse polarity)?
Is the design specification agreed with the client/regulatory body? C Not C N/A
Are regulatory requirements considered, eg: C Not C N/A
BS 7671?
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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25
August 2009
Client Report Date
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 BS EN 12368?
 Electricity Authority requirements?
 Department of Transport
Are design outputs reviewed prior to release?
regulations? C Not C N/A
Are design reviews carried out? C Not C N/A
Do design outputs include: C Not C N/A
Prototype test schedules?
Production documents?
Pre-delivery inspection/test documents?
Installation documents?
System inspection/test documents?
Are key design outputs verified, including for reaction to abnormal C Not C N/A
operating situations such as component failure?
Are designs validated, eg prototype testing? C Not C N/A
If a design change is proposed: C Not C N/A
Are all likely consequences considered?
Will it be reviewed approved as for original intentions?
7.4 Purchasing
No special requirements
7.5 Production and Service Provision
Are adequate controls in place to identify: C Not C N/A
Components?
Materials?
Sub-assemblies?
Finished product with type, manufacturer, model, rating etc?
Terminals/conductors?
Ends of ducts?
Location of underground cable joints?
Is traceability of critical materials/equipment maintained? C Not C N/A
Are method statements, work instructions, process controls or C Not C N/A
equivalent available for:
During manufacture/assembly:
Manufacture of PCB’s?
Component lead forming and cropping?
Component insertion into PCB’s?
Hand soldering?
Flow soldering?
Surface mounting?
Controller/detector assembly?
Controller/detector wiring?
Preparation/finish of metal surfaces?
During Site Installation:
General Health and Safety (eg CDM Regulations)?
Temporary lighting?
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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25
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 Excavation?
 Treatment of buried portion of metal posts/gantry supports?
 Protection of cable entry slots prior to back
 filling/concreting? Provision of cable ducts through
 concrete to posts/controllers? Post and gantry erection?
 Laying armoured cables?
 Segregation/separation of underground
 cables? Marking and protection of
 underground cables? Cable jointing?
 Back Filling/concreting?
 Protection of external cable
 runs? Termination of armoured
 cables? Finishing unused cable
 cores?
 Slot cutting for loops/feeder cables?
 Loop forming?
 Crimping loops/feeder cables and sealing
 joints? Slot cleaning, drying, cable laying,
Have precautions
back filling?
been taken for erecting tall assemblies near overhead C Not C N/A
Laying loop cables through pavement expansion joints?
power lines?
Joining dissimilar metals to avoid galvanic corrosion?
Are restrictions imposed in the case of by adverse weather (eg cold C Not C N/A
conditions cause PVC insulation to become brittle, certain equipment
must remain dry)?
Are incoming supplies checked at the factory/depot/head office? C Not C N/A
Is in-process inspection/test satisfactory eg: C Not C N/A
Soldering?
Point to point wiring checks?
Pre-test inspection?
Is equipment tested prior to shipment to site eg: C Not C N/A
Safety/statutory checks?
Functional checks?
Final inspection?
Are incoming supplies checked at site locations? C Not C N/A
Are posts/gantries checked for alignment prior to back filling? C Not C N/A
Are anchorages checked? C Not C N/A
Are posts/gantries checked for alignment after erection? C Not C N/A
Is loop/feeder resistance checked prior to back filling? C Not C N/A
Is loop/feeder back filling checked for hardness? C Not C N/A
Prior to energising, is the installation checked for: C Not C N/A
Loop/feeder resistance?
Cable sheath insulation resistance?
Earth loop impedance?
Earth electrode resistance?
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AUDITOR NOTE: 9001 F45.25
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 Insulation resistance?
 Polarity?
 Integrity of any fibre optics (time domain reflex, jointing, etc)?
After energising, are the following checked: C Not C N/A
Voltages at lamps?
Functionality (detectors, modes, timing, sequencing, etc)?
Are procedures adequate to describe methods of handling material C Not C N/A
and equipment at permanent and site locations, in particular:
Static sensitive components/sub-assemblies?
Cable stored out of doors to prevent ingress?
Cable ends awaiting connection?
Posts and gantries awaiting transport/erection?
Posts and gantries during erection?
Equipment, hardware, etc requiring dry storage?
Shelf lifed items, eg cable jointing compounds, bitumen, cement,
epoxy/acrylic resins - shelf life and pot life?
Are site controls adequate to protect work in process and completed C Not C N/A
from
work damage by other activities, eg power rammers used away from
buried cables?
Are “as built” records retained to include: C Not C N/A
Test records for approved equipment?
Layouts, schematics, parts lists?
Operational manuals?
Maintenance manuals?
Are “as installed” records produced to include: C Not C N/A
Street layouts and names?
Loop installations?
Loop dimensions and number of turns?
Positions of connection points/joints?
Underground cable runs and their depths?
Cable types, sizes, drum numbers?
Are arrangements made, where specified, for witnessed tests by the C Not C N/A
client?
Are completion certificates/test results available at handover? C Not C N/A
7.6 Monitoring and Measuring Devices
Is all inspection and test equipment used where actual pass/fail values C Not C N/A
are specified of current valid calibration status, in particular:
Torque wrenches used on anchor bolts?
Ratchet type crimping tools?
Megohm meters?
Earth loop impedance meters?
Voltmeters?
I have recorded the objective evidence that answers the questions on this checklist on the PAAW
and/or audit notes.
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Lead Auditor………………………………… Date ……………..