Standard Commentary

b. Organizational structure and relationships, plant quality system manual.

and qualifications of key personnel. When the listed items closely controlled through adequate
Management review of the quality assurance inspection, testing, and documentation review, the objective of
quality control the production at minimal practical of
program at regular intervals, not to exceed one
products of uniform quality to assure satisfactory service
year, to ensure its continuing suitability and ef- through the intended operating life will realized. The
fectiveness. This review will include non-con- best of materials and design practice will not be sufficiently ef-
formance, corrective actions and customer fective unless the actual production practices and procedures
complaints. are performed properly. Wherever possible, highly varied
practices, which subject to human mistakes in
Plant facilities in the form of a plant layout, not- among the various production groups, should be
ing allocation of areas, services, machinery eliminated.
and equipment.
The most important aspects of a quality assurance program
e. Purchasing procedures for quality control com-
pliance, including project specification review
a. Adequate inspection personnel to assure review of all
for specific requirements. materials and
f. Identification of training needs and provisions b. Clearly defined and required function for
for training personnel in quality assurance re- each inspector.
quirements.
c. Recognition and acceptance by personnel of
g. Control, calibration and maintenance of neces- the importance and impact of the quality pm-
sary inspection, measuring and test apparatus. gram and a uniform plant standard of quality.

h. Uniform methods for reporting, (include sam- d. Clear and complete records of inspection and testing.
ple forms), reviewing and maintaining records. e. Updating and calibration of testing equipment in a timely
Each precast concrete unit shall be traceable
to a specific set of applicable quality control
Information gained through quality control inspections should
records. be reviewed on a weekly basis with personnel. This
Standards for shop (erection and production) review may useful in identifying areas that may require
training in proper production procedures or modified proce-
drawings to ensure accuracy and uniform in-
dures, equipment that needs to be repaired replaced.
terpretation of instructions for manufacturing
and handling.
Procedures for review and dissemination of
project specific requirements to production and
quality control personnel.

1.2.2 Documented Procedures Cl.22 Documented Procedures

Control of documented procedures and data, rela- A complete and accurate record of operations and inspection
tive to the effective functioning of the quality assur- thereof is beneficial a producer if questions raised during
ance program, shall cover as a minimum: of plant products.
See Division 6, for additional information.
a. Inspecting and verifying purchased materials
for conformance with specification require-
ments. Vendors shall be required to submit
proof of compliance for both materials and
workmanship.
b. Sampling methods and frequency of tests.
c. Checking and approval of shop drawings.
d. Inspecting and verifying the accuracy of di-
mensions. Checking adequacy and sealing of
the mold to produce units without undesirable

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