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RAC - Quality Management Procedures
RAC - Quality Management Procedures
RAC - Quality Management Procedures
Quality
Management
Procedures
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VERSION HISTORY
RAC intends to issue this document to be performed in RAC projects. It may be modified, revised
and reissued during the projects. It is intended for the sole use by RAC.
Table of Contents
1 PURPOSE ......................................................................................................... 5
2 SCOPE .............................................................................................................. 5
4 NUMBERING .................................................................................................... 6
5 PROCEDURE ..................................................................................................... 6
5.4.1 Customizing and Submission Inspection Checklist (ICL) for Approval .................................... 10
6 Appendix ........................................................................................................16
1 PURPOSE
To describe and simplify all processes related to Quality at the Projects performed under
the RAC Engineering Division and delivered by contractors and their subcontractor(s) in
order to ensure the compliance of the work with the project requirements, specifications,
and drawings.
2 SCOPE
This procedure is applicable to RAC projects undertaken by RAC ED in KSA. This
procedure is designed with effective tools by considering the requirements as per
contract including RAC expectations. Effective tools consist of set criteria to achieve a
set of goals and targets.
Conforming : A product, which fulfills the specified requirements under the scope
Product
of contracts, design documents or any written approved technical or
non-technical regulation local / international codes and standards,
procedure, plan, program and guideline about the item or work. (e.g.;
material, product, drawing, production, labor, etc.).
ITP : Inspection and Test Plan
DC : Document Control
SIR : Site Instruction Report, Subject to the limitations of the authority delegate to
the RAC’s Representative, Site Instruction shall not constitute a Variation to
the Contract sum or Contract duration.
SOR : Site Observation Report
Hold Point : RAC ED shall be notified of the timing of inspection or test in advance.
Inspection or test shall not be carried out without the RAC ED representative in
attendance, signature on WIR is a must to proceed of following work.
Witness Point : RAC ED shall be notified of the timing of inspection or test in advance.
However, the inspection or test shall be performed as scheduled if the RAC ED
representative is not present, signature on WIR is required, but signed later.
Review Point : Review of record, it may be in addition to any of the other codes.
4 NUMBERING
A Unified Numbering System procedure (Ref. no RAC-0000-Q-QMP-GN-0001-01 is
attached) has been issued to cover the control of all project documentation using the
standardized method for identifying documents issued within RAC ED management
services for the purpose of organizational development of RAC Programs;
5 PROCEDURE
Inspection and Test Plan ITP is the setting out of inspection and test requirements
against which the quality of materials, fabrication, construction and installation is
checked.
The ITP specifies for each of construction part or work phase, the description of the
inspection, frequency, acceptance criteria, inspections responsible, project
ITP may be joined to the relevant work procedure or may be issued alone when
issuance (or revision) of a work procedure is not required.
In both cases, the ITP is prepared, reviewed, approved and numbered with revision
index as an independent document in order to give the possibility to revise and to
update any ITP during the course of the project (change in hold point, amendment to
specification, etc.).
the works have been carried out in compliance with the specified
requirements.
Inspection Parties and type of inspection: identify the type of inspection
(hold point, witness point, etc.) for each inspection party.
Remarks: give additional information, as needed.
1) The data and information required prior commencing the preparation of the ITP are
from the following resources:
Contract Documents
Standards
Approved Drawings
Approved Procedure
Consult an experienced person
2) The ITP are prepared by the contractor QA/QC team and / or the responsible team.
3) The inspection levels; (Witness, Review and Hold Points) are identified in the related
ITP for different work phases of the activity as required by the inspection parties. The
inspection level is to be done by the contractor's quality manager and to be approved
by the RAC Quality Lead.
4) The Contractor Technical Manager and Project Manager will review the issued ITP,
to ensure the compliance with the technical specification, design and shop drawings
and the quality requirements before submission ITP for RAC approval.
5) After RAC Quality Team approval for ITP, it will become a contractual document and
any violation, non-compliance or un-following it will be considered a non-conformity
to the contract.
been approved.
2) Prior to ordering any materials for use on the construction works, the contractor’s
Material Engineer shall prepare the MAR for approval (Any “selection” of material by
any “stakeholder” through any “channel” except this procedure shall not relieve the
3) In case the supportive documents are not available or have not been approved yet,
the Quality Team shall close-out the MIR by "Code C" and place his comments,
otherwise, the Quality Team will forward the MIR to the concerned Quality Inspector
to perform the inspection.
4) Upon receiving the commented MIR from the Quality Inspector, the Quality Team will
verify the comments, therefore, the Quality Team will close-out the MIR as per the
“Code Selection Criteria” stated in Appendix 6.1
5) Upon receiving MIR with status code "B or C", the Contractor shall take all required
actions to rectify the mentioned comments and issue a new revision (i.e. Rev. 01) of
the MIR with the same serial Number along with a copy of previous MIR.
6) Upon receiving new revision of the MIR, the Quality Team will verify that all
mentioned comments in previous MIR been rectified and all required documents are
available and valid.
7) Where a MIR is re-submitted, the original reference number should be kept, and the
revision number increased.
1) RAC will provide to the contractor a general ICL (Ref. No.: RAC-Form-QC-017 Rev.
00 is attached), then the contractor shall customize the sequence of activities and a
full description of sub-activities as per approved ITP.
2) The contractor shall submit all ICL for all items (once or separately) to the RAC
Quality Team for approval.
3) After ICL is approved, the contractor shall follow the ICL for inspections activities.
1) Prior starting the execution of the new item / activity, the contractor shall open ICL
by filling all the required data in ICL form.
2) Not allowed to open new ICL for any item until the related materials been approved.
3) The opening of ICL is considered as an official notification of starting the activity by
the contractor side.
4) ICL is restricted for the agreed designated area / zone that shown on the approved
layout in A3 size.
5) ICL will contain all activities and sub-activities for the specified item.
6) The inspection level for the related activities in the ICL shall be prepared by the
contractor and approved by RAC Quality Team.
7) Once the activity / sub-activity is ready for inspection (100% completed), the
contractor shall inform the RAC Representative (as per inspection level) Four (4)
hours prior the inspection time.
8) Upon receiving the notification from the contractor, RAC Representative will check
all required supportive documents (i.e. approved MIR, drawings, method statement,
etc.) are available and approved.
9) RAC ED Representative will perform the inspection and write initials, signature and
inspection date in the designated place of that activity in case the work is satisfactory
(it is 100% completed, no comment on code written in the ICL), otherwise, the activity
will be considered as an open and not completed.
10) The contractor shall comply with the comments before the 2nd visit of RAC ED
representative, the process repeated until the work is satisfactory, otherwise, NCR
will be issued after 3rd visit.
1) The contractor will maintain the ICL until all activities are completed and the ICL is
closed.
2) After finishing all activities in the ICL, the contractor shall obtain the signature from
all the participants in the inspections, then a Work Inspection Request (WIR) shall be
issued and submitted to RAC Quality Team by the contractor for the mentioned area
/ zone in the ICL for approval.
1) The contractor shall submit the WIR (Ref. No.: RAC-Form-QC-009 Rev. 01 is
attached) to RAC ED 24 hours prior the inspection time, with full description for the
required inspection:
Clear and full attachments.
Full description of the activity and / or sub-activity.
The location details (building name / number, floor level, axis from - to, etc.).
2) Upon receiving the Inspection Request, the Quality Team will review the WIR and
ensure that all the required supportive documents (i.e. shop drawings, MIR, ICL etc.)
are attached and approved.
3) In case the supportive documents are not available or have not been approved yet,
the Quality Team shall close-out the WIR by "Code C", otherwise, the Quality Team
will forward the WIR to the concerned Quality Inspector to perform the inspection.
4) Upon receiving the commented WIR from the Quality Inspector, the Quality Engineer
will verify the comments, therefore, the Quality Engineer will close-out the WIR as per
the “Code Selection Criteria” stated in appendix 6.1
5) Upon receiving WIR with status code "B or C", the contractor shall take all required
actions to rectify the mentioned comments and issue a new revision (i.e. Rev. 01) of
the WIR with the same serial Number along with a copy of previous WIR.
6) Upon receiving new revision of the WIR, the Quality Engineer will verify that all
mentioned comments in previous WIR been rectified and all required documents are
available and valid.
7) Where a WIR is re-submitted, the original reference number should be kept, and the
revision number increased.
Civil /
Survey
Mechnical
Electrical
Others
(Specify)
3) The Third Stage will be requested from Maintenance Dept. by the contractor through
(External Clearance Request) (Ref. No.: RAC-Form-QC-022 Rev. 01 is attached)
1) At “Part (A)” in the NCR form the Originator shall fill the NCR Form (ref: RAC-Form-
QC-011 Rev. 01 is attached), clearly describe the nonconformity, obtain the NCR
reference number from the Quality Team and send the signed NCR along with
supported documents to the Quality Engineer.
2) The Quality Engineer will review and sign the NCR, then finally, NCR will be approved
by the Quality Lead at “Part (B)”.
3) The complete approved NCR Along with supportive documentation, if any, will be
issued to the concerned contractor for action.
1) At “Part (C)” the contractor shall liaise with the team responsible for where the
nonconformity occurred, to establish the means by which the non-conformance will
be addressed (correction and corrective actions) and the related root cause.
2) The root cause of NCR is a mandatory to proceed close NCR, of course, the root
cause is not a description of the violation or the defect, but it is looking for the reasons
behind the nonconformity, the contractor can gather the root cause by using any
technique for root cause analysis such "Five Whys" technique.
3) The "Remedial Action" is the fast action to correct, repair, and / or fix the issue,
Whereas, The "Corrective Action" is the plan or actions that the contractor will take
to prevent the recurrence of the error that led to the issuance of that NCR.
4) In "Action By" field the contractor shall mention the person in charge of following up
the closure of remedial and / or corrective action.
1) Quality team will review the closure proposal of NCR mentioned in “Part (C)” and
respond accordingly with appropriate comments and action code at “Part (D)”.
2) The contractor shall implement the approved correction action and rectify the
nonconforming condition within the specified time frame after getting RAC quality
team approval for the Root Cause, Remedial and Corrective Action, however the
executed work must fulfil the specifications and requirements.
1) When the corrections been executed, the WIR / MIR shall be raised along with the
related supportive documents, if any, to verify the implementation in order to
proceed of closure the NCR.
2) The contractor shall mention the number of NCR in the WIR / MIR form in the field
of; "Description of Works"
3) RAC Quality Team will check the work;
a) In case, the execution of correction is unsatisfactory, RAC Quality Team will
reject the WIR / MIR and the NCR will be kept open, so the contractor shall raise
a new revision of WIR / MIR after rectification.
b) In case, the execution of correction is satisfactory (WIR / MIR will be approved),
the contractor should attach the approved WIR / MIR along with the approved
Corrective Action of NCR to RAC Quality Team in order to close the NCR.
4) After RAC Quality Lead approval, NCR is considered Closed.
6 Appendix
Code A
Status Description : (Notice of No Objection) is used in case the work / material is done properly,
accepted by Quality Engineer / inspector and all supportive documents are
Resubmission : No need
Code B
Status Description : (Subject to comments) is used in case of the work / material is done properly,
accepted by Quality Engineer / inspector BUT supportive documents are
required (i.e. technical test reports, etc.).
Resubmission : Contractor shall provide the supportive documents with issuing a new revision
of the request with the same serial Number along with previous request.
Code C
Status Description : (Comply with Comments & Resubmit): is used in case of rejection of work /
material related to technical comments and / or any missing document. that
prevent proceeding activity
Quality Engineer will mention clearly the reason of rejection and any deficiencies
detected.
Resubmission : Contractor shall rectify the mentioned comments and issue a new revision of
the request with the same serial Number along with previous request.
Code D
Status Description : (Notice of Objection, NCR shall be raised) in case of rejection of work / material
due to major deficiency or the work / material done according to unapproved
documents (i.e. Unapproved technical submittal material / drawings,
Unapproved Method statements, etc.).
Quality Engineer will mention clearly the reason of rejection and any deficiencies
detected.
Quality Engineer will issue NCR in consultation with the Quality Manager.
Resubmission : Contractor shall close the NCR and issue a new revision of the request with
the same serial Number along with previous request.
6.2 Forms
6.2.1 Work Inspection Request WIR
2 The QA/QC Engineer receive the ITP form, check and Notice Attachment
review, then the submittal will be reviewed by RAC PM. Of Objection Available
The contractor shall submit the MIR form to the QA/QC Engineer, 24 MIR
1 Start
hours prior to the inspection time. form
The QA/QC Engineer will check the attachments and send it to Quality
2
team.
The assigned QC Inspector perform the inspection and write the Code B or C
3
comments, if any, then send it to the QA/QC Engineer. Rectify Comments
The QA/QC Engineer will review the comments of QC inspector and give Code D
4
code to the MIR, then send to RAC Quality Lead for final approval. NCR
In case of the request status is code B or C, the contractor shall rectify the
5
comments then raise a new version for the MIR.
Each MIR is to be recorded in the MIR Log by the Contractor's DC with the
6 Log
relevant details, the contractor shall send the updated log by email to
Quality team weekly.
2 The Quality Team will review the ICL and check that all inspection
requirements were included and send it to the Execution team and
the contractor to proceed.
3 Before starting the execution of the new item, the contractor shall
open ICL fill in all required data in ICL form
4 When the activity is ready for inspection, the contractor shall notify
the RAC Representative with the time required for the inspection.
the process repeated until the work is satisfactory then he will sign,
Satisfactory NCR issued
and the work proceeds to the next sub-activity with the same process,
otherwise, NCR will be issued after 3rd visit. proceed to next Activity
6 After finishing all activities in the ICL, the contractor shall obtain the
signature from all the participants in the inspections and RAC PM will Completed
closed the ICL ICL
2 Upon receiving WIR, Quality Team will review and check that all the
Notice Supporting Documents
required supportive documents are attached and approved, in case
the supporting documentation is not available or not approved, the Of Objection
Available
Quality Team will close-out the WIR by code "C" Comply with
Comments & Resubmit ", otherwise, will forward the WIR to the
concerned QC Inspector to perform the inspection.
3 The assigned QC Inspector will perform the inspection and write the
comments, if any, then send it to the Quality Team.
4 The Quality Team will verify the comments, therefore, will close-out
the WIR by status code and get final approval from RAC Quality Code B & C Code A
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Lead.
5 In case, receiving WIR with status code "B or C", the contractor has to
Code D
take all required actions to eliminate the raised comments and issue a
new revision of the WIR with the same serial Number along with a copy NCR
of previous WIR. issued
Upon receiving new revision of the WIR, Quality Engineer has to verify
that all mentioned comments in previous WIR are rectified and all
required documents are available and valid.
6 The contractor shall maintain and update the status of WIR in the
Updated
WIR Register and send the updated log by email to Quality Team Log
weekly.
The contractor shall execute the corrections as per approval and prepare Comply with the Comments
5 all supportive documents, if required, and shall raise WIR to RAC Quality NCR form
team to verify the implementation (shall mention the NCR Ref. no. in the WIR form). Approved C.A
RAC quality inspector will check the work, in case the execution of
6 corrections is Unsatisfactory, NCR will be kept open and the contractor
Unsatisfactory Yes Approved WIR
shall raise a new revision from the WIR correction. Comply with the Comments
In case the execution of corrections is satisfactory (WIR of correction will proceed for Closing NCR
NCR form
7 be approved) the contractor shall submit the approved WIR attached
with approved Corrective Action of NCR to RAC Quality Team. Approved WIR
After RAC Quality Lead approval, NCR is considered Closed, Closed Updated
8 The Closed NCR send to the contractor via email, NCR
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Revision
Reference Number (2 Boxes, 7 Fields) Request Number (4 Boxes, 10 Fields) (1Box, 2
Fields)
Originator Project P.O Number Division Type of Document Discipline Number Rev
3 Fields (Letters only) 4 Fields (Digits only) 1 Field 2 Fields 2 Fields 4 Fields (Digits only) 2 Fields
A T L 0 2 0 0 1 2
Originator P.O Number Facility Code Drawing Type Discipline Sub-Discipline Element The sequence
number for the
Control Tower
Riyadh Airport Toilets Modificati on at Terminal 5 TC1 TD Tender Drawings A Architectural Architectural Architectural Element
RAC Comp. 1062 (Phase 1) Royal Terminal
TK1 DD Design Drawings B Bri dges AG Way findi ng & Signage 00 General The “Number” box is
Ceremonial Hal l contained of three
Advanced
Modificati on and complete TK2 SD Shop Drawings C Compos i te Dra wi ngs IN Architecture Interiors 01 Fl ooring Pl an
digits, refers to
ADV Construction 1377 rehabilitation of fire stations First
Terminal Li nk No. 1 sequence number
Stage (4stations) TL1 AD As Built Drawing E Electri cal AR Architecture 02 Reflected Ceil ing Plan
from 1 to 999 of the
Terminal Li nk No. 2
The development and TL2 SK Details Sketches G General PC Precast 03 External Elevation drawings related to
AGC Almabani 1695 establ ishment of the gate (101) &
Terminal Li nk No. 3 the “Element” box, A
(102) TL3 RW Remedial Works H Geothechnical MW Metal Work 04 Internal Elevation new sequence
Mosque number will be
Developi ng Check In Counters i n TL TM1 FB Fabrication I GIS & Surveyi ng MB Marble 05 Stair Cases
ANC ANCO 1864 followed for each
2 Terminal Parking Faci lities
TP2 L Landscape WD Wooden Work 06 TBD new Element.
Terminal No. 1 International
Rehabili tati on and Upgradi ng TR1 M Mechani cal TL Til es 07 Wet Areas Detai ls Drawing Category in
ARC ArchiSite 1653 Work at BHS Area at TR 1 Terminal No. 2 International
LEVEL terms
TR2 N Tunnels SW Section Wall Elev 08 Buil ders Work
of (Plans, Elevations,
Terminal No. 3 Domes tic Envi ronmental & Sections…etc.)
TR3 SL SERVICE LEVEL R Resources
VT Vertical trans portati on 09 TBD
BED Buil di ng Edge 1774 Developi ng new Departure Gates
Terminal No. 4 Domes tic Dra wi ng Inde x
TR4 AL ARRIVAL LEVEL S Structural BK Block Work Bridges
Ge nera l notes
Terminal No. 5 Domes tic Ge nera l Deta i ls
Refurbishment of main Entrance TR5 NL APRON LEVEL T Transportation PW Partiti ons 00 TBD Later (i f needed) 0 Symbol s
BPT Buil di ng Parts 1746 Gates (T1, T2 departure and
Load Center – Terminal 5 Typi ca l Deta i l s
arrival) LC5 IL INTERMEDIATE LEVEL W Buil ders Work Composite Drawings Le gend
Main Fi re Station Mobi lizati on (Si te
Construction House AB2 DL DEPARTURE LEVEL Z Installation)
00 TBD Later (i f needed) 1 Plans, Layouts
CHL Ltd 1999 T5 North Car Parking
Sub-Fire Stati on No. 1 Ext.-
AB3 ML MEZZANINE LEVEL Geothechnical 2 Internal Elevations
Tel ecommuni cati on Buildi ng
Cordoba Pal aces AB4 RL ROOF Bridges 00 General 3 Sections, Details
CPC Contracting Fire Stati on – Termi nal 5
AB5 FL Foundation Level TBD Later (if needed) 01 Shori ng Pil es 4 Composite Details