PQP: Project Quality plan Calibration Record

Weakly Quality Report

PQP is also called Quality management plan/ Quality Monthly Quality report
Assurance plan. Internal audits
External audits
As per Schedule Q requirements, PQP document is Etc.
submitted by contractor to consultant/ client , 30 days
prior executing to project. 6. Resources
Organization chart
PQP is comprehensive document that outlines the Contractor employees chart
strategies, processes and activities required to ensure that
a project delivers that expected level of Quality. 7. Procurement
8. Quality checklist
In other words, we can say, It is the plan of project that 9. Records and Registers
everything we need to know about the project is describe
in PQP. What is quality?
There are three parameters of Quality
PQP covers procurement Inspection, testing, construction Such as
completion, handing over and commissioning as per 1. QUALITY Requirements
tender document provided by contractor. Like inspection and testing of site activities as per client
contract documents such as (A) specifications, (B )
It typically includes the following sections. Drawing and (C) BOQ

1. Introduction Any activites at site must be comply with A , B and C

 Quality policies
 Abbreviations 2. Project completion in time
 Definition
 Client 3. Project should be complete within Budget.
 Consultant Quality Documents
 Contractor 1. PQP Project Quality Plan

2. Quality plan 2. ITP Inspection and test plan

References: This project refers to the following
documents. 3. Inspection Checklist

ISO 9001-2015- Quality management system requirements 4. WIR Work Inspection Request

ISO- 1005- 2018- Quality management system Guidelines 5. Material Inspection Request
for Quality plan
6. Daily Look ahead
3. Scope of work
7. Two weeks look ahead
4. Responsibilities and role of contractor staff in project
like Pm, CM, Quality managers, Quality Engineers and 8 . Weekly Quality Report
Quality inspectors.
9. Monthly Quality report
5. Quality documents
Submittal forms 10. Project Quality index
WIR form
MIR form 11. Key performance Indicator
Method statements
ITP form 12. SOR
Non Conformance Report Site observation Report
INCR

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13. NCR 8. Warranty certificate
Non Conformance Report 9.country of origin
( if material from foreign country )
10. Technical or material data sheet
Supportive documents for quality 11. Safety data sheet

1. Drawings When contractor receive above material submittal from

There are many types of drawings, using for projects, like supplier which has 11 numbers of contents.
Contract Drawing, shop drawing , IFC Drawing. IFC stand
for issued for construction. Then contractor materials or QC engineer will prepare
cover sheet / page , which is its page of material submittal.
2. Material Submittal
Cover sheet / page should have below information such as
3. PQD Pre-qualification Document
Client name
4. Method statement Consultant name
What is material submittal in civil construction Contractor name
Material description
field? Specification reference
Drawing reference
Material submittal is a combination of documents in which BOQ reference
included full details of supplier , manufacturer and Date of submission to consultant
material, which contractor need to approved material and Contractor PM and materials engineer signature
supplier/ manufacturer from consultant.
Contractor materials engineer also need to attach some
Before start activity at site of using that material , further documents in submittal like
contractor need approval of that material for using at site 1. Specifications
in the form of submission material submittal to consultant. 2.contract drawings
3.BOQ
Contractor purchase department contact with supplier for
getting material submittal and provide project After attached above three documents then need to
specifications for compliance statement and technical data prepare table of contents as per attached documents.
sheet.
Material submittal consist of one hard copy and 3 set of
Then supplier handover material submittal to contractor soft copy in CD.
Materials or QC engineer.

In that submittal there will be details in osy page which is

called table of contents such as below. Material submittal has 2 two parts for review ( for
consultant)
1. Company Profile
2. Catalogue 1. Technical part
3.Compliance statement 2. Legal part
4.commercial / trade / industrial licence
5. ISO certificates Technical part :
9001 for quality purpose Open specification, Drawing and BOQ.
14001 for environmental It’s read specification
45001 for safety Specification consists of particular and general specs.
Need to review general and particular as well.
Note : 9001 is must for every materials submittal.
But 14001 and 45001 only required which materials has Drawing
environmental and safety effects. Sometime materials details not available in specs
Then we have to read drawings, if suppose details
6. Previous approvals available in drawings then follow drawings, if suppose not
7. Material test reports

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available details in drawings, then read BOQ if suppose
even not available in BOQ.
If suppose details not mentioned in contract documents Then proceed for mixing ingridients with each other in
like specifications, Drawings and BOQ. form of concret.

Then need to follow manufacturer recommendations and Visit to operating room in concrete plant and check mix
previous approvals. design copy in system.

Legal part Load concrete in ready mix truck upto 4 cubic meters
Validity of iso certificates
Validity of commercial/ trade license. Take sampling of concrete
Any other certificate must have validity. Check temperature
Intial slump
Concrete Mix Design / trail Procedure: 30 minutes slump
60 minutes slump
To increase workability of concrete at site
Fresh concrete tests such as
To add admixture like plasticize,
Density
Air content
Before start concrete mix trail
Bleeding
Concrete batching plant equipments of production for
concrete and site lab at apparatus must calibrated.
Cubes casting for compressive strenght
Visit to concrete batching plant
3 cubes for 7 days @ 75%
Collect sampling of concrete ingridients such as
3 cubes for 28 days @ 100%
aggregates, Cement , Water and admixture

Aggregates sampling from cold bins

If concrete mix design is for non structurals
20 mm
Only 6 cubes for compressive strenght
10 mm
5 mm / Wash sand
Dune sand
If concrete mix design for structural
6 cubes for compressive strenght
And Some cubes for Durability tests
If concrete mix design is structural
Like
Take OPC
3 cubes for water absorption @ 28 days
If concrete mix design is non structural
3 cubes for ISAT
Take SRC

3 cubes for water absorption @ 7 days

SRC or OPC sampling from sillo quantity 40 kgs
3 cubes for water absorption @ 28 days
Water sampling
3 cubes for RCP @ 28 days
5 litres

Admixture Sampling
1 cube for chloride and sulphate content @ 28 days
Sika plaste 550
For non structure
90 minutes slump
3 to 4 litres

120 minutes slump

Admixture sampling for structural
Structuro w425 TG Method statement:
3 to 4 litres Method statement are documents that details exactly how
to carry out work safely. For ensuring construction site
After qualifying concrete ingredients quality tests. health and safety.

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The purpose of method statement is to describe the safety 10. P.I
precautions in a high risk work environment to control risk 11.Sand equivalent
identified in the risk assessment. 12. Stripping and coating
Method statement consists of following below documents
such as
1. Scope of work Filler Tests
2. Purpose and objective
3.Refrences like contract specification , Contract Drawing, 1. Gradation
Health, safety and environmental plan 2. Specific Gravity
3. P.I
4. Manpower, Tools, Equipments and Machineries

5. Responsibilities of Staff
Asphalt tests
6. PRIOR Activities
Noc 1. Marshall moulds
Shop drawings
Site permit procedure GMB ( Bulk Specific gravity of marshall)
Exisiting site condition details
HSE Requirements Stability

7. Environment Health and safety Flow

8 Quality Control VIM / Air Voids

9 Procedure VMA
VFB
10 Risk assessment 2. GMM test

Asphalt is a combination of bitumen ,coarse 3. Extraction test

aggregates, fine aggregates and filler. Bitumen Content
And grading
Bitumen tests
Steel quality tests:
1. Penetration test 1.Yield strenght 500 B agrade
2 . Specific gravity
3. Flash point 2.Tensile Strenght 8% more than yield strenght
4. Ductility
5.Solubility 3. Elongation
6. Thin film over test
7.kinematic Viscosity 4. Bend & Rebend
8. Softening point
5. Cross sectional area
Aggregates tests for asphalt work
6. Mass per unit meter
1. Partially crushed
2. Fully crushed Fresh concrete tests
3. Loss angeles
4.Aggregates crushing value 1. Slump
5.Soundness 2. Density
6. Flakiness 3. Air content
7.Elongation 4. Bleeding
8. Water absorption
9.Grading

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Concrete quality tests at site

1. Slump test What is segregation:

2. Compressive strenght
When course materials separate from fine material is
3 Cubes for 7 days
called segregation.
3 Cubes for 28 days
Segregation is another name of separation.

Cement has 2 types

What is prime coat ?
1. OPC Oridinary Portland Cement Prime coat is initial application of cut back asphalt on
2. SRC Sulphate Resistance Cement aggregates layer.

OPC is used for structural Concrete Prime coat is also called MC 70

SRC is used for non-structure. MC meduim curing
70 viscocity grade
Asphalt:
Purpose of prime coat
Asphalt base course compaction
Water proofing
97 % to 101.8 %
Reducing to loose voids
Hardening base surface

Asphalt binder course compaction

98 % to 101.8%
Prime coat material
60 % bitumen content
Asphalt wearing course compaction
40 % cerosine oil
98% to 101.8 %

Question : What will happen if asphalt compaction less

Prime coat temperature
than minimum range
50 to 80 degree centigrades

Re rolling can be done on asphalt surface for 2 hours with

PTR in afternoon like sunlight more heat
Prime coat curing time
48 hours minimum.

What will happen if asphalt compaction more than

maximum range
Asphalt pavement work will reject and remove and replace
with new asphalt mix because air voids will be less so life
of asphalt surface will not be more that is why rejected
and replace with new asphalt material.
What is tact coat ?
It is very light application of emulsified asphalt over the
asphalt existing asphalt layer.
Tact coat purpose
Bonding between two asphalt layers.

Tact coat temperature

How you will check sub base or aggregates 10 to 60 degree centigrades
road base or wet mix compacted surface
Tact coat curing time
I will check following points 1 to 2 hours

Such as Tact coat spray rate

0.3 to 0.6 L/ m2
1. Loose compacted area
2. Pumping Prime coat spray rate
3. Segregation 0.7 to 1.5 L/m2.

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 In aggregates road base fine aggregates more
1. Surface Ground preparation Wet mix compacted layer thickness is 15 cm +- 1cm =
Need to scarfying 20 CM 14cm to 16 cm
And compact the surface before embankment layer is
called surface ground preparation , compaction 95 % and
CBR 15% minimum
6. Prime coat / MC meduim curing
Temperature 50 degree centigrades to 80 degree
centigrades
2. Embankment layers Spray rate 0.7 liters/ m2 to 1.5 liters/m2
If filling need more than 1.5 meters
Compaction 93% minimum
If filling need less than 1.5 meters then compaction need 7. Asphaltic base course
95% minimum Bitumen ratio 3.2% to 4.2 %
Compaction 97% to 101.8 %
CBR 15 % minimum for embankment layers Layer thickness 6 cm to 10 cm

Embankment layer compacted thickness 20 cm to 25 cm

Dune sand material is used in embankment layers 8. Tact coat
Temperature 10 degree centigrades to 60 degree
Embankment last layer is also called Formation and ground centigrades
level. Spray rate 0.3 to 0.6 liters/m2

3. Sub grade 9. Asphaltic binder course

Compaction 95% minimum Biumen ratio 3.4 % to 4.4 %
CBR 30% minimum This asphalt layer is used for main highways, if road is
Compated layer thickness is 15 cm +-1cm = 14 cm to 16 local or internal then no required
cm Compaction 98% to 101.8 %
Soil is used in sub grade Layer thickness 5 cm to 8cm

4. Sub base 10. Tact coat same procedure like 8

Compaction 95 % minimum
CBR 30 % minimum
Compacted layer thickness 15 cm +-1 cm 11. Asphaltic wearing course
14 cm to 16 cm Bitumen ration 3.4% to 4.4%
Compaction 98% to 101.8 %
Coarse aggregates 70 % Layer thickness 4cm to 6cm
Fine aggregates/ sand 30 %
Surface tolerance in
5. Aggregates road base Asphaltic base course is 6mm
Used for internal or local roads Asphaltic binder course is 6mm
Laying with graders like 1 , 2,3 and 4 Asphaltic wearing course is 4mm
Compaction 98% minimum
CBR 80 % minimum Surface tolerance is checked with travel beam and travel
beam is run on asphaltic wearing surface to check uneven
surface.
5. Wet mix
Is used for main highways and motorways , plant prepared 3 methods of curing concrete
materials
Laying with paver matchine like asphalt 1. Water curing method
Compaction 100 % minimum 2. Membrance curing method
CBR 80 % minimum This method prevent the loss of mixing water from the
In wet mix coarse agregates more surface of concrete

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3.Steam curing ( application of heat ).

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