HomeMy WebLinkAboutSection 01410- Testing and Quality Control
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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.
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1.03 SERVICES FURNISHED BY CONTRACTOR:
A. Testing that the City will coordinate and pay for is described in Section 1.04 below.
All other testing laboratory services in connection with tests (which are identified as
the Contractor's responsibility in the Contract Documents) shall be performed and
paid for by the Contractor, and a certified copy of the results will be furnished to the
CITY within 5 days of the test.
B. The Contractor is responsible for testing and inspection services required to achieve
an effective quality control program, to assure that the work strictly complies with the
contract requirements. Contractor shall therefore employ and pay for an independent
testing laboratory to perform all off, but not limited to, the following services:
1. Density tests for excavation and backfill
2. Bituminous paving
3. Concrete
The above tests shall be conducted in compliance with the FDOT Standard
Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
4. Testing of piping. The piping shall be tested as specified in this document and
indicated on the plans.
C. The Contractor shall employ and pay for an independent Land Surveyor for
construction layout and the preparation of As-Builts.
D. Contractor shall furnish all sample materials and cooperate in the sampling and field
testing activities, interrupting the Work when necessary.
E. When sampling or testing activities are performed in the field by testing laboratory
personnel, Contractor shall furnish personnel and facilities to assist in the activities.
F. Testing Laboratory employed by the Contractor will not be authorized to:
1. Release, revoke, alter or enlarge on requirements of the Contract Documents.
2. Approve or accept any portion of the Work.
3. Perform any duties of the Contractor.
4. The Contractor shall provide 24 hours notice of any testing for which he may
desire witnessing by the City.
1.04 SERVICES FURNISHED BY CITY:
A. The City reserves the right to have City staff or an independent testing laboratory
perform testing on items that are the Contractor’s responsibility to test, if the City has
reason to believe that additional testing is warranted. If the test results do not meet
the requirements, the City shall be reimbursed by the Contractor for these tests.
B. Arrangements for delivery of samples and test specimens to the testing laboratory
under this paragraph will be made by City. The testing laboratory shall perform all
laboratory tests within a reasonable time consistent with the specified standards and
shall furnish a written report of each test.
C. Contractor shall furnish all sample materials and cooperate in the sampling and field
testing activities, interrupting the Work when necessary.
D. When sampling or testing activities are performed in the field by testing laboratory
personnel, Contractor shall furnish personnel and facilities to assist in the activities.
E. Testing Laboratory employed by the City will not be authorized to:
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1. Release, revoke, alter or enlarge on requirements of the Contract Documents.
2. Approve or accept any portion of the Work.
3. Perform any duties of the Contractor.
1.05 TRANSMITTAL OF TEST REPORTS:
A. Written reports of test and engineering data furnished by Contractor shall be
submitted as specified in SECTION 01300.
B. Advanced copies of test results must be submitted for completed work with each
application for payment.
1.06 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT:
Laboratory testing, surveying and other quality control and compliance measures and
procedures shall not be paid separately. Rather, the costs for such activities shall be part
of the contractor’s unit costs of the items to which they pertain.
END OF SECTION