SECTION 01 45 16 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL

PART 1 - GENERAL

0.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Contract Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and
Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

0.2 SUMMARY

A. This Section identifies the Quality Control activities to be performed during all phases of the
contract by the Contractor. Quality Control is defined as the process by which the Contractor
ensures the project is constructed per the construction documents.

B. The Contractor shall have a Quality Control Program in place to ensure that all materials and
work are completed in compliance with contract documents. The Contractor is solely
responsible for Quality Control. The City reserves the right to conduct additional tests or audits
to verify compliance per Division 1 section “Quality Assurance”.

C. Test schedules and/or testing requirements for materials used on this project are included in the
technical specifications. Laboratory and field testing identified in the technical specifications
shall be conducted by an Independent Testing Agency (ITA) retained by the Contractor.

0.3 LEVEL OF CONTROL

A. The intent of this section is to enable the Contractor to establish a necessary level of control that
will:
1. Adequately provide for the production of acceptable quality materials.
2. Provide sufficient information to ensure both the Contractor and the Project Manager that
the specification requirements are being met.
3. Allow the Contractor as much latitude as possible to develop his or her own standards of
control.

0.4 SUBMITTALS

A. Refer to Division 01 Sections “Submittals” and “Shop and Working Drawings, Product Data,
and Samples”, for submittal requirements.

B. Quality Control Plan: Within ten (10) days after Notice to Proceed, the Contractor shall submit
a Quality Control Plan for review and acceptance. Acceptance by the Project Manager does not
relieve the Contractor of compliance with the contract requirements. The Contractor Quality
Control Plan shall address the following as a minimum:
1. Provide a general description of Quality Control monitoring to be performed until final
acceptance by the City. Include monitoring activities of Work and the worksite during
times no construction activity is scheduled to take place.
2. The Contractor shall designate an employee as the Quality Control Representative,
qualified to perform quality control monitoring of the Work. The designated individual
shall have the authority to direct work changes required to bring the Work into

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 conformance with contract requirements including stopping non-conforming work in
progress.
3. The Quality Control Plan shall address each technical specification division’s
requirements for quality control. The Contractor shall identify each item requiring
submittal and approval/acceptance prior to installation of work. Also, the Contractor
shall identify each item of work requiring testing by the independent testing agency.
4. The Quality Control Plan shall address and establish controls and documentation format
to ensure that items or materials that have been accepted through receiving inspection are
used or installed. Identification and traceability shall be provided throughout all
inspections, test activities, and records. For stored items, provisions shall be made for the
control of item/material identification, consistent with the expected duration and type of
storage.
5. Provide a methodology of monitoring, testing, and exercising of all equipment, valves
and/or assemblies to ensure the Work installed is in proper working order.

C. List of Suppliers and Subcontractors: Submit a list of suppliers and subcontractors, including
items to be supplied by each supplier and/or subcontractor. Identify work to be performed by
each subcontractor. The list shall be updated and resubmitted as required.

D. Emergency Contact List: Submit a list of emergency contact information including name,
company, title, work phone number, mobile phone number, and other means of contact for at
least four individuals.
1. Review the Emergency Contact list on a weekly basis. In the event there is any change in
any of the information, the Contractor shall forward the updated list to the Project
Manager.
2. The Emergency Contact list shall include the project number, project title, and date of
issue.

E. Quality Control Report:

1. The Quality Control Report shall be submitted weekly or per the discretion of the Project
Manager in the format detailed in Division 01 Section “Standard Forms”. The report
shall address as a minimum the following: identify notifications and discussions with/by
other agency inspectors, identify work placed that day and any deviations and/or
corrections required to bring the Work into conformance with the contract. Reporting
must be digital format and signed by the Contractors Quality Control Representative.
Legible, hand written reports on the approved form shall be accepted. Scanned copies of
daily reports are acceptable.
2. Submit one electronic copy of the Quality Control Report to the Project Manager the
week following the work or per the discretion of the Project Manager. The report shall
be signed by the Contractor’s Quality Control Representative and the Contractor’s
Superintendent.

F. Corrective Action Report (CAR): Conditions adverse to quality will be reviewed by the
Contractor and the City Representative to determine the cause and to recommend a corrective
action that will preclude recurrence.
1. The condition, its cause, and the corrective action planned shall be reported to the Project
Manager prior to implementation.
2. Follow-up action shall be taken to verify implementation of the corrective action.
3. The Contractor will document the corrective action and a copy of the Corrective Action
Report (CAR) will be transmitted to the Project Manager.

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0.5 DOCUMENTATION

A. The Contractor shall not change or alter approved submittals, procedures, specifications,
drawings, or other pertinent documentation without the Project Manager’s written authorization.

B. All records and documents that are quality related shall be prepared, identified, and maintained
by the Contractor and shall be made available to the City upon request. Records shall be
protected from damage, deterioration or loss. A copy of the records and documents shall be
maintained at the Work site at all times unless the Project Manager has approved other locations
in writing.

C. The Contractor shall maintain records at the actual worksite and at Contractor’s office to show
the inspection status of materials and items installed in order to ensure that the required
inspections and tests have been performed in a timely and correct manner.

0.6 INSPECTIONS AND TESTS

A. Inspections, tests, and system shut down requests, conducted by persons or agencies other than
the Contractor, shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of his responsibility and obligation to
meet all specifications and the referenced standards. The Contractor’s designated Quality
Control Representative shall inspect the work and shall ensure the work complies with the
contract requirements prior to any requests for inspection or testing.

B. When the specifications, laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or orders of any public agency
having jurisdiction require the Project Manager’s surveillance of inspections or tests, the
Contractor shall notify the Project Manager of the place, date and time forty-eight (48)-hours
prior to the inspection and/or test. The Contractor shall be responsible for notifying and
requesting inspection by other agencies including but not limited to the Denver Building
Inspection Division, Denver Fire Department, Denver Wastewater Management Division and
Denver Water. Prior to request for other agency inspections, the Contractor shall meet and plan
inspection times with the Project Manager and or his designated representative.

C. Special inspections or tests may be required by the technical specifications, City, State and/or
Federal Agencies in addition to those tests already performed. The Contractor shall notify the
Project Manager at least forty-eight (48)- hours in advance of the additional inspections or tests.

0.7 INSPECTION PLAN

A. The Contractor shall utilize the following six-point inspection plan to ensure the conformance
of the Work performed by the Contractor meets the requirements of the contract drawings and
specifications, the referenced codes and standards and the approved submittals:
1. Pre-work Coordination: Prior to the start of construction work, work under each separate
specification section, where a change in a construction operation is contemplated by the
Contractor, and a new subcontractor starting work, a coordination meeting will be held
with the Contractor’s superintendent, Quality Control, and Safety representative(s), and
the ITA representative. Supervisory, Safety, and Quality Control representatives of all
applicable subcontractors shall also attend. The Contractor’s Quality Control
Representative shall chair the meeting, and prepare and distribute minutes of Quality
Control meetings. Meeting minutes shall be electronically distributed within twenty-four
(24) hours of the meeting.

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2. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure that the Contractor’s personnel have no
misunderstandings regarding their safety and quality procedures as well as the technical
requirements of the contract. The following items shall be presented and reviewed by the
Contractor:
a. Contract requirements and specifications.
b. Shop drawings, certifications, submittals and Record Drawings.
c. Testing and inspection program and procedures.
d. Contractor’s Quality Control program.
e. Familiarity and proficiency of the Contractor’s and subcontractor’s workforce to
perform the operation to required workmanship standards including certifications
of installers.
f. Safety, security, and environmental precautions to be observed.
g. Any other preparatory steps dependent upon the particular operation.
h. The Contractor’s means and methods for performing the Work.
3. Initial Inspection: Upon completion of a representative sample of a given feature of the
Work and no later than two (2) weeks after the start of a new or changed operation, the
Project Manager and/or his designated representative will meet with the Contractor’s
Quality Control representative and applicable subcontractor’s supervisor and their
Quality Control representatives to check the following items, as a minimum:
a. Workmanship to established quality standards.
b. Conformance to Contract Drawings, Specifications and the accepted shop
drawings.
c. Adequacy of materials and articles utilized.
d. Results of inspection and testing methods.
e. Adequacy of Record Drawings maintained daily.
4. Once accepted, the representative sample will become the physical baseline by which
ongoing work is compared for quality and acceptability. To the maximum practical
extent, approved representative samples of work elements shall remain visible until all
work in the appropriate category is complete. Acceptance of a sample does not waive or
alter any contract requirements or show acceptance of any deviation from the contract not
approved in writing by the Project Manager.
5. Follow-up Inspection: The Contractor’s Quality Control representative will monitor the
work to review the continuing conformance of the work to the workmanship standards
established during the preparatory and initial inspections.
6. Completion Inspection: This is not a Substantial Completion Inspection. Forty-eight
(48) hours prior to the completion of an item or segment of work and prior to covering up
any work, the Contractor will notify the Project Manager who will verify that the results
of the segment of work are acceptable, and all inspections and tests have been completed.
a. The purpose of this inspection is to allow further corrective work upon, or integral
to, the completed segment of work.
b. If any items are determined to be deficient, need correction or are non-conforming,
a Deficiency List will be prepared and issued to the respective Contractor for
correction, repair or replacement of any deficient or non-conforming items.
c. The Project Manager and Contractor’s Quality Control representative will verify
the correction of the deficient and/or non-conforming items prior to the start of the
next operation.
7. Prior to requesting a Substantial Completion Inspection by the City, all work and
operational systems to be inspected shall be satisfactorily completed and tested by the
Contractor.
8. Substantial Completion Inspection will occur when the Contractor notifies the Project
Manager the work is completed to the required stage and is ready for inspection. The
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 work shall have progressed to the point that the City can beneficially occupy or utilize the
work. Refer to the Contract General Conditions, Title 19 – Substantial Completion of the
Work.
9. After the Contractor receives Substantial Completion from the Project Manager, the
Warranty period begins. Refer to the Contract General Conditions, Title 18 – Warranties,
Guarantees, and Corrective Work.
10. Final Acceptance will occur when the punch list items have been completed and all site
clean-up has been done. Refer to the Contract General Conditions, Title 20 – Final
Completion and Acceptance of the Work.

0.8 SAMPLES

A. The Contractor shall maintain at the worksite a copy of all samples submitted and accepted by
the City. Samples shall be made available to the designer or the Project Manager’s designated
representatives for review and comparison in the field. The Project Manager must accept all
items and materials prior to use on the project.

B. The installed work will be compared to the samples and if any of the work is not of the same
quality, material, finish, color, texture or appearance as the sample, that portion that is not the
same will be considered defective and in nonconformance.

C. Contractor selection of samples will only be considered if taken at random. The Contractor
shall permit City Representatives to witness the selection of samples. Inspection or tests of
items or materials that fail shall be sufficient cause to terminate further inspections/tests of the
same brand, make or source of that product.

D. The Contractor is obligated to correct any item deemed deficient.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (Not Used)

PART 3 - EXECUTION

0.1 REQUIREMENTS

A. The Contractor is responsible for Quality Control of the Construction. All acquisition of
materials, sequence of construction (except as otherwise indicated), and means and methods of
construction shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. Establish system to perform sufficient
inspection and tests of all items of work, including that of subcontractors, to ensure
conformance to Contract Documents for materials, workmanship, construction, finish,
functional performance and identification.
1. Control System: Establish for all construction except where Contract Documents provide
for specific compliance tests by testing laboratories and engineers employed by the City.
2. Control System: Specifically include all testing required by various sections of
Specifications.
3. Quality Control System: Means by which Contractor assures himself that construction
complies with requirements of Contract Documents.
a. Controls: Adequate to cover all construction operations and keyed to proposed
construction schedule.

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 B. All materials required for the contract shall be new except where specified otherwise. The
Project Manager may elect to perform additional inspections and/or tests at the place of the
manufacture, the shipping point or at the destination to verify conformance to applicable
specifications. Inspections and tests performed by the City shall not relieve the Contractor from
the responsibility to meet the specifications, nor shall such inspections/tests be considered a
guarantee for acceptance of materials that will be delivered at a later time.

C. The Contractor is obligated to correct or remove non-conforming materials, whether in place or

not. If necessary, the Project Manager will send written notification to the Contractor to correct
or remove the defective materials from the project. If the Contractor fails to respond, the
Project Manager may order correction, removal and/or replacement of defective materials by
others, in which case the Contractor shall bear all costs incurred by such actions.

D. Materials accepted on the basis of a Certificate of Compliance may be sampled and inspected
and/or tested by the Project Manager or his/her Designer at any time. The fact that the materials
were accepted on the basis of such certification shall not relieve the Contractor of his
responsibility to use materials that conform to the specifications.

E. The Contractor shall impose upon his suppliers the same quality control requirements, including
inspection and test procedures, as imposed upon him by the specifications and referenced
standards. The Contractor shall apply appropriate controls, designed to ensure that all materials
supplied meet the requirements and specifications.

0.2 CONTRACTOR’S QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM

A. The Contractor shall be responsible for assuring compliance with the quality standards as
indicated in the Contract Documents. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for:
1. Review of submittals prior to their being forwarded to the Project Manager for review.
The Contractor shall mark submittals with comments and shall indicate the date and party
conducting the Contractor’s review of each submittal.
2. Final inspection of the project prior to calling for the Project Manager to conduct a final
inspection. The Contractor shall provide his inspection comments to the Project Manager
prior to the scheduled final inspection.
3. Verification of completion of punch-list items prior to calling for verification inspection
by the Project Manager.

B. Records: Maintain correct records on appropriate forms for all inspections and tests
performed, instructions received from the Project Manager and actions taken as result of those
instructions.
1. Records: Include evidence that required inspections or tests have been performed
(including type and number of inspections or tests, nature of defects, causes for rejection,
etc.) proposed or directed remedial action, and corrective action taken.
2. Document inspections and tests as required by each section of the Specifications.

0.3 MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP

A. Unless otherwise specified, or indicated on the Drawings, material shall be new, of best quality,
and without flaws, and delivered upon completion in an undamaged condition.

B. Workmanship shall be the best of its respective kind. Labor shall be performed in a thorough
workmanlike manner by qualified, efficient, and skilled mechanics, acceptable to the Project
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 Manager, and other trades involved on the job requiring acceptable substrate for the
performance of their work.

0.4 TESTING – GENERAL

A. Testing Laboratory and/or Engineering services are required for quality control in portions of
the work identified in other sections of these specifications.

B. Tests required by these Specifications shall be performed in strict accordance with referenced
testing methods, procedures, and conditions. Pertinent data shall be included in clear,
comprehensive written forms according to the requirements of these Contract Documents.

C. Contractor: Provide equipment and facilities as required for testing at no additional cost,
subject to Project Manager’s review, for conducting field tests and for collecting and forwarding
samples.
1. Do not use materials or equipment represented by samples until tests, if required, have
been made and materials or equipment found to be acceptable.
2. Do not incorporate any product into work which becomes unfit for use after acceptance
thereof.

D. Testing: Materials or equipment proposed to be used may be tested at any time during their
preparation or use. Furnish required samples without charge and give sufficient notice of
placing of orders to permit testing. Products may be sampled either prior to shipment or after
being received at site of work.

E. Tests: Made by testing laboratory approved by the Project Manager. Except as otherwise
provided, sampling and testing of materials and laboratory methods and testing equipment shall
be in accordance with latest standards and tentative methods of ASTM.
1. Specific information concerning testing methods, sample sizes, etc., is included under
applicable sections of Specifications.
2. Any modification of, or elaboration on, these test procedures included for specific
materials under their respective sections in Specifications shall take precedence over
these procedures.

0.5 OTHER TESTING

A. Following Testing: Performed at expense of Contractor:

1. Any additional tests required because of any tests that fail subject to following
conditions:
a. Quantity and Nature of Tests: Determined by the Project Manager.
b. Tests: Taken in presence of the City and/or the Project Manager.
c. Proof of Noncompliance: Contractor liable for corrective action which the Project
Manager feels is required including complete removal and replacement of
defective material.
2. Material Substitution: Any tests of material or equipment offered as substitute for
specified item on which test may be required in order to prove its compliance with the
Contract Documents.

B. Contractor: May have tests performed on material and equipment for his own information and
job control so long as the City does not assume responsibility for costs or for giving them
consideration when appraising quality of materials.
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0.6 EQUIPMENT TESTING

A. Equipment testing shall be as determined appropriate by the Project Manager to assure proper
performance according to the manufacturer’s specifications for each equipment item.

B. After all utility connections to equipment have been completed, the Contractor shall conduct
final tests of equipment in presence of the City and Project Manager.

C. Unless waived in writing by the Project Manager, the requirements of this section shall apply to
all installed equipment items having utility connections.

0.7 NOTIFICATION

A. The Contractor shall be responsible for notifying the Project Manager at least 3 working days
prior to commencing work which is identified as requiring testing.

B. The Contractor shall be responsible for scheduling and coordinating all required testing with the
Project Manager and, when required by the City’s Agents, the City’s Independent Testing
Agency.

PART 4 - MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT

0.1 MEASUREMENT

A. No separate measurement shall be made for work under this Section.

0.2 PAYMENT

A. No separate payment will be made for work under this Section. The cost of the work described
in this Section shall be included in the Contract price.

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