Qa-Qc Quality Plan
Qa-Qc Quality Plan
Qa-Qc Quality Plan
Contract N. 252/2011/DK/ZU
SAMSUNG ENGINEERING
Vendor logo and business name Vendor Document ID
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Facility Name Location Scale Sheet of Sheets
ZUBAIR – NORTH NEW DEGASSING STATION ONSHORE n.a. 1 of 60
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We consider that each and every incident that may threaten the final
quality can, and must, be prevented.
We shall work under high standards of quality as a work condition for all
CONTRACTOR’s associates including subcontractors and vendors.
We encourage a sustainable development as part of all our operations,
together with respect towards the communities we interact with.
We shall develop highly qualified and competent human resources.
We involve and engage all company leads in the Management System.
We shall promote creativity in order to provide integral solutions to the
COMPANY.
We shall maintain transparency of the management coupled with fluent
communication both internally and externally.
We shall strive to employ the latest engineering, construction, installation
and management techniques to add value to each of our processes.
We shall Identify and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements.
Through this quality policy, CONTRACTOR, Subcontractor and Vendor’s
personnel assigned to this project are directed to comply with the requirements of
this Quality Plan and the implementing procedures and instructions in support of
providing a quality product and attaining COMPANY’s satisfaction.
To comply with the terms specified in the contract including all its
appendices, international & local standards, codes and regulations.
To compel subcontractors to follow CONTRACTOR’s procedures to
monitor performance, while ensuring that all personnel are committed to
enforcing the established Quality Management System.
To compel to CONTRACTOR’s own personnel to follow the provisions of
this Quality Plan, looking to deliver a quality product, thus aiming to
COMPANY satisfaction.
To complete the Project within the agreed schedule, budget and with an
optimum quality.
3.2 Indicators
To increase efficiency, the main processes for each phase of the Project and their
relation are to be identified. These processes are regulated through the
implementation of each discipline’s procedures. Specific procedures for achieving
these objectives are referenced in the Project Quality Assurance Matrix
(Deliverable) which shall be developed and issued to COMPANY for approval.
The objectives, goals, action plans and follow-up indicators are evidenced with a
highest level of detail in the plans for Quality, Safety, Health and the Environment
specific for the project.
4 INTRODUCTION
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. has entered into a Contract Agreement with
COMPANY to execute the Engineering, Procurement, Early Civil Works,
Construction, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start-Up, Performance Test
and Training, as well as all the permits including environmental necessary for the
completion of the work including the personnel, logistics, material transportation,
storage, and all the services for the NEW HAMMAR MISHIRIF degassing station
Project located in the Basrah region, 480 km southwest of Baghdad, the capital of
Iraq.
Baghdad
20Km Basrah
Zubair
Zubair
21~78Km
KUWAIT
Kuwait
Shuwaikh Port
Umm Qasr Port
Figure 1 - Project Location
The Project consists of a gas and oil separation plant (GOSP) with a capacity of
200,000 BPD (1 train x 50,000 BPD x 4) as part of the development program of
the Zubair Oil Field (Zubair Field).
The Zubair Field Development Plan is a joint venture with Occidental, Korea Gas
and Missan Oil Company with ENI Iraq b.v. as operator (together, the COMPANY
GROUP). Currently the Zubair Field is in production of about 182.8 kBOPD, and
the new production facilities (including the New Hammar Mishirif Degassing
Station) are expected to increase the current production in order to achieve the
plateau rate of 850 kBOPD of oil.
Therefore, the completion of this Project on time and within budget is paramount
for COMPANY. CONTRACTOR shall pursue COMPANY’s goals in creating
value. Thus, Quality is a key aspect for achieving this.
The establishment of the Quality Management System for the New Hammar
Mishirif Degassing Station Project (herein after DGS) is based on the following
documentation which outlines the framework for establishing, implementing and
controlling those activities affecting quality:
6 SCOPE OF WORK
This Project Quality Plan serves as the basis for addressing the contractual,
statutory and regulatory quality requirements, as well as a reference for
monitoring and assessing compliance with established standards and the
COMPANY’s requirements for the implementation of a concise and effective
Quality Management System framework, as stipulated in ISO 9001:2008 Quality
Management Systems – requirements, COMPANY’s Quality Plan Requirements
stated in Appendix “F” – Quality Requirements, CONTRACTOR’s typical Project
Quality Plan and all related documents.
The content of this Project Quality Plan has been prepared based on the
aforementioned documentation and described in a framework suitable for
CONTRACTOR’s established processes.
Additionally, it includes all the services related for the proper execution of the EPC
Project. This Project Quality Plan defines and establishes the process and
systems controls for the Project, provides for formal monitoring and auditing of the
project’s execution and ensures that the Project Quality System provides fully
compliant deliverables and services.
As explained at the beginning of this Plan, the Contract scope includes the
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning,
Start-Up, Performance Testing and all related services for the successful
completion of the New North Hammar Mishirif Degassing Station.
The main scope of work includes the following areas (or as described in the
Contract, Scope of Work):
Utilities:
o Flare and Blowdown System
o Closed Drain System
o Open Drain System
o Compressed Air System
o Service Water System
o Potable Water System
o Fuel Gas System
o Fire Fighting System
o Diesel Fuel System
o Hot Oil System
o Inert Gas
o Chemical Injection System
o Sewage Treatment
o DCS
Buildings:
o Main Substation (Main SS)
o Substation 1 (SS1)
o Substation 2 (SS2)
o Control Room
o Administration Office
This Quality Plan is applicable for every stage of the Project, including Project
Management and all related services for the successful completion of the Project
and it shall be followed and implemented by CONTRACTOR, sub-contractors and
vendors.
The general work program, including the detailed scheduled for all work phases
and milestones, as well as all the activities connected with the development of the
Project will be included in the Project Execution Plan which shall be developed
and issued for COMPANY’s approval in accordance with the Scope of Work for
EPC of Hammar Mishirif New Degassing Station (Doc. No.
00250600BGSC09302), Section 11 Project Execution Plan – Instructions.
7 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
The following references shall govern the Project’s Quality System and are
applicable to the Contract:
8 PROJECT ORGANIZATION
In order to ensure the correct implementation of the Quality Management System
throughout the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning
phases, and for guaranteeing that contractual requirements are fulfilled, the
Project team has set a team adequate for the requirements and needs of the
Project.
CONTRACTOR shall also assign quality personnel for overseeing the overall
quality activities of the Project. These quality personnel, likewise, shall be located
in CONTRACTOR’s home offices in Korea for the purpose of monitoring
Engineering and Procurement activities. After site opening, CONTRACTOR shall
set up a quality team that shall be dispatched to the construction site that shall
maintain close coordination with the Quality Team located in CONTRACTOR’s
home offices in Korea.
In both cases, the assigned quality personnel shall be guided under the basic
principle that the relevant personnel performing verifications, audits and
inspection of work activities be completely independent from the personnel who
actually performs the work activities.
The detailed Construction personnel as well as the site quality personnel indicated
in the Project Quality Organization Chart will be included the updated organization
charts and will be issued at the construction stage.
Assuring that each engineering part prepares and maintains the quality
objectives, including and identifying the quality requirements for
engineering works,
Assuring that Project specifications have been reviewed and included in
design inputs
Assuring development of compliant design outputs
Others as per Project requirements.
The Curriculum Vitae (CVs) of Project key personnel shall be included in the
Project Execution Plan to be developed and issued to COMPANY.
10 CONTRACT REVIEW
The Proposal Manager has been responsible for the distribution of contract
documents to all staff members assigned to the Project.
The Project Manager reviews the contract and performs general works related to
the Contract.
The Project Manager reviews the Project scope and requirements with each
related key personnel, covering as minimum, the following:
Whenever changes or clarifications are required, the Project Manager shall obtain
the COMPANY’s approval for such changes or the response to such clarifications.
After approval, the Project Manager shall distribute the changes or clarifications to
the affected discipline and shall require related Project procedures or documents
to be revised.
10.4 Records
Records generated from the Contract review shall be controlled and maintained in
accordance with Chapter 13 “Control of Quality Records” of this Project Quality
Plan.
The following Quality System pyramid illustrates the hierarchy on which the QMS
is established:
The Project Quality Manager is responsible for monitoring that processes for
document control are implemented in accordance with COMPANY’s established
procedure aforementioned.
12.4 Identification
Project documents shall contain, but are not limited to, the following;
Project title,
document number (both CONTRACTOR and COMPANY’s number), title,
revision number, identification and date,
Personnel who prepared, checked and approved such documents
(including COMPANY’s approval when required).
Validity Status
Documents shall be identified and controlled in accordance with the Document &
Item Management Procedure (00251210DGPGMA001).
COMPANY’s requirements
Relevant specifications, rules and standards
Established processes within the relevant disciplines
COMPANY’s comments, which have to be taken into consideration prior
to issuing documentation for approval.
Drawings
o Revisions on drawings shall be marked by using a triangle
holding the revision index plus a “cloud” surrounding the modified
zone.
Other documents
o A triangle holding the revision index shall be drawn in the left
margin of the document in front of the modified line or paragraph,
or by use of the revision indication system of Word providing that
these are clearly identifiable.
Documents shall be legible, dated (with dates for revisions), readily identifiable,
and retained for the time specified in the Contract requirements or until the
Project is completed.
All documents listed in the Deliverable List, and subject to COMPANY’s approval,
shall be registered through CONTRACTOR’s EDMS (Electronic Document
Management System) first and then issued officially to COMPANY through EDAM
(COMPANY’s system). When registering a document in EDMS, the internal
approval process (CONTRACTORs) is performed and EDMS indicates who
prepared the document, checked it and approved it.
The Deliverable List shall be first issued for COMPANY’s approval then it shall be
continuously updated and submitted to COMPANY.
Documents and data shall be distributed in accordance with the Document & Item
Management Procedure (Doc. No. 00251210DGPGMA001) or as designated by
the Project Manager, Project Engineering Manager, Project Control Manager, Site
Manager and/or Site Quality Manager.
Safe storage and easy retrieval of the entire document and revisions
issued in an electronic format.
Controls of the status of documents already issued and to be issued.
Informs the project team of the availability of the issued transmittal
documents
Management of the authority for accessing Project documentation.
The implementation of the EDMS shall allow immediate availability of the same
validated / approved information to all project related personnel, resulting in an
overall improvement from the quality and schedule point of view.
Document Approval
Document Version Control
Document Revision Control
Document Distribution Control
Document Replication (Home office, job site, COMPANY’s local offices if
requested)
Document Storage and Handover
In addition, the program is capable of full revision tracking throughout the lifecycle
of the document. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that confidential documents are
not released to any parties that are not authorized by the COMPANY.
The program shall be established not only for the proper documentation work but
also for document’s quality verification to ensure that COMPANY’s requirements
are being satisfied. The program establishes and maintains the ISO 9001:2008
requirements for control of documentation.
In addition, the system establishes the administration system and work instruction
process to manage the workflow, distribution and retrieval of document
processing.
Drawings
Vendor Drawings
Calculation Sheets
Specifications
Material Requisitions
Data Sheets
Project procedures
Project correspondence.
Etc.
From the commencement date until the issuance of the Final Acceptance
Certificate, CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for the support and maintenance
of Project’s related hardware and software at all project locations, including
CONTRACTOR’s Head Office and Site Office in Iraq, as well as COMPANY’s.
CONTRACTOR shall provide the required data links to all project locations to
facilitate the use of data information through EDMS for the entire duration of the
Project, while ensuring also that EDAM data links are available both at home
office and site.
CONTRACTOR shall make sure that the installation activities of the IT facilities
are completed and shall support the end user training which shall include the
facilitation of all relevant and related training documentation and user guides
about all system hardware and software provided to COMPANY by
CONTRACTOR.
All official project documents shall be registered, transmitted, received and stored
in EDAM, and stored in EDMS and managed in conjunction with the Project
Project name
Document classification or validity status (e.g. EX-DE, EX-CO, etc)
Document name (Doc. Name – Hammar Mishirif DGS)
COMPANY’s document number
Document revision number
Document expiration
Surveillance Type (i.e. Approval, Information, Final)
Personnel that created the document, checked, approved, etc.
A document review and approval matrix shall be maintained, which shall contain
the Project deliverables; this matrix shall include the information as given below;
The document review and approval matrix shall be maintained showing the
current date on which a document was issued and the issued number of all
documents. Any changes shall be clearly marked in the documents to represent
the changes between the issues.
This chapter applies to the control of quality records for the Project generated by
CONTRACTOR that shall be submitted to COMPANY as part of the Contract
Agreement.
The Site Quality Manager is responsible for maintaining all the quality records at
the site while the Site Manager is responsible for controlling all documents
generated at the construction stage.
All quality records shall be legible and identifiable for the applicable product. All
records shall be stored in a hard copy (wherever the original is required), as well
in an electronic copy (portable document file or PDF, and/or the original format in
which the document was created).
Quality records shall be stored and retained in such a way that they are readily
retrievable in facilities that provide a suitable environment to protect from
deterioration, damage and loss. Records required to provide evidence of
conformity to requirements and of the effective operation of the QMS shall be
retained.
14 RESOURCES
This chapter applies to the control of the resources required for the proper
development of the Project, which includes material resources, human resources
and assets.
The Project Manager and the Site / Construction Manager will be responsible for
securing the appropriate resources on a timely manner and in accordance with
the Project requirements and CONTRACTOR’s standard requirements.
14.3 Materials
Materials shall be tested and certified in accordance with the nature of the
material, and the applicable codes and standards shall be determined based on
the basic design and throughout the execution of the detailed engineering.
The quality of the materials, therefore, shall be determined from the design and
engineering stages and shall comply with the relevant codes and standards.
14.5 Infrastructure
Buildings, work spaces and associated services both at home office and
at the site.
Equipment for the processes, including software and hardware.
Support services such as transportation and communication.
Tools required to achieve conformity of the final product.
A vast telecommunications and solutions infrastructure that shall allow to
those involved in the Project to work efficiently including, among others,
the software which shall provide consistent deliverables to the
COMPANY.
The infrastructure needed at the construction site shall be determined at the stage
of establishing the construction execution plan.
The Project Manager and each discipline manager shall, within their management
scope, identify and coordinate the employee’s mental and physical aspects
affecting their satisfaction and motive, and elevating performance.
The responsible manager shall maintain and monitor the work environment in
accordance with the latest approved HSE Plan (Doc. No. 00251210DFPALA001).
15 TRAINING
The Project QA Manager and/or Site Quality Manager are responsible for
identifying training needs and assuring trainings are performed in accordance with
planned procedures.
The Project QA Manager and/or Site Quality Manager are responsible for
maintaining records of education.
For this Project, the personnel assigned has been identified and evaluated for
performing works and activities that affect conformity based on their education
and experience.
The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that all personnel assigned to the
Project is familiarized and understands:
The Contract
The Scope of Work
The COMPANY’s requirements
Applicable technical documents
Verification check lists
The quality policy and objectives of the Project
Their scope of responsibilities
Training shall be implemented in the depth required in order to ensure that all
activities are understood by the personnel assigned to the Project.
The Quality Manager shall evaluate the effectiveness of the training through
periodic internal audits, review and analysis of employee generated errors,
omissions, rework, and nonconformities.
15.4 Records
The Quality Manager shall maintain records of education, training skills and
experience for personnel affecting quality, and shall be responsible for ensuring
appropriate record including training activities and subject matter of the training
are maintained.
This chapter describes the procedure that will be used for communicating and
coordinating with COMPANY only. For the process to be used for communication
with other EPC CONTRACTORS, please refer to Section 17 Interface
Management of this Project Quality Plan.
The Project Control Manager is responsible for the control of all the
documentation (e.g. letters, transmittals, emails, etc) between COMPANY and
CONTRACTOR.
All outgoing correspondence shall be dated, bear the name of the sender and
address, and shall have the following minimum level of identification.
All correspondence shall be dated, using the Gregorian calendar in - day, month
and year sequence (DD/MM/YY or DD/MM/YYYY).
Correspondence type shall include, but not limited to, the following:
Letters
Transmittals
Minutes of Meetings (MOM)
E-mails
Daily reports for the Project shall be submitted to COMPANY through the Project
team for information.
CONTRACTOR shall issue weekly reports in terms of office activities and site
activities. The weekly report shall contain information such as major results
achieved during the week and planned activities for the following week, major
problems and difficulties, status of work activities (e.g. job orders, purchase
orders, site testing, etc) by discipline, as well as a 2 week ahead schedule for site
activities and photos when applicable.
Part I shall include an overview of the project activities which shall be consistent
with the reported progress as per the project schedule. The description of the
activities shall include critical activities and the activities planned for the following
period.
Part II shall include details of the project activities including the general status of
the Project, engineering detailed activities, procurement detailed activities,
construction progress and quality detailed activities, and any other relevant
information that may be requested by COMPANY.
17 INTERFACE MANAGEMENT
Interfaces will refer to the points in which the designs of two or more separate
By their nature, interfaces vary by type and location and may also very over time,
but basically, they can be distinguished by location and interface type. The
number of interfaces may vary throughout the course of the Project. In order to
fully define and identify interface points, CONTRACTOR will exchange
information and documents relevant to the interface point to other EPC
CONTRACTORS either through COMPANY or directly to other EPC
CONTRACTORS depending on the nature of the interface issue.
COMPANY has already identified interfaces for the Project and they have been
summarised in the Interface Matrix (Doc. No. 00250600BGPG09031). However,
CONTRACTOR shall list up those interfaces that may have not been foreseen or
that may surge throughout the course of the Project.
Interface information status shall be reported in the monthly and/or weekly report
to COMPANY. The report will include the main highlights of the interface issues to
be solved and a summary of the Interface Matrix including the total number of
interfaces, including the planned date, actual and overdue, as well as an
identification of open / closed items.
18 DESIGN CONTROL
1) Providing on a timely manner the design information (design input) for the
design personnel to carry out design activities.
2) Resolving organizational and technical interface items or concerns
through Project meetings.
1) Ensuring that design work is performed under the design team manager's
control and the engineering lead engineer's control.
contains the required inputs, the desired outputs and the way for communication
and management for the design engineers to perform their duties (design
planning). The internal “job instruction” is not subject for issue to the COMPANY,
but it is part of CONTRACTOR’s internal system and it is subject for internal audit.
The organizational interface, given its definition in paragraph 17.2 of this chapter,
shall be performed and controlled by the senior manager of each discipline and
the technical interface shall be controlled in accordance with CONTRACTOR’s
standard procedures, including its Inter-department Check Procedure
(SPD0003ENN), Design Review, Verification and Validation Procedure
(SPD0014ENN), etc.
For the proper control of design documents, the following shall be taken into
consideration:
The list of required inputs shall be defined in each and every document and
procedure prepared by CONTRACTOR, which shall include without limitation:
Design outputs shall be thoroughly reviewed and approved prior to their final
submission to COMPANY and/or prior to their issue for CONSTRUCTION or
implementation. Design outputs will refer to:
Design drawings
Design specifications
Design calculations
Design deliverables defined in the CONTRACT
Other design outputs required for the Project.
Design outputs shall be verified that they comply with the design input
requirements and shall be approved by the relevant discipline lead engineer,
Engineering Team Manager and the Project Engineering Manager, prior to their
use for Procurement, Construction and/or inspection and testing. The approval
criteria will be specified in the design inputs which may include:
Design outputs shall bear the following information for proper identification and
control:
1) Project Name
2) CONTRACTOR’s job number
3) Drawing size and title block, including document title, revision number
and document number.
4) Drawing method
5) Inter-discipline cycle (if applicable)
6) Revision control
7) Validity status
8) Level of control (i.e., issue for bids, issue for construction, for quotation,
etc.)
Design changes shall be controlled by the same method that was applied at
earlier design changes and their control shall be performed in accordance with
CONTRACTOR’s standard Design Change Procedure (SPD0012ENN).
19 PROCUREMENT CONTROL
This chapter applies to the procurement process of products and services, which
affect the quality of the product. This chapter aims to conform to the specified
requirements.
For the ‘Site’ procurement, Site Manager may select the vendors in accordance
with the approved vendor list or from a list of recommended vendors from the
COMPANY, and the requirements of the Project Standards.
It shall include also the format of records needed to provide evidence that the
realization of processes and the resulting product meet requirements.
Procurement Engineer shall use the Approved Vendor List (Annex A – Proposed
Subcontractor List), reflecting the COMPANY's requirements and shall obtain the
review of Project Procurement Manager and the approval of the Project Manager.
CONTRACTOR reviews all prequalified Long Lead Item (LLI) vendors to ensure
that they are certified to the latest version of ISO 9001 – Quality Management
System requirements.
When inquiries are submitted to Vendors, such inquiry packages shall contain
CONTRACTOR’s Quality Requirements which shall identify the minimum
requirements as per Project specifications.
A copy of an ISO 9001 standard accreditation for the location(s) where they intend
to undertake any aspect of the work may be considered as evidence of the
implementation of a Quality Management System when evaluating a Vendor /
Sub-Contractor on the condition that they shall satisfy CONTRACTOR’s Quality
Requirements. If the accreditation certificate to ISO 9001 standard above
mentioned is available, Vendors / Sub-Contractors shall submit it to
CONTRACTOR for its verification. Where an accreditation certificate to ISO 9001
is not available, the assessment or evaluation of the selected Vendor shall be
performed against one (or more) of the following;
Assessment shall be completed prior to any form of commitment being made with
the Vendor. Evaluations shall be made in accordance with CONTRACTOR’s
standard Manual for Vendor Evaluation (SPR0016ENN).
The relevant discipline Lead Engineer (i.e. mechanical, piping, etc) shall prepare
technical specifications for materials & services’ requisitions (documents forming
part of the Request for Quotation - RFQ) and obtain approval of the documents
from the Project Engineering Manager. The Project Engineering Manager shall
forward the technical Specification to the Procurement Lead Engineer.
purchased products to meet the needs of the Project schedule. He shall prepare
the following purchasing reports and issue them as per the Project Coordination
Procedure:
Vendors shall be responsible for developing Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
based on the relevant equipment criticality level. Such ITP’s shall be reviewed and
approved by CONTRACTOR and COMPANY (when required).
days in advanced or as agreed during the Kick Off Meeting of the Project.
Copies of all VENDOR inspection reports and release notes shall be submitted to
COMPANY. Format of inspection report shall include following sections:
Inspector shall prepare and/ or review the inspection results and issue the
inspection report to the QC Procurement Manager.
Job No. / Project Name / P.O. No. / Requisition No. / Vendor Name
Item No. / Name/Quantity
Special Item of midterm or final inspection
The documents used to inspect
If necessary, important matters which affect the inspection method,
facility, capacity
Conclusion
This chapter applies to the handle, storage, packing, preservation and delivery of
procured products under the Contract Agreement in order to prevent their
damage or deterioration.
Procedures for storage and handling the product after delivery to the site and up
to the point of installation shall be developed by the Material Control Manager.
When applicable, procedures shall include the following:
Site Quality Manager shall monitor, at appropriate intervals, handling and storage
activities for compliance with procedures and detection of deterioration of
products in storage facilities, and to notify the related parties to prepare corrective
and preventive actions.
When applicable, the Material Control Manager shall develop specific procedures
for the control of packing and preservation of materials or equipment which could
deteriorate in quality or result in a significant environmental impact due to adverse
conditions at the Site. The procedures shall include proper preservation, packing,
and marking process, as applicable.
Site Quality Manager shall ensure the conditions of packing and preservation is in
accordance with such procedure.
20.5 Records
21 CONSTRUCTION CONTROL
This chapter applies to the process control of the Construction Phase of the
project involving planning, processes used by CONTRACTOR, Vendors or Sub-
Contractors, construction and special processes which directly affect quality.
Detailed field quality activities shall be described on the Field Inspection & Test
Plan which shall be submitted to the COMPANY for review and approval prior to
the Construction activities.
In addition, the quality personnel shall be qualified for performing their duties as
well as only calibrated inspection, measuring and test equipment shall be used
when performing quality inspections. The Site Manager is responsible for assuring
that personnel performing special process are qualified in accordance with
Contract Requirements or CONTRACTOR’s standard Instruction for Inspection
and Test Personnel Qualification (SPQ0012ENN).
The Site Quality Manager and senior engineers are responsible for verifying that
personnel, procedures, and equipment for special processes are reviewed,
approved or accepted by the COMPANY (when required) including, but not limited
to the following:
After reviewing the Project documents, Site Manager shall reflect the process
activities on the Construction Plan and perform the construction works in
accordance with such Construction Plans and related procedures.
The Site Manager shall prepare a Construction Plan which shall address the
following:
Before starting the construction execution, Site Manager shall hold a Kick-off
Meeting for reviewing the critical paths of overall Construction, scope of work,
technical procedures, delivery dates, management of field work, management of
Quality on the construction phase of the Project, construction execution policy and
review of manpower and equipment plans.
Before the installation of heavy equipment, Site Manager shall prepare and review
the Rigging plan. Rigging plans shall be submitted to the COMPANY for their
review and approval.
The construction plan for the next subsequent weeks / months shall be
established.
Before the commencement of each Sub-Contractor activity, CONTRACTOR shall
hold a kick-off meeting with the Sub-Contractor and the COMPANY, to set the
strategy for execution of the activities, including the COMPANY’s Quality
Project and construction activities which directly affect quality shall be carried out
under controlled conditions as follows:
The inspections and tests for control of construction activities shall be conducted
to verify the conformity of products and services to the Project requirements,
applicable codes and standards for the construction phase.
CONTRACTOR shall ensure that COMPANY and any other third party nominated
by the COMPANY shall have full access to all Sub-Contractor work site and
fabrication shops for the purpose of inspection.
The Site Quality Manager and Quality Engineers shall be responsible for
preparing and maintaining the Inspection Procedures and Inspection and Test
Plans.
Inspection and Test Plans shall describe and address the following:
following;
o Site preparation, roads, piling and excavations
o Civil / structural / buildings / fireproofing / underground piping
o Mechanical
o Welding / NDE
o Piping
o Electrical
o Instrumentation
o Blasting / painting / insulation
o Testing laboratories for soils, concrete, batch plant, mechanical,
instrumentation calibration
o Any other construction activity within CONTRACTOR’s scope of
work.
Inspection and Testing shall be performed in accordance with the Field Quality
Control Procedure as well as those inspections and tests procedures applicable
for specific items, which shall be provided by the vendors or Sub-Contractors (if
applicable).
Inspection and Test Plans shall be prepared as per the Sample Format for
Inspection & Test Plans (ITP) and Preliminary List of Inspections included in
Attachment 7.
The Inspection and Test status of products and materials shall be identified and
controlled by suitable means (records, tags, stamps, marking, etc.) which
indicates the conformance or non-conformance of the product subject to testing,
in accordance with the Inspection and Test plan.
The identification resulting from the inspection and tests shall be maintained, as
necessary, throughout the Project to ensure that only the products and materials
that have passed the required inspections and tests are delivered, used or
installed.
Identification of products and materials will be in accordance with the Document &
Item Management Procedure (00251210DGPGMA001).
Examples of Special Processes include, but are not limited to, the following:
The Quality Manager is responsible for verifying that personnel, procedures, and
equipment for special processes are reviewed, approved or accepted by the
COMPANY including, but not limited to the following:
22 TRACEABILITY
The scope shall apply to product identification and traceability control required by
the Contract in COMPANY’s specification 20198.COO.GEN.SDS – Item
Numbering and the Document & Item Management Procedure
(00251210DGPGMA001).
The Site Manager is responsible for assuring that identification and traceability of
products fabricated or constructed at the job site, including identification and
traceability markings as per the design output documents.
The Quality Manager shall assure that the relevant Inspection and Test Plans
(ITP) require verification of traceability and identification markings when specified
in the design output documents and identification and traceability markings on the
product are in accordance with the design requirements.
The Material Manager / Controller shall assure that the incoming products are
properly identified in accordance with the design requirements during receiving
inspections at the job site.
22.3 Process
Identification markings, when used, shall be applied using materials and methods
which provide a clear and legible identification and do not detrimentally affect the
function or service life of the item. Markings shall be transferred to each part of an
identified item that may be subdivided in parts. Markings shall not be obliterated
or hidden by surface treatment or coatings unless other means of identification
are substituted.
This section is applicable for the control of the mechanical completion, pre-
commissioning, commissioning, start-up and performance test processes which
directly affect the quality of the final product, serving as a general guideline.
For the detail activities and control procedures please refer to the specific pre-
Project Manager is responsible for the preparation and submission of the Pre-
commissioning / Commissioning / Start-Up plan and/or schedule, which shall
show the proposed sequence for completion of the mechanical completion, pre-
commissioning and commissioning activities of the Project and the timely and
safe turnover, start-up and performance tests of the facilities to the COMPANY.
Site Manager is responsible for foreseeing and managing all pending construction
activities (punch list items) in order to achieve the Mechanical Completion on time
and a proper Handover of the facilities for its safe commissioning and start up.
The Quality Manager is responsible for the preparation and submission of the
Pre-commissioning procedures, their compliance with contractual and project
standards and specifications, statutory and regulatory requirements as well as
clearing any outstanding quality issues before the Handover of the facilities for its
safe commissioning and start up.
Before the commencement of the works, all the procedures and pertaining
documentation shall be reviewed and approved by the COMPANY. Procedures
shall be issued with sufficient time for their proper review and approval.
The following documentation, which covers the minimum and basic requirements,
but not limited to it, shall be issued, reviewed and approved prior to the
commencement of the pre-commissioning and commissioning activities:
23.3.2 Execution
Prior to the execution of the works, a system walk down (P&ID Check) shall be
performed by CONTRACTOR and along with the COMPANY (if required) in order
to ensure that the outstanding major work has been completed.
An effective System Turnover shall be put in place to manage the system turnover
to Commissioning. When all erection, testing, inspection, painting, thermal
insulation and final clean-up have been completed within the Plant,
CONTRACTOR shall notify to the COMPANY in writing on the Mechanical
Completion and ready for Commissioning.
For ensuring that mechanical completion is achieved, and for the ultimate safe
start-up and performance testing, CONTRACTOR shall ensure the establishment,
application, monitoring and input of the following information:
Project Data
System Definitions
Engineering Data (Equipment data, etc.)
Check sheet templates.
ITP Matrices
Check Sheets
Punch Management System (Punch Lists)
Completion Management System
This chapter is intended to address controls for measuring and test equipment
normally associated with Quality Control processes and other physical verification
activities employed to assure equipment and material integrity, and it will be
applicable for both CONTRACTOR and Subcontractors.
The Site Quality Manager is responsible for developing the Inspection, Measuring
and Test Equipment Control Procedure based on CONTRACTOR’s standard
Inspection, Measuring and Test Equipment Control Procedure (SPQ0013ENN)
and assuring that only calibrated and valid Inspection, Measuring and Test
Equipment is used at the construction site.
CONTRACTOR shall assess and record the validity of the previous measuring
results when the equipment is found not to conform to requirements.
CONTRACTOR shall ensure that a product which does not conform to product
requirements are identified and controlled to prevent its unintended use or
delivery.
This chapter is applied to all activities to be carried out on the Project and by
vendors and Sub-Contractors performing fabrication, construction, installation,
pre-commissioning and commissioning.
shops.
The CONTRACTOR’s personnel who shall have the right and authority to issue
the NCRs at the Design Office (referred as the ‘Home Office’), shall be limited to:
Project Manager
Project Engineering Manager
Project QA/QC Manager
Lead Engineer / Assigned Engineer
COMPANY assigned personnel
25.3 Process
25.4 Disposition
A concession is required when there is a disposition like repair, rework and use-
as-is to released materials and equipment that do not conform to specified
requirements.
When nonconforming products are corrected at the Site, they shall be subject to
re-verification to demonstrate conformity to the requirements. CONTRACTOR
shall be responsible to notify COMPANY of the re-verification date for attendance
by COMPANY to witness.
All NCRs issued at the Design Office shall be recorded by the Project
Management Team. Relevant department or disciplines directly involved in the
issued NCR shall record the related information separately.
All NCRs issued at the Design Office shall be shared with all the assigned
members, to prevent reoccurrence, on the regular schedule meetings. Personnel
in charge for controlling NCR’s shall maintain an up-to-date log for control
purposes.
For the control of non-conformances at the design office, the Corrective &
Preventive Action procedure shall be applicable.
The Site Quality Manager shall perform trend analysis for Non-Conformances
occurring at the site. Such trend analysis will include a root cause analysis and
identification of the relevant procedures and processes that require to be
improved in order to prevent the occurrence and/or re-occurrence of non-
conformances.
26 AUDITING
All audits shall be carried out by CONTRACTOR’s quality audit team at home
office along with the Project Quality Manager. Auditors shall be personnel either
CONTRACTOR’s own personnel not directly involved in the area to be audited, or
an approved third party agency.
Quality Control staff shall not be involved as auditors, since they are not
independent of WORK, and audits shall include performance / effectiveness of
quality control, except for the Project Quality Manager and the Site Quality
Manager.
For all LLI items and critical equipment, the proposed vendors should have
systems compliant to ISO 9001:2008 unless vendors can prove the efficiency of
their performance through previous third party audits or assessments.
Audits shall be notified to COMPANY fourteen (14) days in advance along with an
Audit Plan.
An opening meeting shall be held with the auditee’s management or, where
appropriate, those responsible for the functions or processes to be audited. The
purpose of an opening meeting is to explain the Audit Plan and discuss audit time
frames, scope and purpose of the audit, personnel to be contacted and
documents to be reviewed.
During the audit, Auditor shall communicate with each discipline’s lead and
assigned engineer to make sure that their Work is being executed in accordance
A closing meeting, chaired by the Auditor, shall be held to present the Audit
Findings and conclusions in such a manner that they are understood,
acknowledged and agreed by the auditee. Participants in the closing meeting
should include the auditee, and may also include the COMPANY and other parties
as may deem required.
CONTRACTOR or the audited organization shall initiate corrective actions for the
items identified in each audit. CONTRACTOR shall collect the evidence of
compliance of activities to findings discovered on the following scheduled audit or
on specific surveillances to close out or verify that corrective actions have been
taken.
27 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
27.3 Development
The quality of the service supplied, and the COMPANY’s satisfaction over
the final product.
The level of cooperation and reliability with regards to COMPANY´s
expectations.
Major aspects from the COMPANY´s point of view.
COMPANY satisfaction / dissatisfaction may be subjective and perceived
in several ways, and if necessary, it may be described in the Interface /
Coordination Procedure.
COMPANY’s satisfaction shall be measured in accordance with the
performance rating included in the Key Performance Indicator Procedure,
which shall be developed and issued to the COMPANY for its approval.
This procedure shall include a list of all performance indicators for the
Engineering, Procurement and Construction stages and the weight value
for each indicator (or index) giving as a result the performance rating of
the Project.
28 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
The Project Manager is responsible for the continual improvement of the Project’s
Quality System.
Project QA Manager and Site Quality Manager are responsible for monitoring and
verifying that continual improvement is attained. Also, Quality Managers are
responsible for collaborating with the Project Manager and all the staff on the
continual improvement of the Project.
Lessons Learned and Best Practices. Among the standard tools and
techniques deployed by CONTRACTOR while striving for continual
improvement, shall include the following:
o Previous project’s best practices, lessons learned records and
data (L&L).
o Non Conformance Reports (NCRs).
o Best Practice Reports and their application to Engineering,
Procurement and Construction processes.
29 APPENDICES
29.7 Attachment 7 – Sample Format for Inspection & Test Plans (ITP) and
Preliminary List of Inspections.