Quality
Have high expectations of everyone’s work and proactively ensure they are achieved.
It is our belief that if we stress the importance of quality starting with project commencement to our
subcontractors, as well as our own work forces, and monitor the quality throughout the project that the time and energy spent with the quality control list will be minimal.
Important Documents That Help with Quality include:
Submittals and Shop Drawings
Pre-construction Meetings
Quality Control checklists
Quality Control Log
Short Video on Steps to Ensure Quality
Submittals and Shop Drawings
Approved submittals shall be reviewed to insure that only approved products will be incorporated into the project.
Certain shop drawings will be sent to you to be reviewed (in addition to the project manager / engineers review). Below is a list of the shop drawings that will typically be sent for your review:
– Rebar Shops
– Embed Shops
– Steel Shops
– Doors and Hardware
Material
It is recommended that you review the specifications or submittal log to help identify any long lead items. The PM and PE should be doing this as well, but your input helps with identifying these items. These should then be prioritized in the submittal and approval process, listed on the weekly OAC meeting agendas and tracked closely.
When subcontractor’s materials are delivered to the site, insure that the delivered materials are the materials that have been submitted and approved.
Pre-Construction Meetings
Pre-con meetings are important in that they not only help us look ahead and evaluate upcoming scope of work, but also inform and remind the subcontractors when they are needed on-site. This helps them in preparing their documents, adjusting their schedules to provide enough manpower and finalize any material deliveries before arriving on-site to start work.
These pre-con meetings should be initiated and run by the superintendent and should be approximately 10-15 minutes in length. They should be held a week to two before that subcontractor is needed on-site to start work. The Project Manager should attend these meetings as well, but the Superintendent should be the one to run them.