Nata Group has splendidly carried out its responsibilities in the firm proving its success through out the years.

The following are a few of the group's responsibilities:

Quality Control Manager

Responsibilities

The Quality Control Manager (QCM) is responsible of ensuring the quality of the work performed by the subcontractor and then reporting it to the Project Manager. He is also responsible of assigning inspectors with appropriate knowledge of civil, mechanical and electrical systems to perform inspections, tests and preparations.

Documentation Requirements

Control of Documents

Documents required by the subcontractor are controlled accordingly:

• Approve of documents for adequacy prior to the issue
• Review and updating as necessary and re-approving the documents
• Ensuring that changes and current revisions of the document status are identified
• Ensuring that relevant versions of applicable documents are available at points of use
• Ensuring that documents remain legible and readily identifiable
• Ensuring that documents of external origin are identified and their distribution's controlled
• Preventing the unintended use of obsolete documents and applying suitable identifications if retained for any purpose

Control of Records

Records are established and maintained to provide evidence of conformity and to have effective operation for the Quality Plan. Records then remain legible, readily identifiable and retrievable. Measures shall be established to define the controls needed for the identification, storage, protection, retention time and disposition of records.

Purchasing

Purchasing Process

The organization ensures that purchased products conform to specify the purchased requirements. The type and extent of control applied to the supplier and the purchased product are dependent upon the effect of the purchased product on subsequent result or the final out come.

Purchasing Information

Purchasing information describes the product where appropriate.

• Requirements for approval of the product, procedures, processes and equipment
• Requirements for qualification of personnel

Verification of Purchased Product

The organization carries out inspections or other activities necessary to ensure that purchased products meet specified purchase requirements.

Inspection and testing

A three-phase control system will be implemented for inspection and testing activities. The three-phase system includes preparation, initial and follow-up phases.

Preparatory Phase

This phase is performed prior to beginning of the work for different elements including formwork, concrete placement, equipment installation, testing, etc.
The phase follows accordingly:

• A review of each paragraph of applicable specifications, reference codes and standards
• A review of applicable drawings
• A check to assure that all materials and/or equipment have been tested, submitted and approved
• Examination of the work area ensuring all required preliminary work has been completed
• Physical examinations of required materials, equipment and sample work to assure that they are on hand, conformed to approve shop drawings or submitted data and properly stored
• A review of the appropriate job hazard analysis activity to assure safety requirements are met
• Discussions of procedures for controlling quality of the work, including deficiencies

Initial Phase

This phase is accomplished at the beginning of different elements of work.

• Checking the work to ensure that it is in full compliance with contract requirements
• Verification of required inspections and testing
• Establishing and verifying the level to meet the acceptable workmanship standards
• Analyzing the difference in resolutions
• Checking the safety to include compliance with, and upgrading of the Safety Plan

The initial phase is repeated for each new work crew onsite and when specified quality standards are not met.

Follow-up Phase

Periodic checks are performed to ensure control of activities. The testing check provides continued compliance with subcontract requirements until the particular scope of work is completed. These verifications are later documented and the nonconforming conditions are controlled in accordance with the Quality Program requirements.

Inspection Documentation

Inspection and testing are performed and documented for requirement of the applicable subcontracts.

• Inspection and testing of activities are performed for materials and equipment when the product is received. The results are later documented in the Inspection & Test Report, Attachment A or an applicable form.
• In-process the final inspection and tests are performed and documented in the Inspection & Test Report, Attachment A or an applicable form.
• Inspection & Test Reports are retained as a quality record.
• If product fails to pass an inspection and/or test, the adverse condition is documented on a Deficiency Report, Attachment B or an applicable form.

Identification and Trace ability

The Organization identifies the product status with respect to the monitoring and measurement requirements. Where trace ability is a requirement, the organization controls and records the unique identification of the product.

Control of Monitoring and Measuring Devices

The organization determines the monitoring and measurements to be undertaken and the devices and requirements needed to provide evidence of product conformity.
The organization develops procedures to ensure that monitoring and measurement are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the monitoring and measurement requirements.

To ensure valid results and measuring equipments, perform the following:

• Be calibrated or verified at specified intervals, or prior to use against measurement standards traceable to international or national measurement standards where no such standards exist. The basis used for calibration or verification shall be recorded.
• Adjust or re-adjust where necessary
• Identify or enable the calibration status to be determined
• Safeguarding the adjustments that would invalidate the measurement results
• Protecting from damage and deterioration during handling, maintenance and storage

In addition, the organization estimates and records the validity of the previous measuring results when the equipment does not conform the requirements. The organization takes appropriate actions on any equipment and product affected.

Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

The organization undertakes monitoring, measurement, analysis and improvement processes needed to

• Demonstrate conformity of the product
• Ensure conformity of the quality management system

Control of Non-conforming Products

Due to various nonconforming products, the organization controls and identifies them to prevent their unintended use or delivery.
We deal with non-conforming products by one or more of the following ways:

• Taking action to eliminate the detected non-conformity
• Authorizing the use, release or acceptance of the product under concession by a relevant authority and applicable by the customer
• Taking action to preclude the original intended use or application

Records of the nature of non-conformities and any subsequent actions taken, including concessions obtained, shall be maintained. Non-conforming conditions will then be documented on a deficiency report, attachment B or equivalent form.

Corrective Action

The organization carries out actions to eliminate the cause of non-conformities in order to prevent recurrence. Corrective actions shall be appropriate to the effects of the non-conformities encountered. Programmatic or process conditions that require corrective actions are then documented on a deficiency report, Attachment B or equivalent form.

Measures are established to define requirements for:

• Reviewing non-conformities
• Determining the cause of non-conformities
• Evaluating the need for action to ensure that non-conformities do not recur
• Determining and implementing actions needed
• Recording the results of the action taken
• Reviewing corrective action taken

Forms

Attachment A: Inspection & Test Report (Typical)

Attachment B – Deficiency Report (Typical)

DEFICIENCY REPORT
DEFICIENCY REPORT NUMBER:		Date:
PROJECT NUMBER:		PROJECT NAME:
DRAWING/SPECIFICATION/ ITEM NUMBER	REV	ITEM DESCRIPTION
ITEM LOCATION	PO NO.	SUPPLIER/SUBCONTRACTOR
DEFICIENCY DESCRIPTION: CHECK IF DIGITAL PHOTO ATTACHED
ITEM (S) SEGREGATED Yes No N/A	TAGS HUNGS Yes No	TAG QUANTITY
REPORTED BY:		DATE:
REVIEWED BY:		DATE:
VALIDATED BY:		DATE:
FIELD ENGINEERING DISPOSITION:
DISPOSITION BY:		DATE:
PFE CONCURRENCE:		DATE:
PROJECT ENGINEER APPROVAL REQUIRED: YES NO
PROJECT ENGINEERING DISPOSITION: Repair Rework Use as is Reject
PE CONCURRENCE:	DATE:	DESIGN CHANGE REQUIRED YES NO
DRAWING/SPECIFICATION NUMBER:	REV:	DCN NUMBER:
DISPOSITION IMPLEMENTATION DATE:		REINSPECTION REQUIRED YES NO
PFE CONCURRENCE:		DATE:
REINSPECTED BY:		DATE:
DR CLOSED:		DATE:
CAUSE/CORRECTIVE ACTION:
NO. OF TAGS REMOVED:	NOT APPLICABLE	DATE:
REMARKS:

Attachment C Inspection and Test Plan Template

Inspection and Test Plan

List of specific inspection and individual test activities for the following:

• Special prerequisites/precautions are given for each inspection and test activity list
• List of special qualification/certification or training needed for test/inspection
• List of special equipment such as Measuring and Test Equipment
• List of technical requirements for each test/inspection
• List of acceptance criteria, test duration and pre-test briefing requirement
• List of safety requirements (protective equipment, boundaries, etc.)
• List of inspection/test criteria to be documented
• List of system restoration requirements