The contractor's quality management program is a written document defining the contractor's processes, practices, and procedures, which are to ensure the project's quality requirements are met or exceeded.
While many construction professionals look to the superintendent to make sure schedules are met, the Quality Control Manager actually plays an equally critical role in the process. A superintendent can lay out a great schedule but if the two aren’t working as a team to ensure a coordinated and timely submittal and procurement process, it will be all for nothing.
Creating long punch lists after each phase of the build can be frustrating for any superintendent or construction manager. Created to point out work that hasn’t conformed to the specifications of the contract, these lists are often the final part of the feedback loop when it comes to quality control. Before work can continue, the specified items need to be fixed, or else it puts the rest of the project at risk.
In the construction industry, a fall rescue is often one of the most intense and demanding situations one can experience when on the job. The life of your injured team member could hang in the balance, and an ill-prepared crew can lead to disaster if they have to address such an issue on the fly.
We often talk about how Gadzoom’s construction documents are both OSHA and EM 385-1-1 compliant, but what does that mean, exactly?